When Paul Hill moved to Halifax in 1994, he missed Montego Bay’s food more than its sunshine. With the aromas of jerk chicken and pork a recent memory, he started experimenting with his own sauce recipe, playing with ingredients on a quest to strike the right balance. “Two years ago I went back to Jamaica […]
Pete’s Fine Foods, Halifax
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Best International Grocer
Gold Winner Pete’s Frootique & Fine Foods, Halifax Silver Winner The Italian Market Bronze Winner Tian Phat Yes, without a doubt, Pete’s has some fine food. You can get a world of groceries there, but underlying that amazing selection, the best reason to visit it to treat yourself. This writer highly recommends swinging by the […]
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Best Salad
Gold Winner Pete’s Fine Foods, Halifax Silver Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Bronze Winner Heartwood Salads bars haven’t got the greatest rep. Soggy lettuce, stale croutons, snotty tomatoes and Thousand Island dressing ring a bell? Where are all my veggies at? Pete’s, as it turns out. A nine-time winner in our Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice […]
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Best Sandwich
Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner Pete’s Fine Foods, Halifax Bronze Winner The Italian Market The Canteen’s original iteration above Two If By Sea was all about the sandwich. And its sandwiches—the crobster roll, the hangover, the turkey club—were a thing of beauty, hence why it this year marks its third gold win in this […]
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Best Smoothie
Gold Winner Pete’s Fine Foods, Halifax Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe, north end Bronze Winner Wild Leek Food & Juice Bar Follow the sound of the blender and you’ll find Pete’s smoothie and juice bar. For the ninth year running, Haligonians who prefer to drink their meals voted these—the Cherry Bomb, the Monkey See, the Pulp […]
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Sweet unions: four ice cream sandwiches to make at home
Grandma’s House Dee Dee’s Ice Cream’s vanilla ice cream, Helen B’s Preserves’ strawberry rhubarb jam and Smith’s Bakery ginger cookies Cocoa-loco Humani-T Cafe’s dark chocolate gelato, 24 Carrots Bakery’s chocolate-dipped shortbread and coconut flakes Sweet Enough Common Confections’ salted caramel dairy-free frozen dessert, LF Bakery’s milk bun and toasted sesame seeds Pool Party Scanway Catering […]
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Rudi’s is so hot right now
Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market 1209 Marginal Road, Saturdays “I want to blow your mind,” says Rudi Brooks. “I want you to look at the bottles and see five red sauces that all look the same, but then taste them and see that they have completely different tastes, different heat levels.” Brooks is the man behind […]
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Best International Grocer
Gold Winner Pete’s Frootique & Fine Foods, Halifax Silver Winner Mid-East Food Centre Bronze Winner Indian Groceries, Robie Street Alright, alright. We get it, readers. Pete’s is a well-rounded grocery store. You don’t have to rub it in other grocers’ faces with nine consecutive Best Smoothie, nine consecutive Best Salad and four Best International Grocer […]
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Best Salad
Gold Winner Pete’s Fine Foods, Dresden Row Silver Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Bronze Winner 2 Doors Down Alright, alright. We get it, readers. Pete’s is a well-rounded grocery store. You don’t have to rub it in other grocers’ faces with nine consecutive Best Smoothie, nine consecutive Best Salad and four Best International Grocer awards. But […]
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Best Sandwich
Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner Indochine Banh Mi Bronze Winner Pete’s Fine Foods, Dresden Row When Renée Lavallée thinks lunch, she thinks sandwiches, hence why she made the classic item her restaurant’s bread and butter (and meat and cheese). From fried chicken to fried green tomato, crobster rolls to BLT bagels—the lineups (and votes) […]
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Best Smoothie
Gold Winner Pete’s, Dresden Row Silver Winner Booster Juice, Lacewood Drive Bronze Winner Wild Leek Alright, alright. We get it, readers. Pete’s is a well-rounded grocery store. You don’t have to rub it in other grocers’ faces with nine consecutive Best Smoothie, nine consecutive Best Salad and four Best International Grocer awards. But seriously, the […]
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Best Salad
Gold Winner Pete’s Fine Foods, Halifax Silver Winner enVie—A Vegan Kitchen Bronze Winner 2 Doors Down Food + Wine The popularity of Pete’s build-your-own salad is a sign Halifax is changing for the better. This is the town, after all, where the best option for fresh veggies at lunch used to be the tomatoes and […]