Monday, Oct. 3, is as per usual, a busy day at Triple A Convenience and Pizzeria. Owner John Amyoony greets his steady flow of customers by name and asks them how their day is going while drizzling donair sauce on slices of pizza bigger than a human head. Today is different though, because he’s also […]
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What the law says about the war on pizza
At its heart, the war on pizza is a fight that councillor Waye Mason has picked with two small businesses in his district. The two businesses—Jubilee Junction Convenience and Takeout, and Triple A Convenience and Pizzeria—are convenience stores located across from each other at the corner of Jubilee Road and Preston Street, near Dalhousie’s main […]
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Lou Pécou aims to raise the bar for Halifax pizza
On a quiet Tuesday morning at Lou Pécou (5567 Cunard Street), owner Cédric Toullec removes a hefty armload of dough from the deep metal bowl where it’s been rising for the past 30 minutes. With effort and a loud slapping sound, he plops it onto the counter and douses it with a healthy dose of […]
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If you can’t stand the heatwave…don’t even think about this kitchen
Every time Ewan Deveaux gets ready to head into a shift cooking at Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria, he knows he’ll be spending a handful of hours sweltering in the back kitchen. A hot environment is second nature when you’re quickly assembling orders near a couple of blazing pizza ovens, four or five other speedy co-workers and […]
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First look: Yeah Yeahs Pizza’s slick second home
Yeah Yeahs Pizza 1663 Barrington Street Opens Thu, Aug 29 Josh Nordin had a hunch when he first took a tour of 1663 Barrington Street last fall. It wasn’t much to look at then—a run-down office space with dingy carpet, cubicles, low ceilings and no bathroom—but its massive storefront windows gave him a glimpse at […]
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G-Street Pizza opens next week
Childhood friends Moe Alhaj and Paul Jebailey had home on their minds when they dreamt up G-Street Pizza. The pair, who grew up in Dartmouth and have spent most of their adult lives living away—Jebailey on the west coast until recently; Alhaj lives in Dubai—and wanted to make a mark on their community, together. And […]
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Yeah Yeahs Pizza is coming to Halifax
If you’re a Yeah Yeahs Pizza fan you’re probably willing to go to the ends of the earth (or at least across the harbour) for your fix, but brilliant news—soon Haligonians won’t have to. Co-owners of Dartmouth’s highly addictive pizza joint, Josh Nordin and Dean Petty, have just started the renovation phase of their new […]
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Divine secrets of the Yeah Yeahs brotherhood
Yeah Yeahs 66 Ochterloney Street Opening in May It’s a little bit smoky in the prep kitchen at Yeah Yeahs. Josh Nordin and Dean Petty are testing out dough with their head dough maker, Sal Mosca. He stretches and tosses one of the half dozen dough balls he has with him and then tops it […]
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Morris East scores a hat trick
Having something to look forward to is always a good thing, especially in the bluesy winter months, but it might be a little early to start the countdown for this one. Morris East recently announced that it would be making its duo (5212 Morris Street and 620 Nine Mile Drive) a trio. Owner Jennie Dobbs […]
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Seven things you should do this weekend
First you must apply your face. Lawton’s has those Maybelline Baby Lips balms for like $4. I only wish I were getting sponsored to say this, but let me tell you in the realest of talk: that little tube of Grape Vine is the only thing that’s saved me from being a cracked and flaky […]
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Emotions, pizza and Crass patches: A Blue Rodeo review
I always thought I was a Cuddy man. That pristine, emotive voice and those gratifying pop hooks make his songs so satisfying to vibe to. But over time, I have gravitated towards the raw and honest darkness that emerges in Greg Keelor’s devastatingly catchy and well crafted jams. But really, it is like trying to […]
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Mother’s, may I?
Somethings are just worth the wait, aren’t they? It was about a year about that the first hammer swung at what is now Mother’s Pizza (5710 Young Street, 406-5050), Tyson Wachter’s Canadian iteration of a pizza restaurant he opened in Turks and Caicos five years ago. Soon open for lunch and dinner, the just over 40-seater […]