Porter’s Steakhouse & Sports Bar
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Steak to the heart

Melissa Buote

Strip malls. I can’t say I love ’em. Maybe it’s because the parking lots tend to be a buzzing glow of industrial light boxes. Or maybe it’s because if you look around too much, you are sure to find some Patrick Nagal-style artwork bathed in the assailing neon tint of words like “waxing” and “nails.” […]

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Olympic bar run

Holly Gordon

Elephant & Castle General manager Jennifer Halpin has extended Elephant & Castle’s happy hour for the Olympic run—what normally ended at 7pm now goes to close. So park yourself in front of E&C’s four flatscreen TVs to watch the games and munch away. Canadian flags dot the bar for those of you concerned with patriotic […]

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Porter’s is happening

Carsten Knox

Opened since mid-August in the old Boomerang’s location in Dartmouth is Porters Steakhouse and Sports Bar (590 Portland Street, 407-8787). General manager Barb Matthews reports that the place—it’s big, with 135 seats in the dining room, another 80 at the bar, plus a patio—stresses the local: “Porters owners, Chris Boyd and Scott Mitchell, are both from Dartmouth. Our coffee, tea and sugar is exclusively Just Us! fair trade, organic. We use local service providers and suppliers as much as possible. We are really trying to create a community-focused establishment.” They do their best to serve food from local suppliers and

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