Advantage, Portland Street. Today chef/owner Renée Lavallée announced that after two-plus years slaying the sandwich game above Two If By Sea (66 Ochterloney Street), The Canteen is moving, and expanding. The brand new, 55-seater restaurant is set to debut in early 2017 at 22 Portland Street—the longtime home to the iconic-looking, family-run Sun Sun Cafe. […]
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Honey, I’m home
“I want that,” Cait Holmes says. That was her first thought when she heard Joel Plaskett was including a cafe at his New Scotland Yard Emporium. “I am the type of person who says, ‘We’re doing it,’” Holmes says. ”Alex has a bit of a frenzy, but then? Then it happens.” Holmes, 27, and her […]
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FIRST LOOK: New Scotland Yard Emporium
You may not have needed another reason to love this town, but you can rest assured, Joel Plaskett has given you one, with his new business venture, New Scotland Yard Emporium (45 Portland Street). When the humble 800-square-foot retail space—attached to Plaskett’s studio —freed up this past summer, he jumped at the opportunity to pack […]
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Coming soon: Portland Street Creperie
Lifelong Dartmouthians, and father-son business partners, Neil and Max Cook understand the beauty of a handheld snack. The pair are behind the Portland Street Creperie (55 Portland Street), a new cafe/restaurant that’s aiming to greet downtown Dartmouth by the end of October. “When Max and I started talking about this in the early summer, about […]
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Going bananas at Bistro 920
It’s Saturday afternoon, I’m on Portland Street, so what is there to do but go to one of those little restaurants stuck in one of the thousand strip malls that make up this part of Dartmouth? Formerly the Colby Ale House, Bistro 920’s newly revamped menu features classic fare like pasta, sandwiches and thin crust […]
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Hurricane watch
You may or may not have noticed that Sam’s Place (26 Portland Street) is no longer. But, luckily, just like a fierce nor’easter, a new tenant has already whipped through the downtown Dartmouth venue, giving it an swift overhaul, starting by re-painting the interior some bright, Mardi Gras-esque colours. As of June 1 the white […]