While the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been kind to many local businesses, the owners behind Chanoey’s Pasta have found the world’s dreary situation actually worked in their favour. On Jan 7, Carl Mangali and Catherine Paulino opened the second location of their popular quick-service pasta restaurant, at 6214 Quinpool Road, and they’re already seeing steady success. […]
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Quinn’s Arms is bringing elevated British-style pub fare to Quinpool Road
Growing up in the United Kingdom, Paul Thomas (better known as Tommy) remembers always being surrounded by pubs. England and Wales were—and still are—dotted with taverns on nearly every street corner, even in residential districts. That aspect of Tommy’s homeland is something he adores, and it’s a facet he’s actively trying to bring to Halifax. […]
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Move East moves in on Quinpool
Hannah Kovacs‘ career path might have been, as she puts it, “very non-linear” but eventually it led her back home. The born-and-raised Haligonian, who spent the last number of years living in Toronto, fell for fitness after dabbling in a few other worlds—earning a Masters in policy, working for a tech start-up and exploring the […]
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Sarah & Tom accessorizes a growing Halifax with Asian pop culture
If you’re on the hunt for a giant plush Pikachu, some colourful notebook stickers and a giant tube of wasabi that dispenses toilet paper…well, you’ve got some odd-yet-specific tastes. But good news for you! There’s a charming new shop in town that has you covered. The doors of Sarah & Tom have only been open […]
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Red Lunchbox opens next week
Michael Grove isn’t your average restaurateur. The owner of the soon to be Red Lunchbox (6172 Quinpool Road)—a plant-based restaurant slated to open on Tuesday—was inspired to open his own business after a brush with cancer, but his vision of a cooperative, collaborative workplace long predated his health scare. “I’ve had plans, not even of having […]
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The end of The Oxford
It’s about the building, but it isn’t. For some, going to the movies is just going to the movies. Those people are fine driving out to Bayers Lake or Dartmouth Crossing and stepping into a photocopied multiplex—if you entered a Cineplex-branded building in Edmonton or Barrie, you’d know exactly what to do—and enduring the flashing […]
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7 Peppers Grill brings familiar flavours to Quinpool
After four years at its Brewery Market (1496 Lower Water Street) location, unsung buffet hero Aleppo Cafe closed up shop back in March, promising we hadn’t seen the last of its plentiful offerings. The restaurant—which originally opened in 2008 on Quinpool Road before moving in 2012—has reinvented itself as 7 Peppers Grill, and will make […]
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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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Riot Snack Bar opens this weekend
It’s been a long summer of renovations for Nicole Tufts and Sonia Gillies-da Mota but they’re finally ready to debut their farm-to-table fast-food joint, Riot Snack Bar. This weekend the restaurant will open at a barely recognizable 6293 Quinpool Road (the former Garden of Eat’n, which has undergone some major TLC) serving up quick but […]
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How to get a job where you can make a Difference
Your standard student/artist job—server, barista, retail—is rarely in short supply in a town like Halifax, but Video Difference has always been one of the most coveted, and one of the hardest to land. Owner Tom Michael put together a three-part process: A standard job application describing work experience, education and the like; a slightly altered […]
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Here’s what could replace Ben’s Bakery on Quinpool
[Image-1] It’s no axe-throwing cafe, but there might be a community oven replacing the delicious bakery smells from the now-closed Ben’s site on Quinpool Road. Preliminary designs for the location were presented at a public meeting this past weekend, and include a mix of town houses, apartments and retail space on Quinpool Road and Pepperell […]
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Forever remember St. Pat’s by bringing home some rubbish
[Image-1] Those looking to forever cherish a piece of Halifax high school history—or anyone building a backyard barbecue—are in luck. The city is inviting former Saint Patrick’s High School students, “and other interested residents” to preserve the former school’s memory by taking home some leftover rubble. “With demolition of the former Saint Patrick’s High School […]