Gold Winner $Rockin’ 4 Dollar$ Silver Winner Oasis Open Mic Bronze Winner Rockbottom Open Mic with Noah Tye “This was the biggest, most exciting and certainly most chaotic year of our existence,” says Craig Hamlin, who runs R4D with Adrian Bruhm. “In just the past 12 months we were at Reflections, The Seahorse and The […]
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ICYMI: Halifax Burger Week raised more than $115K for Feed Nova Scotia
Halifax Burger Week 2018 proved to be the biggest Burger Week yet, raising $115,601. Every $2 raised allows Feed Nova Scotia to distribute three meals to Nova Scotians in need. Another #HfxBurgerWeek in the books! It's been an INCREDIBLE week and we can't wait to hear the final tally and see the huge impact you'll have […]
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Can’t stop, won’t stop: a map of Nova Scotia’s breweries
HALIFAX 1. 2 Crows Brewing 1932 Brunswick Street 2. The Auction House 1726 Argyle Street 3. Gahan House 1877 Upper Water Street 4. Garrison Brewing Company 1149 Marginal Road 5. Good Robot Brewing Company 2736 Robie Street 6. Granite Brewery 6054 Stairs Street 7. North Brewing Company 2576 Agricola Street 8. Propeller Brewing Company 2015 […]
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Best Open Mic Night
Gold Winner Danny Banfield, Freeman’s Little New York, Sackville Silver Winner Rockbottom Brew Pub Bronze Winner Rockin’ For Dollars, Reflections Cabaret Danny Banfield, the affable host of your choice for Best Open Mic Night, is grateful for the win. Usually, Banfield spends his time making others sound good—that’s what a good open mic host does, […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner The Board Room Game Cafe Silver Winner Rockbottom Brew Pub Bronze Winner The T-Room Dating is a roll of the dice at the best of times, so why not literally roll some dice on that awkward first date in a place with a relaxed atmosphere and a great icebreaker. “Playing a board game […]
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Best Brew Pub
Gold Winner Good Robot Brewing Company Silver Winner Gahan House Bronze Winner Rockbottom Brew Pub “We wanted to be a place like Tom’s Little Havana, which has this weird reverence, a warmth that was hard to put into words—but you felt it,” says one-third of the Good Robot co-owner/best-bud triad, Josh Counsil. With that, not-so-distant […]
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Taste the rainbow: a summer beer round-up
Rockbottom Brew Pub Kolsch (5.2 percent) Your lawn-mowing sidekick, this crisp, light, laidback brew makes summer chores a breeze. Unfiltered Brewing Daytimer Berliner Weisse (3.4 percent) Day drinking never tasted so right. A lactic-tastic, tropically tart, dry-hopped sour session ale that is both lip-puckering and refreshing. North Brewing Company Summer Saison (5.5 percent) Literally brewed for […]
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99 bottles (and cans) on the wall
If you’re going to take one down, and pass it around, you might as well make it something brewed locally. We rounded up some (yup, there’s way more) of the most-loved locals you can take home and enjoy. Find them at their respective breweries, private liquor stores or the little ol’ NSLC. (left to right) […]
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Best Open Mic Night
Gold Winner Agricola Open Mic House Silver Winner Rockbottom Brewpub Bronze Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Every Monday night for the last several years, the denizens of Agricola Open Mic House on Agricola Street have opened their home to everyone—musicians, artists, theatrical players and more. Next to Nauss Bicycles and across from Lion & […]
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Best Brew Pub
Gold Winner Rockbottom Brewpub Silver Winner Gahan House Bronze Winner Rogues Roost In a city that loves craft beer, it’s no wonder our handful of brew pubs are solid gold. In it’s third consecutive victory in this category, Spring Garden Road’s crafty watering hole continues to wow the masses with brewmaster Jake Saunders’ creations, as […]
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Nine Locks Brewery to open in Dartmouth
The surge of Nova Scotian craft beer continues with Nine Locks Brewery; the joint venture between Shaun O’Hearn (owner of Rockbottom Brewpub and Your Father’s Moustache) and business partner Danny O’Hearn aims to be brewing at 219 Waverley Road (same building as the beloved Mic Mac Bar & Grill) by late November. The microbrewery, named […]
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Highlight of the Season
“The festival lineup at the Halifax Urban Folk Fest is so good this year. The organizers have done such a great job of putting it together,” says New Brunswick’s folk-pop singer Andy Brown. “If you’re looking for a festival with strong musicianship and a great community-based atmosphere, then HUFF is for you.” On Friday night […]