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 […]
Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria
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Best Pizza Slice
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Yeah Yeahs Pizza Bronze Winner Pizza Girls, downtown “The team here really knocks me off my feet and the customers are obviously amazing. I’m sort of just a bystander between the two watching it happen,” says Salvatore’s owner Chris Cuddihy. He says the slices are so amazing for […]
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Best Food Delivery
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Cha Baa Thai Restaurant, downtown Bronze Winner Freeman’s Little New York, Quinpool The best piece of advice Chris Cuddihy can offer hungry people ordering delivery from Salvatore’s is call early and book it in advance. “It’s not that we’re slow, it’s that we’re busy,” says the restaurant’s owner […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Morris East, Halifax Silver Winner Yeah Yeahs PIzza Bronze Winner Mother’s PIzza Hall of fame Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria “I think people just enjoy eating at Morris East.” Sure, Jennie Dobbs agrees that the pizza itself is bragworthy, but she’s quick to chalk her second Best of Halifax win up to the entire experience […]
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25 all right: a round-up of dishes you have to eat right now
We’ve rounded up 25 meals from across the city that blow our minds, stand the test of time and keep our cravings constant. These are the things you should absolutely have eaten, should be eating right now or should plan to eat in the near future. In the words of Thrush Hermit, which celebrates 25 […]
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Best Pizza Slice
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Sicilian Pizza, Donairs & Subs, Blowers Street Bronze Winner Yeah Yeahs Pizza You can’t get rid of Sal’s that easily, Halifax. After being ushered into the Hall of Fame last year thanks to its long run as Best Pizza Pie winner, the north end pizza joint has decidedly […]
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Best Food Delivery
Gold Winner Salvatore’s PIzzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Alexandra’s Pizza, Queen Street Bronze Winner Cha Baa Thai Restaurant, Halifax “We’re very proud of our pizza and many things we do, but I’d go on the record saying delivery isn’t our strength,” says Sal’s owner Chris Cuddihy, clearly a believer that honesty is the best policy. “I […]
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B.A. Johnston’s Top 5 Spots for Grub
Coming back to Halifax for his yearly visit to sprinkle Jager on the city, and also to tour his latest album Gremlins 3, BA Johnston flies in on a snot rocket to Gus’ Pub June 17 with Spew, Outtacontroller and Reaguns Rayguns 9pm, $6, $3 with Weedeater ticket stub, $10 with Moncton ID (lollll). In […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame Inductee Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Mother’s Pizza Bronze Winner Morris East, Halifax Editor’s note: With its latest Best Pizza Pie win in 2016, Sal’s was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. Chris Cuddihy has been running Sal’s for 23 years, and winning Best of Halifax […]
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Best Pizza Slice
Gold Winner Sicilian Pizza, Donairs & Subs, downtown Silver Winner Tony’s Donair & Pizza, Robie Street Bronze Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria There once was a packed pub, with golden pint glasses and energetic students, blowing off steam after their classes. When the evening’s end came, and the fun had been had, the snack search began, […]
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Pumpkin Cannoli
Yields approximately 12 Ingredients 1 container ricotta cheese 1 cup pumpkin puree* ¾ cup icing sugar, less or more to taste ½ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp nutmeg 1/8 tsp clove candied pumpkin seeds, rough chopped cannoli shells** Candied pumpkin seeds 1 ½ cup pumpkin seeds 1/3 cup sugar of choice ½ tsp cinnamon pinch of […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Mother’s Pizza Bronze Winner Morris East, Halifax Fifteen years in a row Salvatore’s has won the Best Pizza Pie gold, and still “we never stop trying to improve,” says Sal’s Chris Cuddihy. Relax, Halifax. He’s not talking about tweaking the dough or messing with the sauce—which is never […]