Gold Winner Sicilian Pizza, Blowers Street Silver Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Bronze Winner Tony’s Pizza & Donair, Robie Street There’s just something about Sicilian. There’s something even better about Sicilian after 2am. The last standing pizza-maker on the Halifamous Pizza Corner has the absolutely nailed the take-away slice. A massive, droopy triangle of fresh out […]
Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria
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T-Dogs—Halifax’s hot dog hot take
If summer had a scent it would totally be barbecue smoke. And if you, like me, tend to follow your nose to wherever the source of such smoke is, soon you’ll be spending a lot of time on the corner of Agricola and Charles Street. Come early June, the Chapman Autobody lot (2500 Agricola Street) […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Mother’s Pizza Bronze Winner Morris East, Halifax Kneading, topping and signature saucing your ’za, it’s safe to say Salvatore’s knows how you like your pie. The trattoria snags the title again this year, with a pizza it’s proud to call all its own. “We’re purists,” says owner Chris […]
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ShopTalk visits the Hydrostone
If you judge this book by its cover, the Hydrostone Market is a page- turner. Steeped in history and soaked in style it looks good, yes—so good that when Mother’s Pizza went up, it used the original row of shops for design inspiration—but this wee shopping district feels good, too. The tight-knit strip of boutiques, […]
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Less Little Europe, more Salvatore’s
On Monday the news broke that Little Europe (5543 Young Street) was closing up shop in the Hydrostone, but before the mourning could begin its owner Boris Mirtchev reassured us, it’s a good thing—its next door neighbour and veteran on the resto scene, Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria would be taking its place. “It’s a win-win for […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Morris East Bronze Winner Bramoso Gourmet Pizza If you’re sitting and home contemplating where to order a delicious, cheesy, authentic Italian-style pizza, ponder no further—Salvatore’s is your answer. Winner of this category for 11 years straight, the dynasty of great pizza holds strong. Salvatore’s knows how to turn […]
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Best Pizza Slice
Gold Winner Sicilian Pizza, Donairs & Subs, Pizza Corner Silver Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Bronze Winner Alexandra’s Pizza, Halifax Sicilian Pizza is probably the first thing you picture when you think pizza corner. There’s a reason for that. Touting the slogan Home of the Big Slice you know you’re going to get what you ask […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Silver Winner Morris East Bronze Winner Bramoso Pizza Good news over here: Salvatore’s is getting a new stone oven. In fact, by the time you read this, they might already have it. So why should you care about their new appliances? Because they’ll be able to make that killer pizza […]
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Best Pizza Slice
Gold Winner Sicilian Pizza, Donairs & Subs Silver Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Bronze Winner Alexandra’s Pizza When you want a BIG slice of the ‘za, Sicilian’s your best bet. The shop has cleaned up again with what part-owner Joe Nahas says is an historic recipe. “We have a proven recipe that we’ve been using for […]
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Best Pizza Pie
This 2011 edition of the Best of Food poll is the 10th annual edition, so we checked the first Best of Food issue from 2002 to see which restaurants were voted the best both back in the day and today. Salvatore’s is among the select group. Ten years ago, Coast food critic Jillian Brown talked […]
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Best Pizza Pie
This category has been owned by Salvatore’s for years, and despite a late charge from Morris East, the Hydrostone Market mainstay remains the pizza pie champion. And what keeps them in the winter circle with Coast readers? Maybe it’s the thin crust, maybe it’s the surfeit of fresh ingredients, the gourmet combinations of flavours expertly […]
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Food for thinking
With an absurd amount of places to dine out in Halifax, the best spot of all to eat is actually right in your kitchen. But with assignments, social life and dating, it’s all too easy to get fast or processed foods instead. It isn’t easy balancing a student’s hectic lifestyle with their body’s needs and […]