Gold Winner Gio Silver Winner Tempo Food + Drink Bronze Winner Seasons by Atlantica Since opening in 2006, Gio has been a hell of a lot more than a “hotel restaurant”. Between its stunning, modern decor—which couldn’t feel less like a hotel lobby—its global influence and local ingredients, it remains among the city’s top dining […]
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Hop aboard the Burger Bus!
Hey, burger addicts! I have valuable information to share with you. Now that our annual Halifax Burger Week (March 19-25) has grown to supersized proportions, and will include 64 (!!!) local restaurants flipping delectable patties all week long, it might be challenging to get a good sampling of what’s out there. Unless of course you […]
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Double Purpose Christmas Spice
Ingredients 1 tbsp sage 1 tbsp summer savory 1 tsp thyme powder 1 small pinch of nutmeg (freshly ground) 1 tsp Worcestershire powder 1 tsp sea salt ¼ tsp black pepper Method This will yield a 20-pound turkey for internal and external surface. Only use three-quarters of the yield on the spice blend—save the remaining […]
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Reserve and protect
An overstuffed calendar is never a terrible thing, but for food events in town, it can result in under-attended events. Over the next few months, you can gorge yourself on events. The Fall Wine Festival and last weekend’s Port of Wines Festival lead into this coming weekend’s Food Truck Rally, City Harvest, Devour: The Food […]
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Brenan Madill
Brenan Madill likes a challenge. Inspired by his family and a stint as a dishwasher-cum-line cook—“It was like an amusement park where you never get off a ride or wait in line, just go go go”—-he enrolled in NSCC’s Culinary Arts post-high school. But after balancing first year with a cooking gig at the Hilton […]
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Go for the gold with Culinary Team Canada
The euphoric smells of fine food will be flowing through Halifax this Friday night as the Going for Gold, a dinner with Culinary Team Canada, takes place at the Atlantica Hotel. Atlantica’s executive chef, Luis Clavel, is on cloud nine. He is one of the members of team Canada that will be doing some of […]
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Culinary champs
Nova Scotia has often been lucky when it comes to food. There’s a certain remarkable quality to the food here that’s hard to find anywhere else in Canada. Culinary Team Canada obviously gets it; they’ve selected two Nova Scotian chefs, Luis Clavel and Peter Dewar, to be part of the team. Culinary Team Canada is […]
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Best Hotel Restaurant
Gold Winner Gio Restaurant Silver Winner Seasons by Atlantica Bronze Winner Elements on Hollis Gio is the first to take home the gold in one of Best of Food’s newest categories, Best Hotel Restaurant. Congrats! Owned and operated by the Prince George Hotel, Gio sets itself apart from other hotel restaurants with its classy decor […]
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Halifax hotels as dining destinations
Sometimes I think lobby doors scare people off,” says Luis Clavel, nodding toward the bright lobby of the Atlantica Hotel. These aren’t the gilded lobby doors of hotels from Toronto to New York and Paris to Hong Kong, doors behind which you’re not surprised to discover some of the best restaurants in the world. The […]
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Seasonal delight
I was nine years old when I moved to Dartmouth. I’d spent most of my childhood living in the tiny village of Greenwood in the Annapolis Valley. Some of my first glimpses of Halifax were seen from the curved windows of what was then the Holiday Inn on Quinpool Road. Some of my first meals […]
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Bars on ice
Oh, how we love The Oval. It’s officially the highest concentration of smiling people in HRM. Finally, the Common is alive, as is the spirit of winter. And while we’re talking spirits…here are some great places to grab a drink or two after you’ve skated yourself silly. jane’s on the common Carefully cross the icy […]
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Changing Seasons
The stylish hotel bar Seasons (1980 Robie Street, 490-3331), once officially known as Seasons Bistro and Wine Bar, is now Seasons by Atlantica, following renovations. They’re back open today, so drop by to check out the changes.