After nine years of serving up locally-inspired meals and a consistently on point brunch game Saege Bistro (5883 Spring Garden Road) announced yesterday that later this month it’ll be closing its doors permanently. According to a release the building’s management, Westwood Group, will be renovating the space over the next few months and the restaurant’s […]
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Alex Oh so good
Alex Oh Sushi & Rolls Hours: Tue-Wed, 11:30am -10pm; Thur-Sat, 11:30am -10:30pm; Sun, 12pm- 9:30pm It’s a busy Friday night at Alex Oh Sushi. The dining room is tiny, but full; the heat of the small crowd has the windows sweating against the outside cold. My friend is running late, so I sit at the […]
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Project Fit shapes up
Jack Hanratty, Mike Hamson and Paul Hamson know all about teamwork. The trio behind downtown Halifax’s newest source for group fitness, Project Fit (1456 Breton Street, just off Spring Garden Road) met on the rugby field—Hanratty had moved to Halifax from Ireland to coach, and the Hamsons (they’re brothers) were two of his players. After […]
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WAXON makes a smooth transition into Halifax
Lexi Miles wants to make your waxing appointments less of a pain. Working as a busy management consultant who spent most of her Monday-to-Fridays on the road she repeatedly found herself rushing to make last-minute appointments, enduring many not-so-great waxing experiences in the name of convenience and necessity. But while working in the US, she […]
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Rogues Roost joins PEI’s Murphy family
Sixteen years ago, Doug Johnson had the great idea to open a pub that’d only serve only house-made beer on tap, his brainchild Rogues Roost (5435 Spring Garden Road) has been a downtown drinking fixture ever since. Today, Rogues officially became part of Charlottetown’s Murphy Hospitality Group—an extended family of two breweries and 12 restaurants, […]
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Serpentine Studio’s new beginning
“We really did like our space, and being on Barrington, but there was a lot of uncertainty with our lease, and the block,” says Sepentine Studios’ co-founder Laura Selenzi. After three years of gracing the big windows on Barrington Street, bringing bellydance, hula hoop, burlesque, Middle Eastern drumming and more to Halifax, the studio announced […]
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Pavia wins a spot in the new library
We’re guessing Christopher Webb and Victoria Foulger weren’t using their library voices yesterday when a unanimous decision from council awarded their Herring Cove treasure, Pavia Gallery – Espresso Bar & Cafe (997 Herring Cove Road), the tender to be the new almighty library’s onsite cafe. For the past three years Pavia’s been a sweet spot […]
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Estia to close on Monday
After five years of serving up Greek goodies, a great brunch and an atmosphere that could transport you to a sunny spot on the Mediterranean, Estia Restaurant‘s (5518 Spring Garden Road) owners Maria and Peter Katsihtis announced today that they’d be closing their resto as of Monday, April 7. Post by Estia Restaurant.
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Bigger Better Than Her Boutique
Just over a year after opening her wilderness-inspired clothing and accessories shop Better Than Her Boutique (5640 Spring Garden Road), Courtney Jones is excited to be expanding. Jones says she realized she’d outgrown her cozy space in Spring Garden Place Mall last year and lucky for her, the space next door opened up allowing for […]
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Abode moves to Doyle Street
Daun Windover works hard to bring you the throwback beauties that deck out her furniture boutique Abode, travelling to auctions across the continent collecting Mad Men-esque mid-century modern gems. The shop, which had been living non-permanently at 1664 Granville Street (the Roy Building) since this fall, has packed up and re-opened at 5431 Doyle Street […]
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Mid Point Cafe set for Spring Garden
The finely ground beans had barely settled at the former Second Cup (5425 Spring Garden Road) before we got word that the prime real estate had been scooped up by another coffee shop. Can Hicyilmaz, owner of the Cup’s neighbouring hookah bar Ottoman Cafe (5411 Spring Garden Road), had the space in the back of […]
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Bookmark’s for sale
Halifax’s only independent adult bookstore is for sale, along with its Charlottetown counterpart. Bookmark is the longest running independent bookstore in Atlantic Canada. The news comes a year after the death of the stores’ founder and owner, Rodney Jones, at 66. His family—daughters Tarra Drevet and Charla Jones, and brother Larry Jones—has been running the […]