Michelada and dumplings El Chino My favourite new hangout has a really nice and varied drink menu but I cannot, will not, shift my focus from its spicy beer cocktail. It is my medicine. And because you cannot take medicine on an empty stomach, dumplings. Sundae (any) Manual’s Dairy Bar Two seconds in the sun […]
Stillwell Beergarden
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Best Thing To Happen In Halifax In The Past Year
Gold Winner IKEA Silver Winner Stillwell Beergarden Bronze Winner Development downtown You know it’s been a banner year when a Swedish big-box store tops the highlight reel with a fully furnished press conference featuring a slick bed set, meatballs and the mayor. Are you serious, Halifax? That’s rhetorical. You’re totally serious about the news that […]
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Best New Bar
Gold Winner Battery Park Beer Bar & Eatery Silver Winner Stillwell Beergarden Bronze Winner Highwayman “I think that we are really coming into our own as the local pub and that is a really amazing relationship we’re developing with that market there,” says George Christakos of Battery Park, a multi-winner in this year’s Best of […]
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Best Patio
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame Inductee Your Father’s Moustache Silver Winner Gahan House Bronze Winner Stillwell Beergarden Editor’s note: With its latest Best Patio win in 2016, YFM was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. Look up. Wayyyyy up above Spring Garden Road and you’ll find the patio pinnacle that’s ruled […]
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Those who like it, like it elote
All summer long Stillwell Beergarden has been featuring one of the simplest street foods: Elote. This Mexican grilled corn pops with flavor—sweet corn, the smoke of the grill, melted butter, salty cheese, spicy heat, tart and creamy yogurt. It’s a ton of flavour with less effort than you’d think. Anyone who has snacked on the […]
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Shack attack
Giggles The Dartmouth Waterfront’s hidden gem, Giggles has deep fried take-out dishes like poutine and hot dogs, but specializes in a couple dozen flaovurs of soft serve, from chocolate and strawberry to dayglo creations like tutti fruiti and crème de menthe. 2 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth Waterfront Polar Bear Express Even if you don’t immediately spot […]
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Growing a beer garden
If Norma Desmond was a city street, dreaming of a return to star billing—a return to the halcyon days when CDs and books would bring people to stores and the windows of pool halls and artsy bars glowed with life—she wouldn’t have been Sunset Boulevard, she woulda been Barrington Street. Barrington has creaked along over […]
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Best New Bar
Gold Winner Stillwell Beergarden Silver Winner Gahan House Bronze Winner Lot Six Long live the Stillwell Beergarden! Summer 2015 was made all the better by the arrival of the innovative new waterfront drinkery—basically an outdoor location for Best Bar, Stillwell, which doesn’t get much summer sun in its Barrington Street location. “It was a very […]
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Best Patio
Gold Winner Your Father’s Moustache Silver Winner Gahan House Bronze Winner Stillwell Beergarden We’re already mourning the passing of another patio season, and Your Father’s Moustache’s rooftop oasis is a big part of that sadness. “We always try to go the extra mile on the patio,” says owner Shaun O’Hearn. “We dress it up and […]
