Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill “I knew it was good, but we’re not the kind of place that has a meal on its Caesar,” says The Canteen’s Renée Lavallée of the first-ever win for her restaurant’s morning cocktail. A recipe written by the Clever […]
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Best Fries
Gold Winner Bud the Spud Silver Winner Willy’s Fresh Cut Fries & Burgers Bronze Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub A potato haiku: Hot dog or sausage fries, drink, $8.75 I love fries the most.
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse When you think pub food, it’s all burgers and fries, cheese-covered nachos, chicken wings and maybe—if you’re lucky, or if you’re at the Mic Mac—a rack of ribs. It’s no-frills stuff that pairs well with cold […]
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Get hitched with East Coast Pop Up Weddings
Sarah Anderson wants to help you set virtual fire to your Pinterest wedding board and just elope instead. Anderson, the founder of East Coast Pop Up Weddings as well as an administrative justice of the peace, saw a hole in the wedding marketplace a year ago. “I would get lots of couples who were looking […]
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Where I Work: BeerTech’s Ken Greer
Who he is Ken Greer grew up in Belgium, where having a beer at lunchtime was “no big deal.” Once, when he tried to do this at a restaurant here in Halifax, he was told the draught system was being cleaned. “Who cleans beer lines at lunch?” Greer asked. And then a lightbulb went off: […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Silver Winner Black Sheep Restaurant Bronze Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub The Goat keeps it simple when it comes to this clammy cure all because when the ingredients are solid gold, bells and whistles aren’t necessary. For this winning cocktail, head bartender David Casey says Nova Scotia Blue Lobster […]
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Luis López is changing the way we see Mexican cuisine
Antojo Tacos + Tequila 1667 Argyle Street Daily 11am-late “C an you call back?” Luis López says. He is cut off by a few shouts from the kitchen and shouts a few quick responses back before finishing his sentence. “Call back in an hour.” When he picks up the phone an hour later, smack in […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner EDNA Once upon a time, my father ordered a Caesar in the United States. The server said, “Are you from up north? Like, far north?” You won’t get that sort of response at the Stubborn Goat Gastropub. Its Caesar means business […]
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Best Fries
Gold Winner Bud the Spud Silver Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Bronze Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub “We’re enthusiastic about our fries,” says Bud The Spud’s Jody LeBlanc, and it seems that thousands of Haligonians agree, according to our polls. The OG of the city’s food truck scene, Bud been on the road in some shape or […]
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Best Atmosphere
Gold Winner The Bicycle Thief Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner Lot Six The truth of the matter is that great atmosphere takes hard work and attention to detail, and Hakan Uluer says the crew at The Bicycle Thief is all over it: “You can have great lighting and music, but if you don’t […]
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Mexican eats and patio plans from the Stubborn Goat
“We really believe in the downtown core of Halifax and we want to add something that’ll help make downtown Halifax a destination,” says Geir Simensen. He and his Stubborn Goat Gastropub co-owners Joe McGuinness and Kyle Drake are putting wheels in motion this summer to add not just one new place to eat and drink […]
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Best Caesar
Gold Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner Brooklyn Warehouse Another heaping portion of fried gold for the winning Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub, which once again takes home Best Pub Food. I mean, have you seen this menu? Jumbo pretzel with jalapeño beer cheese sauce, big effin’ nachos, […]