After four years in the business, owner Stacey Cayea has decided to close Sugar Shok Treat Boutique in Dartmouth. “The numbers talk and you gotta listen sometimes,” Cayea says of her financial troubles. In the past few years, Cayea has had to sell personal belongings to get stock into the candy store. “This year, there’s […]
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Best Milkshake
Gold Winner Darrell’s Silver Winner Sugar Shok Bronze Winner The Chickenburger
 
This south-end shake shack had been bringing all the boys and girls to its yard with the city’s favourite milkshake for the last seven years. It’s a frosted treat that’s lact-oh-so-good. Sure, the unadventurous can suck back a traditional chocolate or strawberry, but the real […]
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Cool story, bro
Black Bear Ice Cream Q: In a battle of waterfront ice cream, who’d win, a Bear or a Cow? A: Whomever wields Moon Mist as a weapon. Queens Wharf, Halifax waterfront Cherry Berry Self-Serve Yogurt Bar It’s on you to dress your frozen yogurt swirl to the nines with sauces, cookies, fruit chunks and boba, […]
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Sugar Shok goes bigger this year
Stacey Campbell was elbow deep in ice cream when she realized that her downtown Dartmouth sweet spot needed to grow. A busy summer at Sugar Shok (117 Portland Street), and a craving to expand into milkshake territory, pushed her to start hunting for location that was both nearby, and much larger than her current spot. […]
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Mr. Bacon!
A glaring hole in the local retail scene has been the absence of a candy store on the Dartmouth side of the harbour. But no longer! Just in time for Halloween, Stacey Campbell has opened Sugar Shok Candy Boutique, a candy-, gift-, card-, partly supply- novelty-shop at 117 Portland Street (880-0660). Besides traditional candy she […]