Praises w/Mon Doux Saigneur, Blaze Velluto, Tallies Thursday, October 18, 9:15pm The T-Room, 1360 Barrington Street, free Toronto musician Jesse Crowe keeps busy with multiple bands on the go, but her solo project Praises is a constant she keeps coming back to. “Praises to me is kind of like the project that will always exist,” […]
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A bar of one’s own
The Grawood Beer Bar & Eatery Dalhousie University Student Union Building, 6136 University Avenue This student-union-run beer bar pours up 16 draught taps, featuring local faves and domestics, and also is a fully functioning restaurant, serving lunch daily and hosting Wednesday night burger nights and Thursday wing nights. Though there’ll be plenty of opportunities to […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner The Board Room Game Cafe Silver Winner Rockbottom Brew Pub Bronze Winner The T-Room Dating is a roll of the dice at the best of times, so why not literally roll some dice on that awkward first date in a place with a relaxed atmosphere and a great icebreaker. “Playing a board game […]
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Sonic Avenues drives down a new road
Sonic Avenues, Montreal’s longtime punk squad, return to the stage following the release of their fourth album Disconnector. In an effort to evolve their garage sound, this new record brings a new take on the band’s signature “fast, noisy, fuzzed-out sing-alongs.” In advance of Sonic Ave’s Halifax tour stop this Saturday, we caught up with […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner Brian MacKay, Rogues Roost Silver Winner Stan Selig and Ben Schulman, T-Room Bronze Winner Mark Black, Gus’ Pub & Grill After nearly 10 years of exercising brains via Rogues Roost’s Wednesday night trivia, host with the most Brian MacKay had to say goodbye to the grizzled old bar this fall. His trivia, though, […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner The T-Room Silver Winner Rogues Roost Bronze Winner Gus’ Pub A good trivia night is made of many parts: stellar hosts, clever trivia team names (and equally clever teams) and great questions. Stan Selig and new co-host Ben Schulman (taking over for Matt Morrison) have perfected this trifecta, winning the T-Room trivia night […]
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Best Student Hang
Gold Winner The Wardroom Silver Winner The T-Room Bronze Winner The Boardroom Game Cafe Chilling out is not optional at the University of King’s College’s clubhouse-meets-watering hole The Wardroom. Carpeted for your comfort, The Wardy has a distinct basement hangout vibe to it—that is, if your basement features local beer on tap, regular performances from […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner Rogues Roost Silver Winner T-Room Bronze Winner Rockbottom Brewpub “If he’s lucky I’ll bring him to the awards ceremony,” laughs Brian MacKay, making a playful dig at T-Room trivia’s Stan Selig, who’s been knocked from the top seat of this category after four years. MacKay’s been hosting Rogues’ jam-packed Wednesday nights since 2007, […]
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Best Student Hang
Gold Winner The Wardroom Silver Winner T-Room Bronze Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Somebody at The Wardroom did their homework because, damn, the beverage selection here rules. But apart from the Garrison, Bridge Brewing, ShipBuilders Cider et al, this pub’s chill vibe goes a long way. And the live music doesn’t hurt either. “We have lots […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner T-Room Silver Winner Rogues Roost Bronze Winner Finbar’s Irish Pub “Stan is the next Alex Trebek!” exclaimed one Best of Halifax voter in support of Friday night trivia at the T-Room. That’s Stan Selig getting praised, one half of the winning triv team. After his longtime partner-in-crime Thomas Craig moved to Calgary “following […]
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Best Student Hang
Gold Winner T-Room Silver Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Bronze Winner The Wardroom Engineered for optimum fun, the gold-winning T-Room always seems to come out on top. And how could it not when, as one voter so aptly points out, it has “cheap drinks, good live shows and award-winning trivia? How can you get much better […]
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Best Place To Drink Alone
Gold Winner Tom’s Little Havana Cafe Silver Winner The T-Room Bronze Winner Obladee, A Wine Bar There’s a shared theme with these three prime locales for lone wolves: dim lighting. It’s all about staying incognito when you’re hitting the bottle alone, not that we judge, but drinking for one should be done mysterious places with […]