Wednesday morning in Nova Scotia, Shubenacadie Sam saw her shadow, meaning another six weeks of winter. There are also another couple weeks of COVID restrictions, which will last until February 14 at the earliest. It’s not great news in an already-slow time for restaurateurs. “January, February and even March to some degree is a slow […]
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Let’s taco ‘bout Mexican food
The options are plentiful: tacos, burritos, empanadas, chillaquiles. Mexican food can make everyone feel at home, no matter where they are in the world. The spices, flavours and presentation can bring much-needed colour to our lives during this third-wave lockdown, so grab your Corona (the beer, not the virus), order some tacos or a quesadilla, […]
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Go big with Franyz Kitchen
“I‘ve been cooking since I was eight years old,” says Clara Frances Dadin-Alli, AKA Frances Ally, owner of online-only Nigerian take-out and catering business Franyz Kitchen (instagram.com/franyzkitchen). Now Dadin-Alli is 28, and has been cooking in Canada since 2010, when she moved here from Nigeria. Her food—dishes like jollof rice, ofada stew and goat-meat pepper […]
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Staff of Life’s pocket full of gold
When Fran Shirazi visits a cafe, she’s both a customer and salesperson. “Everywhere I go, every corner store or coffee shop, I ask them if they want to carry our product,” she says. Shirazi moved to Halifax from Tehran in 1994. Ten years later, she bought Staff of Life Health Foods & Bakery. At the […]
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Backoos, fried and true
“There aren’t a lot of Koreans here,” JoungMin Kim says. “So when you see one another you’re like ‘Korean? Korean! Hey!’ It’s a small community.” Kim met Sang Ho Back two years ago, just after moving to Nova Scotia with his wife and kids. “My wife, she’s from here and she wanted to live back […]
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The 244’s block party
The Eiffel Tower used to stand at the corner of Gottingen and Cornwallis. You could see it from a block away, tall and bright, almost two stories tall on the side of the building, a glittery accent to the neon script of French Casino, a restaurant where you’d find tournedos and foie gras, French food […]
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Got Soul Shack?
“My husband is from the States, and my dad is from the States. Soul food is in our roots, it’s in our blood,” says Kita Scott. She runs The Soul Shack catering and take-out with her husband, the chef, Philly Scott. The pair are currently looking for the perfect spot to set up a small […]
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Cheap Eats – Seven Dishes under Seven Dollars
$6.50 – McCoastal breakfast sandwich Coastal Coffee The description of the McCoastal, Coastal’s breakfast sandwich, comes across as tasty but innocuous: two fried eggs, havarti cheese, maple sausage on an English muffin. But the actual physical presence of this delicacy is something else altogether. It is roughly the size of a small human baby. The […]
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Gracious Indian rocks a new fast food
We’ve been watching the renovations take place at that former martial arts studio on Windsor Street, and were thrilled when an Indian Food joint opened a couple of weeks ago. The Gracious Indian (2156 Windsor, 407-0707) offers, according to the menu, “a variety of popular Indian dishes available for takeout, delivery & catering,” including a […]