Gold Winner Lot Six Bar & Restaurant Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Antojo Tacos + Tequila There’s no award for Most Instagrammable Restaurant in Halifax, but if there were, it’d make sense that the city’s favourite atmosphere, found at Lot Six, would be in the running. “There’s the building, the nice wood and […]
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Best Fine Dining
Gold Winner The Bicycle Thief Silver Winner Bar Kismet Bronze Winner Ristorante a Mano The pedal is to the gold medal once again for the Halifax waterfront’s longtime people pleaser, The Bicycle Thief. The shiniest jewel in the Bertossi Restaurant Group crown, this atmospheric Italian eatery sets the mood for your big night out with […]
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Best Restaurant
Gold Winner The Canteen Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner 2 Doors Down Food + Wine Renée Lavallée and Doug Townsend’s minds are blown. “We try to eat out on a regular basis—we know the amazing restaurants, the Bar Kismets, the EDNAs,” says Lavallée via speakerphone. She lovingly calls The Canteen “just a little […]
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Best Restaurant
Gold Winner The Bicycle Thief Silver Winner The Canteen Bronze Winner EDNA The Bicycle Thief steals our readers’ hearts for the second consecutive time here. The big dog in the Bertossi Group family of restaurants has maintained its position as a place people like to go for a fancy night out since opening to the […]
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Best Fine Dining
Gold Winner The Bicycle Thief Silver Winner Chives Canadian Bistro Bronze Winner EDNA Fine dining spots have a lot more than the food itself to take into consideration. When has anyone chowing down at a lunch counter or greasy spoon ever been concerned with lighting, music or how comfo-rtable their chair was, for instance? (Answer: […]
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Best Pasta
Gold Winner Ristorante a Mano Silver Winner Il Mercato Bronze Winner The Bicycle Thief “I would eat it every day for the rest of my life,” says Patrick Gaetz about Ristorante aMano’s spaghettini con polpette, and he’s not alone. That’s the fan-favourite dish on the eatery’s expansive pasta menu, thanks to its spicy meatballs, bocconcini, […]
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Best Atmosphere
Gold Winner Lot Six Bar & Restaurant Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner EDNA When people think of the vibe at Lot Six, it’s always all about the atrium says manager Sarah Amyotte. “When we first opened everyone was in awe of the glass roof, but as we grew out of the terrible twos […]
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TorStar CEO wines and dines Halifax bigwigs with mini lobster rolls
Halifax officials got some Star treatment on Monday night. TorStar chief executive officer John Boynton was in town, hosting various city hotshots for dinner at The Bicycle Thief. According to one attendee, the event was to dialogue about how the Toronto Star and its StarMetro Halifax paper can shift the way they target and portray news […]
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Best Wine List
Gold Winner Obladee, A Wine Bar Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Little Oak It’d be a little weird if Obladee didn’t do well this category, as few watering holes around town are so dedicated to and passionate about wine. It has a wide selection, including both imported and local bottles, which explains how […]
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Best Pasta
Gold Winner Ristorante a Mano Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner il Mercato Trattoria If you’re wondering what makes these noodles stand out from the bunch, it’s all in the name, really. “A mano” literally means by hand—and that’s the secret to these gold-winning pastas. “We do make it daily by hand, we have […]
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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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Best Fine Dining
Gold Winner The Bicycle Thief Silver Winner Chives Canadian Bistro Bronze Winner EDNA “We don’t look at it as a restaurant, this is our home. Everyone who comes here, we open the doors with open arms to welcome them,” says Hakan Uluer, co-owner of your choice for Best Fine Dining. The Bicycle Thief’s standout food […]