WHAT SHE DOES Stephanie Ogilvie—a petite, soft-spoken redhead with piercing blue eyes—is a chef. When most kids weren’t even allowed in the kitchen, she was already making meals for her family and watching Julia Child on television. Being a chef, Ogilvie says, “is pretty all consuming—if we’re not two steps ahead, we’re three steps behind,” […]
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Battery Park, recharged
It turns out George and Leo Christakos had an ace in the hole. Or, rather, they put an Ace in the hole that chef Mark Gray left in their restaurant concept when, last month, he announced he was going to be leaving Battery Park (62 Ochterloney Street). The food at Battery Park has been defined […]
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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, […]
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Best Restaurant
Gold Winner EDNA Silver Winner The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Brooklyn Warehouse “As a restaurant owner and operator, I’m in it because this is what I love to do, I love my work. You don’t think of yourself as being the best in any type of way—and you’re not doing it to be the best,” […]
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Brooklyn and North team up for Battery Park
Back in June Brooklyn Warehouse and North Brewing Company piqued interests with a little tease—the beloved restaurant and craft brewery were teaming up and taking the show on the road to Dartmouth. Together, they’d open something new, a bar, in the former Nectar Restaurant and Wine Bar (62 Ochterloney Street) space. But the rest was […]
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Nectar is closing, but North Brewing and Brooklyn Warehouse are moving in
After six years of bringing great meals, cocktails and jazz to downtown Dartmouth, Nectar Restaurant & Wine Bar (62 Ochterloney Street) announced this morning that it would serve its last customers on Sunday, June 21. The doors won’t be closed for too long, though—the restaurant has been sold and the unnamed new owners will reveal […]
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Your 2014 Taste of Nova Scotia Prestige Awards winners
Yesterday, Taste of Nova Scotia celebrated our province’s culinary industry and some of the people who make it so darn great with its annual Prestige Awards, which were presented during the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia’s tourism summit. Here are all the beautiful people and places who took home the hardware: Innovative Product of […]
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Renée Lavallée wins Gold Medal Plates
Last night nine local chefs faced off at the annual Gold Medal Plates competition—a Canada-wide celebration of food, drink, art and athletics that also raises funds for Canada’s Olympic athletes. Major congrats go to the almighty Renée Lavallée, of The Canteen and Feisty Chef fame, who took home top honours thanks to her Nova Scotia […]
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Best Chef
Gold Winner Craig Flinn, Chives Canadian Bistro Silver Winner Mark Gray, Brooklyn Warehouse Bronze Winner Graeme Ruppel, Stillwell Beer Bar The king of cooking, Craig Flinn seizes the title once again. When the beloved Halifax chef isn’t dreaming up ideas for one of his restaurants, Chives or 2 Doors Down, he can be found scavenging […]
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Best Chef
Gold Winner Chives Canadian Bistro Silver Winner Maurizio Bertossi, The Bicycle Thief Bronze Winner Mark Gray, Brooklyn Warehouse “So many good people on this list, but Craig Flinn is a treasure,” says one reader of Chives’s chef, who’s taken home many Best of Food honours over the years. With menus rotating by the season, Flinn’s […]
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Brooklyn Warehouse’s kitchen campaign
Team Brooklyn Warehouse (2795 Windsor Street) knows a thing or two about crowdfunding. Remember last year when they raised over $20,000 in two months, helping them to build a sweet new front room/patio? That was pretty clear evidence of how possible it is to get by with a little help from your friends, supporters and […]
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Take the Shop Talk Guided Tour: The north end
The meat of the issue We love it when something old is unearthed for us to experience for the first time. One year ago, Frédéric Tandy opened Charcuterie Ratinaud (2082 Gottingen Street, 446-8222), bringing home the European practice of curing meats and making pâtés and sausages. “It’s something that people have been doing for hundreds […]