The 2 Crows Brewing Co. hit Brunswick Street on January 28 last year, and it’s been going strong ever since. “It’s been a whirlwind for sure,” says co-owner and brewer Jeremy Taylor. Going forward, Taylor wants to release some of 2 Crows’ core beers to Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and PEI. Halifax can look […]
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Six beers to keep you warm this winter
Hopper’s Bazaar by Lunn’s Mill Beer Co. with Ladies Beer League (6.7 percent, 14 IBU) When the Ladies Beer League teamed up with Lunn’s Mill, they wanted to make something unique. The league shot out ideas until one stuck, says board member Kelly Costello. “Finally someone said, ‘Well, why don’t we use garam masala?’ And […]
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Bedford’s The Jumping Bean is now The Nook Espresso Bar
This week popular Bedford cafe The Jumping Bean (936 Bedford Highway) got a new lease on life when it re-launched as The Nook Espresso Bar Bedford, a sibling location of the Halifax cafe of the same name. Nicole Myles Brook and Brian Brook—who’ve been running the Bedford location of the Newfoundland chain since summer 2016—helped […]
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Riot Snack Bar has closed
Nearly two years after opening its doors on Quinpool, Riot Snack Bar (6293 Quinpool Road) has announced that it’s officially closed up shop, permanently. Nicole Tufts and Sonia Gillies-da Mota‘s restaurant recently expanded its fleet to include Vandal Doughnuts, which replaced the dearly departed Ace Burger Co. (6293 Quinpool Road) in Gus’ Pub. According to […]
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Buta Ramen is here to warm you up
A new place to sip hot broth and slurp on noodles is open just in time for Haligonians to escape the frigid winter winds. Buta Ramen has set up shop at the former home of Hamachi House (5190 Morris Street) under the ownership of Francis Yoon. “So far, we are getting very good feedback,” says […]
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The Carleton Music Bar & Grill closes this week for renovations
The Carleton Music Bar & Grill (1685 Argyle Street) is temporarily closing its doors for renovations. According to a press release, the Carleton will shut down on December 22. It will briefly re-open for its In The Dead of Winter Festival shows from January 18-20, but the official re-opening won’t take place until February 8. […]
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Nova Scotia Spirit Co. breaks into the beer business
Nova Scotia Spirit Co. is broadening its horizons and getting into the beer business. “It was kind of a natural progression,” says company president Alex Rice. “It’s something that we’ve kind of considered throughout the past couple years that we’ve launched the spirits brand.” The Trenton-based company acquired a former Scotsburn dairy facility in Stellarton, […]
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What’s the Xenia Social Society all about?
“Xenia is the Greek goddess of hospitality,” says Ceilidh Sutherland, co-owner of Field Guide and Highwayman, and co-creator of an immersive dining experience that debuts next week. Xenia Social Society is the brainchild of Sutherland and Katie Tower—the designer behind the branding of Sutherland’s restaurants—inspired by a shared desire to bring some of Halifax’s unused, […]
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Drink this: Stillwell Four
A post shared by Stillwell Brewing Co (@stillwellbrewing) on Nov 13, 2017 at 8:58am PST Stillwell’s latest creation is not only a celebration of four years in the biz, but also the first bottle release to come out of its own brewing location. Earlier this year, Stillwell co-owner Chris Reynolds decided to rent some space […]
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Candy review: Halloween Kisses
It’s rare that you run across a “candy” so vile it has a disgusting urban myth regarding its origin. Halloween Kisses are exactly that candy. The party line was that at the end of Halloween candy season, the excess bags of Halloween Kisses would get shipped back to the manufacturer, where they’d be tossed into […]
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The prize-winning pints of the Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards
The fourth annual Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards were presented this past weekend at the Stubborn Goat in downtown Halifax. The awards showcased the best in beer and cider from around the Atlantic region, with a whopping 321 entries submitted from New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and PEI (which is up from 257 total entries in […]
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Coming soon to Lower Water Street, aFrite
Remember Andrew Al-Khouri? The plucky Cape Bretoner-turned-Haligonian made a splash on Master Chef Canada in 2015, earning his spot on the airwaves with a no frills donair gnocchi and tapping out in the top 10. Then, he was a tax officer with a passion for cooking bored by his day job. Now, he’s opening a […]