Opening a new restaurant is never easy, and the public health order that shut down dining rooms isn’t making that any better. But even in the time of COVID, local food entrepreneurs are still starting businesses. These vendors have been limited to operating solely online, getting their goods to customers via either curbside pickup or […]
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Eater, know thyself?
If you’ve ever wondered what exactly a professor of food philosophy thinks about every day, make a date for Wednesday, January 15’s homecoming lecture by King’s College grad Megan Dean, now a food-philosophy prof at New York state’s Hamilton College. While we all know that eating should be about more than shovelling calories down your […]
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Halifax Taco Week is on!
The idea behind the taco is simple—protein, vegetables and condiments in a starch wrapper—but the results are spectacular. We hope the same will be said of Halifax Taco Week. In this event put on by The Coast, restaurants across the city are offerng a taco special from Thursday, November 14 to Wednesday, November 20, giving […]
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Shucking right: a Q&A with David Burns
Halifax Oyster Festival Fri Oct 4, Sat Oct 5 1521 Lower Water Street oysterfest.ca D avid Burns is the founder of Maisy’s Pearl, an oyster-focussed catering company in Hamilton, Ontario that focuses on education as much as consumption at its pop-ups, parties and private events. (And, cutely enough, is named after his two daughters, Maisy […]
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Propeller’s on the level
The closest thing to getting inside Ian Matheson‘s brain is spending some time at the Propeller Arcade. The Propeller Brewing Company staffer and resident pinball nerd was the champion behind the north end brewery’s no-frills, ultra-lax basement bar, which opened about nine months ago. Now he’s helping it level up. “We thought it would be […]
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A Hurricane Dorian grocery list for procrastinators
Hurricane Dorian is coming. Like the worst visitor ever (an uninvited one), that hot mess is going to show up, over-stay his welcome, lock us indoors, knock some stuff over and probably take our electricity with him as he storms his way towards Cape Breton to mess up somebody else’s weekend. If you’ve seen the […]
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DRINK THIS: Domaine de Grande Pré’s Moscato
September is good for crowding enjoyment into late summer days, much in the same way that the Bay of Fundy’s rising tidal waters push beach-goers together onto shrinking patches of sunlit shore. Domaine de Grand Pré‘s Moscato ($25), launched in the height of summer this year, is my choice of wine to accompany the glow […]
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Eat this: Elaine’s Brazilian Bakery
T here is a very friendly baker at the Seaport Farmers’ Market who you should pay a visit to. Elaine Sphair wakes up at 4am to bake delicious the Brazilian treats that she sells every other week, on Mondays and Tuesdays at the market. There you’ll find her spread of freshly made pão de queijo […]
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G-Street Pizza opens next week
Childhood friends Moe Alhaj and Paul Jebailey had home on their minds when they dreamt up G-Street Pizza. The pair, who grew up in Dartmouth and have spent most of their adult lives living away—Jebailey on the west coast until recently; Alhaj lives in Dubai—and wanted to make a mark on their community, together. And […]
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North end institution Smith’s Bakery is closing next month
Smith’s Bakery & Cafe has been bringing fresh bread, major cakes and a top-notch lineup of squares to Haligonians since 1932. Let that sink in for a second. Yesterday, the north end institution and Halifax’s oldest indie bakery took to its social media accounts to let the world know that as of August 10 it would […]
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The Watch That Ends The Night has closed
Dartmouth’s slick and stylish The Watch That Ends The Night (15 King’s Wharf Place) announced today that the bar/restaurant had closed its doors for the last time. Owners Mark Gray and Alissa Maloney took to Facebook to share the news, writing, “It is with an extremely heavy heart that we must say this, but say this […]
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Mind the brain freeze: Glory Pops gearing up for summer
You’re either old enough to remember chasing the sound of the Dickie Dee through your neighbourhood, or you’re young enough that a bicycle selling frozen treats is totally novel. For Jacqui Keseluk, either option works. The pastry chef-turned-entrepreneur is ringing in her first summer on wheels, selling hand-crafted popsicles under her newly launched business (run […]