Off the Hook CSF fishers will bring a limited amount of fresh, hard-shelled lobsters to Halifax to the Halifax Historic Farmer’s Market (aka the Brewery Market). Check them out on December 18th, December 23, and/or December 30 and go home with a bag full of fresh, local lobster. For more information on lobsters from Off […]
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DavidsTea now downtown
Started in Montreal only two years ago, DavidsTea (5486 Spring Garden Road, 422-7617) is now a national concern. Peninsula grazers, you now have two locations at which to purchase the many kinds of teas available in the store, the one above, opened recently, and at Halifax Shopping Centre.
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Talay Thai opens second location
The multiple Best of Food-winning Thai Food restaurant Talay Thai (1261 Barrington Street, 404-3700) now has a sister location in Dartmouth. For those of you in the City of Lakes craving Pad Thai, Green Curry or Cashew Chicken, we recommend you check out Talay Thai, available at 984 Cole Harbour Road (462-1600).
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Argyle Street parking changes
As the owner of local restaurant and music venue The Carleton (1685 Argyle Street, 422-6335), Mike Campbell has had plenty to say about the parking regulations on the streets downtown, in regular newsletters to his customers and the Stop the Winter Parking Ban Facebook group. In a recent dispatch, he had some good news to pass on: “I am very happy to report that: the ‘No Stopping’ signs on the east side of Argyle St. have been replaced with ‘2 Hour Parking’ signs which will remain until the meters on the street can be reinstalled. AND all the tickets written
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Susie’s Shortbreads to open second location
Susie’s Shortbreads (1589 Dresden Row, 406-7075) is opening a second store location in Bayers Lake in the spring of 2011. The downtown Dresden Row location will remain open, but the new location (at 220 Chain Lake Drive in the Wal-Mart parking lot between Harvey’s and Payless Shoe Source) will offer more products and services including a party room […]
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Henry House third floor
[image-1]The historic Henry House Restaurant and Pub (1222 Barrington Street, 423-5660) has extended to the second floor of the ironstone and granite former residence of Confederation father William Alexander Henry, though they refer to it as the third floor, since the establishment already fills both a lower and upper level. It opened weeks ago after a year of renovation, with Victorian pub features shipped in from the UK. A brand new menu will arrive this week, reflecting the selection of “per-prohibition era cocktails,” says bartender and manager Jessica Alsop. “We’ve been working with a lot of bitters.” They serve appetizers
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Barrington Street 2011 Rumours
It’s certainly not too early to start talking about 2011 in local business. If everything goes well, Shoptalk has heard the good people at Just Us! will be opening a cafe at the Khyber (1588 Barrington Street, 422-9668). More info to come as we (over)hear it.
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Bish to close, Bicycle Thief to open
Bish Wold Cuisine (Bishop’s Landing, 1475 Lower Water Street, 425-7993) will be hosting a “Last Supper” on New Years Eve, then closing its doors. The Bertossi Group, owners of Bish, Il Mercato and Ristorante a Mano, will then renovate the space and open a new restaurant in February 2011, called The Bicycle Thief—presumably named after […]
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Costas Halavrezos: Spice Merchant
He was the familiar voice of Maritime Noon on CBC Radio One until his retirement in September. If you’ve been missing his dulcet voice or have a hankering for spice, head on down to the Brewery Market (also known as The Historic Halifax Farmers’ Market, 1496 Lower Water Street) on either (or both) of the […]
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Brooklyn Warehouse ditches brunch
“At the core of it, we want to reallocate the resources that we put towards brunch into the other services we prefer to do,” explains George Christakos of Brooklyn Warehouse (2795 Windsor Street, 446-8181), the classy and casual eatery where lunch and dinner can be had, as well as, at least until the end of […]
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AGNS gets a new cafe
Shoptalk has learned that the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (1741 Hollis Street, 424-7542) has awarded the tender for their cafe space—previously filled by Scanway and their Cheapside Cafe—to the fine folks at the Armview Grill cvompany, owners of the Armview Restaurant and Lounge. The new cafe, estimated to open in February 2011, is going by the witty handle of Untitled Eats. It will feature a largely local food-filled menu and will offer counter (take away) as well as table service along with catering for meetings, receptions, and other events.
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The Last Potini
Things are changing at popular hotel bar and restaurant Season’s Bistro, found at the corner of Robie and Quinpool in the Atlantica Hotel (1980 Robie Street, 490-3331). For years on Friday evenings they’d offer a gratis potato bar with their drink specials, which consisted of mashed potatoes served in a martini glass along with garnishes […]