Clayton Park wine, beer and spirits store now can be found on Bedford Highway It’s now called Harvest Wines and Spirits (757 Bedford Highway, 443-7897). It’s right next to Clearwater seafood, so maybe you’ll want to pick up some wine with that lobster dinner you had planned?
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Rock Island Cafe is a Bistro
If you’ve been by the Bermudean resto lately, you’ll notice a new menu posted outside. The eatery has changed its name to Rock Island Bistro, along with some staff changes inside. The new chef will tempt you palate with more upscale selections, and the patio out on the sidewalk and in the courtyard around the side makes for a great place for a summer evening meal.
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There’s Something About Mary’s 2
“The same menu exactly,” promises Mary’s Place Cafe (2752 Robie Street, 454-2558) owner Ray Khouri about the second location of his popular joint. It will be found in the spot on Spring Garden formerly occupied by Brick Oven Pizzeria (5982 Spring Garden), which has closed. Khouri is in there now renovating, and plans to open the new location of his all-day-breakfast-vegan-vegetarian-middle-eastern palace before the students return, so in August, likely. It’s gonna be called Mary’s Place Cafe 2, in the style of all great sequels.
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Morris East offers new cocktails
Morris East (5212 Morris Street, 444-7663) has a wine and beverage director. Yeah, we didn’t know either! Well, it’s true, her name is Katrina Roberts and through the artistic science of mixology she’s created The Rio, a frozen martini whose ingredients include mango, cardamom syrup and the Brazilian spirit cachaça. Too late for the Brazilian World Cup fans, but for those enjoying the bossa nova sounds at the Halifax Jazz Festival, this may be the perfect refresher. And on the subject of the HJF, Morris East is also giving customers with tickets to Spontaneous Combustion a free organic martini with
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JiXiang Chinese Restaurant opens
China Classic was once there, now it is gone, replaced by JiXiang Chinese Restaurant (6311 Quinpool Road, 429-2828), offering “authentic Szechwan Chinese cuisine,” with free delivery in the area for order over $25. You’ll find lunch combos run from $7.95 through $9.95, and the hours are Mon-Tues 4pm-11pm, Wed-Fri 11:30pm-2:30pm, 4:30pm-11pm and Sat-Sun, 11am-11pm.
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Halifax cafe in uproar over scuttlebutt
Ireland32 enjoyed their grand opening early in the month of June, with Noel Gallagher having taken over the popular Quinpool spot Carlitos from previous owner Carlos Wong. When the changeover happened, Gallagher was the building owner. Shoptalk spoke to Wong back in March, who told us that though relations with his landlord were good, the […]
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Fresh baked goods on Agricola and Jubilee
You may recall a Shoptalk item from late 2009, reporting that Fancy Pantry and Breads offered a sourdough bread delivery in the north end, the brainchild of baker Jessica Ross. Last summer she also offered an opportunity for you to buy bread from a farm market stall right off Agricola. Well, that’s starting up on […]
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Taj Mahal reopens
Closed since a January fire that shut down three restaurants, including Thai Chin and Cafe Chianti, we’re pleased to report that Taj Mahal (5175 South Street, 492-8251) has reopened, so expect to find your murg makhani, your dhaba gosht masalaedar and your tandoori machi, all available once again. No word yet on when Thai Chin […]
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Food fit for a Queen
Government House, the official home for the Lieutenant Governor, is also the official residence for the Queen, if she so decides (there’s no confirmation she’s actually staying there). Walking in on Sunday afternoon it’s so quiet, there’s little indication that royalty’s on its way—except for maybe the giant portrait on the staircase, and the metal barricades lined up outside. The 200-plus year-old pad certainly looks guest-ready, especially after three years of renovations that cost upwards of $6 million. Government House’s executive chef Steven Galvin was nice enough to open his kitchen and give us a look at what he’s
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Halifax Patio King hits 20
As we slip silently into summer’s gorgeous grasp, patio culture becomes a thing here in Halifax. It’s worth noting that multiple winner in the Best of Food reader’s poll for Best Patio—not to mention all the other awards its garnered—Your Father’s Moustache (5686 Spring Garden Road, 423-6766) has been around for 20 years this year, […]
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Cupcake camp: for adults
“CupcakeCamp is basically just bringing a city community together with the love of cupcakes!” says Johanna Gerrits, the organizer of this Sunday’s cupcake gathering. And who doesn’t love cupcakes? If you go to cupcakecamp.org, you’ll discover that the CupcakeCamp phenomenon is an international one, and Gerrits is simply getting the Halifax baking started. Email cupcakecamphalifax@gmail.com […]
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More Halifax World Cup venues
Having seen Shoptalk give a shout-out last week to a few local venues prepping for World Cup action, the fine folks at Niche (1505 Barrington Street, 423-6632) blew their vuvuzela—the multi-decibel noise-making horn popular among soccer stadium dwellers—to remind us that they are going all out for World Cup celebrations by putting up a tent […]