If Cookie Monster drank beer, this would probably be his favourite. North Brewing Company’s latest release is adorably titled Twinkle Pony. It’s a cookie stout which includes flavours you’d find in a bakery, brewed with macarons from Le French Fix Pâtisserie. “Pastry stouts are a fun style you see lots of breweries experimenting with these […]
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Apartment 3 Espresso Bar slated for Sackville Drive
Heather and Alex Stephen took the road less travelled to wind up at small business ownership. The couple—she’s a former World Cup bobsleigh competitor from Edmonton, he’s a St. FX basketball alumnus—made the move from Toronto to Lower Sackville three years ago seeking a more subdued, outdoorsy life, and now they’re gearing up to open […]
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Open Book Coffee to open on Strawberry Hill
Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press are moving their offices and with the new, improved digs (3660 Strawberry Hill Street) comes an added bonus. A coffee shop! In partnership with the publishers, Joe Tinney—partner of Nimbus/Vagrant GM Terrilee Bulger—will open Open Book Coffee sometime in May. After a 30-year career as a flight attendant allowed him […]
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Drink this: Propeller’s Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout
Propeller Brewing Co. has just released the first in a series of barrel-aged beers. Last week, Propeller launched its Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout—a new take on the original Russian Imperial Stout. Head brewer Cameron Crerar was keen on putting out some barrel-aged creations, so he picked up some Wild Turkey Bourbon barrels to get the […]
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Drink this: Garrison’s Pucker Up!
If you don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day, at least you can put your lips on a new can of beer. OK, maybe that sounds depressing—but in this context, it’s really not. Garrison Brewing is rolling out a canned release of Pucker Up! just in time for a Valentine treat. The bright-coloured tart and […]
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Ruby’s brings the south to Salter Street
If you have the very specific hankering for cowboy hat light fixtures, you’re in luck. Ruby’s Rhinestone Reception & Lounge (5187 Salter Street) is expected to open at the end of March. Owner Steve Caryi, a US-based businessperson, saw a market for a southern-style eatery in HRM. Caryi owns Halifax real estate company ComVest Commercial […]
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Red Lunchbox opens next week
Michael Grove isn’t your average restaurateur. The owner of the soon to be Red Lunchbox (6172 Quinpool Road)—a plant-based restaurant slated to open on Tuesday—was inspired to open his own business after a brush with cancer, but his vision of a cooperative, collaborative workplace long predated his health scare. “I’ve had plans, not even of having […]
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Anchored Coffee’s Quinpool cafe is closing
Dartmouth’s roaster is breaking some Halifax hearts on Valentine’s Day. Anchored Coffee announced today via Instagram that it would be focusing “100% of our energy on the coffee roastery” and closing its tiny espresso counter at 6451 Quinpool Road after service on February 14. Anchored’s Zane Kelsall (also of TIBS) and Dean Petty (also of Yeah Yeahs Pizza) opened the […]
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Brewery said they weren’t going to pull Hanging Oak beer, but now they are
A lot is happening in the local beer can discourse as of late. As a result, Tusket Falls Brewing Company has pulled its Hanging Oak red IPA. In the past few days, the image of four Tusket Brewing beer cans has been making the rounds on social media, including the controversial Hanging Oak. The label […]
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Vandal wants you to eat this Tide Pod doughnut
A post shared by Vandal Doughnuts (@vandaldoughnuts) on Jan 19, 2018 at 5:20am PST Vandal Doughnuts has given us what so many have asked for (…?): a Tide Pod you can eat without poisoning yourself. The Agricola Street bakery shared an image of the treat on Instagram earlier today, warning followers that it’s “the only […]
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Jamaica Vibes opens this weekend
If there’s one thing that’ll help us get through the winter and its associated plummeting temperatures and moods, it’s good vibes. And thanks to Dwayne Green, Cole Harbour is getting a heaping serving of those this weekend. Newbie restaurant, Jamaica Vibes celebrates its “pre-opening” Saturday, January 20 in the former home of Cole’s Neighbourhood Restaurant […]
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Chips are The Villain’s Theatre’s bag
Black Tie Chip Night Fri, Jan 19, 8-10pm Atlantic Beer Institute, 1496 Lower Water Street $20/$30 You might think you love chips, but The Villain’s Theatre’s artistic producer Colleen MacIsaac and artistic director, Dan Brayr, can probably out-do you. The self-described “chip connoisseurs” have learned a thing or two about the salty snack from the […]