Gold Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Silver Winner Coburg Social Bronze Winner The Loaded Ladle, Dalhousie University The Gorsebrook isn’t your average campus pub, serving your average cafeteria food. SMUSA’s president and CEO Mary Navas says while the food is run by Aramark, the students’ union consults with the company to meet the needs of their […]
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Best Campus Eats
Gold Winner Coburg Coffee Silver Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Bronze Winner Tart & Soul Formerly called Coburg Coffee, Coburg Social has since taken a step up from coffeehouse status. It still has all the factors that have made it a go-to spot for years: Open mic nights, great caffeinated bevs, study space and avocado toast. […]
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A bar of one’s own
The Grawood Beer Bar & Eatery Dalhousie University Student Union Building, 6136 University Avenue This student-union-run beer bar pours up 16 draught taps, featuring local faves and domestics, and also is a fully functioning restaurant, serving lunch daily and hosting Wednesday night burger nights and Thursday wing nights. Though there’ll be plenty of opportunities to […]
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Gold Winner ToGo, Dal SUB Silver Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Bronze Winner The Loaded Ladle Reminder: you need to eat food to make your brain work. We know you’re busy, you’re stressed out and you pulled an all-nighter last night. We know you’re broke, and lazy and saving your last few dollars for power hour […]
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Gold Winner Halifax Central Library Silver Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Bronze Winner The Wardroom What sort of book-loving nerds want to hang out in a library instead of the more convenient and beer-stocked on-campus pubs? It’s almost like they want to…learn things. Like, better themselves by studying. Yuck. Maybe it has something to do with […]
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Gold Winner Pete’s ToGoGo, Dalhouse SUB Silver Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Bronze Winner The Loaded Ladle Long nights at the Killam and early morning lectures are a tough combination. An overworked student brain needs brain food—frozen chicken burgers and poutines aren’t enough to fuel that 10,000 word paper that you’ve procrastinated on finishing. And starting. […]
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Best Campus Eats
Gold Winner Pete’s ToGoGo, SUB Silver Winner The Loaded Ladle Bronze Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Wake me up, Pete’s, but please don’t GoGo, because this convenient dispensary of gorgeously-prepared gourmet scrumptiousness is once again on top of the food pyramid for best campus eats. These college kids can really scarf down the grub, so it’s […]
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Gold Winner The Wardroom Silver Winner Board Room Game Cafe Bronze Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge The University of King’s College doesn’t have the money or acclaim of the city’s other universities. Too often, King’s is lumped in with Dalhousie or dismissed as some liberal arts carnival. Look, even if all the worst criticisms about King’s […]
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Best Campus Eats
Gold Winner Pete’s ToGoGo, Dal SUB Silver Winner The Dawgfather Bronze Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Campus food is crucial to students who are on a crunch for time, cash and healthy options. With the addition of Pete’s ToGoGo to the Dal Student Union Building last year, buying an apple or a banana is no longer […]
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Best Student Hang
Gold Winner The Wardroom Silver Winner T-Room Bronze Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Somebody at The Wardroom did their homework because, damn, the beverage selection here rules. But apart from the Garrison, Bridge Brewing, ShipBuilders Cider et al, this pub’s chill vibe goes a long way. And the live music doesn’t hurt either. “We have lots […]
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Best Campus Eats
Gold Winner Pete’s ToGoGo, Dal SUB Silver Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Bronze Winner The Dawgfather There’s no doubt that Pete’s knows how to do a salad. With so many delicious ingredients and dressing choices, the possibilities are endless. And what about the delicious soups and sandwiches that can be amped up in combo form? Having […]
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Best Student Hang
Gold Winner T-Room Silver Winner The Gorsebrook Lounge Bronze Winner The Wardroom Engineered for optimum fun, the gold-winning T-Room always seems to come out on top. And how could it not when, as one voter so aptly points out, it has “cheap drinks, good live shows and award-winning trivia? How can you get much better […]