It’s not quite a cold, but there’s one on the horizon. Camping out in the back of your throat and all up in your sinuses, waiting for the imperfect moment pounce on your immune system. A spoonful of Buckley’s, well it tastes awful. And a tall glass of OJ—or worse, a fizzy vitamin supplement a […]
The Old Triangle Irish Ale House
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Silver Winner Henry House Bronze Winner The Old Triangle Irish Ale House See Best Caesar for more Durty Nelly’s love.
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner Brian MacKay, Rogues Roost Silver Winner Stan Selig and Ben Schulman, T-Room Bronze Winner Mark Black, Gus’ Pub & Grill After nearly 10 years of exercising brains via Rogues Roost’s Wednesday night trivia, host with the most Brian MacKay had to say goodbye to the grizzled old bar this fall. His trivia, though, […]
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Henry House Silver Winner The Old Triangle Irish Ale House Bronze Winner Your Father’s Moustache Henry House is the gold standard when it comes to traditional pub food. The meat pie pastry is made by hand; the batter is whipped up using local craft beer. “We’re a from-scratch kitchen,” says co-owner Jessica Alsop. […]
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner Henry House Silver Winner The Old Triangle Irish Ale House Bronze Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill In a city filled with amazing pubs serving Maritime classics, Henry House is the one that stands out—and collects this award for the third year in a row. Nestled inside a historic 1834 building that once […]
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Best Sweet Potato Fries
Gold Winner The Old Triangle Irish Ale House Silver Winner Your Father’s Moustache Bronze Winner The Battered Fish Sweet potato fries have taken the appetizer world by storm. While they’re not traditional Irish grub—we can trace them back to New York and San Francisco’s hippest restaurants in the ‘80s—The Old Triangle Irish Ale House has […]
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Best Pub Food
Gold Winner The Henry House Restaurant & Pub Silver Winner The Old Triangle Irish Ale House Bronze Winner Your Father’s Moustache For the third year running, Coast readers have crowned The Henry House as having the Best Pub Food, hands down. From their traditional British grub—hello, steak and mushroom pie—to their fish and chips or […]
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Best Sweet Potato Fries
It’s crazy to think that 10 years ago, sweet potato fries were not a restaurant must-have. But now it feels like these delicious, flavourful deep-fried yams are just about everywhere. What really makes the sweet potato fries at the Old Triangle is the curry mayo. Yes, the fries are golden orange, crispy and satisfying, but […]
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Day-after anecdotes
Generally on New Year’s Eve, the ol’ “everything in moderation” advice your mama gave you goes out the window, and you’ll likely be spending the first day of 2011 paying for it. But you know what they say: The best for a hangover cure is to keep on drinking. If you’re going to power through […]
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Study bars: Books ‘n’ booze
It’s time for finals again, and so begins the search for the perfect study hole. Libraries and coffee shops are standard, but why not try one of these quiet pubs for your after-hours cramming? And when all that late-night studying gets to be too much, these places double as great conversation spots. Old Triangle Irish […]
