Gold Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse When you think pub food, it’s all burgers and fries, cheese-covered nachos, chicken wings and maybe—if you’re lucky, or if you’re at the Mic Mac—a rack of ribs. It’s no-frills stuff that pairs well with cold […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner The Board Room Game Cafe Silver Winner Celtic Corner Public House Bronze Winner The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse “The very first one we did was Harry Potter trivia—and it blew up. We posted it for one night and we had to do it over three or four,” says Kat Adams, the Board Room’s […]
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ICYMI: Halifax Burger Week raised more than $115K for Feed Nova Scotia
Halifax Burger Week 2018 proved to be the biggest Burger Week yet, raising $115,601. Every $2 raised allows Feed Nova Scotia to distribute three meals to Nova Scotians in need. Another #HfxBurgerWeek in the books! It's been an INCREDIBLE week and we can't wait to hear the final tally and see the huge impact you'll have […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner The Board Room Game Cafe Silver Winner Finbar’s Irish Pub, Bedford Bronze Winner The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse The best trivia nights consist of which of the following elements? Ridiculously punny team names that sounded a lot less embarrassing before you had to say them out loud in front of other people. Questions […]
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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 […]
