Halifax Burger Week March 28-April 3 burgerweek.co Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, on a social media cleanse or avoiding this newspaper, you probably know its officially Burger Week. The annual event (presented by your pals here at The Coast) is back for its seventh year and once again its lineup of burgers (there […]
The Press Gang Restaurant & Oyster Bar
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Head to the Lake
Lady of the Lake album release Tuesday, July 11, 6:30pm Board Room Game Cafe Bedford 936 Bedford Highway Wednesday, July 12, 3:30-5pm Press Gang Restaurant & Oyster Bar 5218 Prince Street Maureen Batt and Jeremy VanSlyke had a vision to do something that hadn’t been done before in classical music—record the entire song cycle of […]
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Hot off the Press Gang
Options for ringing in the new year are endless, but no matter how you’ve chosen to spend the last moments of the year, you’ll have to eat at some point, right? Many of the city’s hottest restos have prepared killer menus that’ll make your stomach grumble upon reading. The Press Gang (5128 Prince Street, 423-8816) […]
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The Press Gang hosts whiskey nights, Tuesdays in March
Every Tuesday in March, from 7-9pm, The Press Gang ( 5218 Prince Street, 423-8816) is hosting a scotch whiskey education and tasting session, featuring many of the 75 single malts on site. Providing the knowledge will be consulting sommelier Wallace Fraser, co-founder and past president of the Association of Sommeliers of the Atlantic Provinces (now […]
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Press Gang gets new chef, new deals
Stalwart and classy downtown resto The Press Gang Restaurant & Oyster Bar (5218 Prince Street, 423-8816)—beloved by many, including mustachioed actor Tom Selleck—has a new chef. Beth Muise is a Sydney River native, schooled at The Culinary Institute of Canada at Holland College in PEI with more than 10 years experience in the resto industry, […]
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Pipa gets a new chef
“We have hired a new chef, Bryan Corkery, former chef of Fox Harbour and The Press Gang,” announces Pipa (1685 Argyle Street, 407-7472) co-owner Victoria Gaspar. She says the resto will continue to offer traditional Portuguese and Brazilian dishes, but plans are coming together for a “weekly churrasco night—meat extravaganza!” and other theme nights. “We […]
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Tickled ivory: piano bar round up
While Halifax is a great city for weekly live music shows, sometimes it’s nice to simply sit down and have a drink with a performance that isn’t taking centre stage. Ragtime, anyone? Press Gang The Gang’s piano’s played weekly from Thursday to Saturday, 7:30-11pm, with a new time slot Thursdays and Fridays from 4:30-5:30pm. Musician […]