Attention nostalgics, this is your last week to enjoy a pie at Tomavino Ristorante‘s intimate digs at 5173 South Street; the longtime south end staple is moving—temporarily, don’t panic—to make way for big changes to the corner of South and Hollis. While the Fares-built seven-storey residential/commercial building goes up (an estimated one-and-half to two years) […]
Tomavino’s Cellar Ristorante
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Acadian Seafood Chowder
Yields 4-6 servings Ingredients 1 medium sized onion, chopped 4-5 oz butter 1 lb fresh haddock fillets 500ml chicken broth 4-5 oz white wine 3-4 pinches ground black pepper 3-4 tbsp fish fumet 6-8 oz scallops 6-8 oz lobster meat 6-8 oz whipping cream (can be subbed for flour and water, or tapioca flour for […]
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The Italian job
It’s been years since I’ve been inside Tomavinos. Before it closed last year I was a pretty loyal delivery customer. I remember the second-to-last time I called for delivery and the phone just rang and rang and rang into what I can only imagine was darkness. I had a horrible feeling that I would never […]
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Tomavino’s Cellar Ristorante has reopened
Good news in the south end! After two-and-a-half years of enforced idleness, Tom Vacon, owner of Tomavino’s Cellar Ristorante (5173 South Street, note new phone: 425-9111), calls to say he’s open for business again. Readers will recall that in 2010 Tomavino’s fell victim to a fire in the adjoining building, which also took out Thai […]
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Go Local: South End
From fashion boutiques to Asian groceries to international restos to bookstores to florists, you’ll find more shopping variety than you can shake a stylish fedora at. On one unseasonably warm Friday afternoon, Shoptalk took a stroll through the tony southern portion of downtown and we liked what we found. 50 Hats 1086 Queen Street, 482-4287 […]
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Pizza for Picnicface
If you order a pizza from Tomavinos Cellar Ristorante’s today, 10 percent will go towards helping Picnicface make their film, Roller Town.
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Food for thinking
With an absurd amount of places to dine out in Halifax, the best spot of all to eat is actually right in your kitchen. But with assignments, social life and dating, it’s all too easy to get fast or processed foods instead. It isn’t easy balancing a student’s hectic lifestyle with their body’s needs and […]
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Go local in Bedford
For people confined to peninsular Halifax, the myth of Bedford is one of a strange suburban village in the sky—a commuterville with lovely Basin views. But Bedford is fairly easily accessed—by buses numbered 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 89 and 185—and, of course, by car, the most direct way to reach the businesses strung along […]