Gold Winner Kaiser’s Sub & Sandwich Shoppes Silver Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Bronze Winner Freeman’s Little New York “Small is beautiful,” Rick Baker says of his just over 500-square-foot sandwich shop that has people flocking to a Sackville strip mall on the daily. Kaiser’s’ owner says the win begins with the old school submarine sandwiches […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Beaver Bank Station Silver Winner Kaiser’s Sub & Sandwich Shoppes Bronze Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Just over a year ago Chris Davis and his bestie Brad Farquhar bought the already established Beaver Bank Station, a neighbourhood pub operating out of the character-filled former train station hotel, built way way back in 1872. “Pub […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Silver Winner Mezza Lebanese Kitchen Bronze Winner Chef’s Menu (now closed) Nostalgia reigns supreme in Sackvegas. New faces come and go in its restaurant scene, but it’s the long-running family businesses that seem to outlast the rest. Tom’s Family Restaurant is one of them. After a short run of gold […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Chef’s Menu Silver Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Bronze Winner Freeman’s Little New York “Our customers are all always saying ’You’re the best-kept secret!’ and I’m like, ’I don’t want to be the best kept secret! I want everyone to know!’” says Chef’s Menu’s Derrick Giffin. Well, it looks like the secret’s out—at least […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Chef’s Menu Silver Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant BROZNE Mezza Lebanese Kitchen Sackville has never been the city’s epicurean centre, but in between the used car lots and donair shops on Sackville Drive there’s been some restaurant gems popping up. Like Mezza Lebanese (taking home the bronze), or Chef’s Menu, which once again takes […]
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Gold Winner Athens Restaurant Silver Winner Jim’s Pizza House Bronze Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Take a look around Athens at any given meal time and you’ll see a little bit of everything: sweatpant-wearing students, business casual lunch meetings, lengthy family feasts and cure-all hangover breakfasts. “We’re simple, we don’t try to be anything that we’re […]
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Tom’s and The Fireside are headed for Birmingham Street
Regulars of both Tom’s Little Havana (5428 Doyle Street) and The Fireside (1500 Brunswick Street) have been losing sleep lately knowing that both bars would be uprooted come this fall. After years of rumours, the construction of a new development on the Spring Garden/Queen/Doyle/Brunswick block is finally coming to fruition, meaning all of its businesses […]
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Gold Winner Athens Restaurant Silver Winner Palladium Family Restaurant Bronze Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Athens knows how to keep it in the family. The restaurant has been run by the Panopalis family since 1982 and plans to keep passing the tradition on. From their famjam to your plate, Athens prides themselves on creating a tight-knit […]
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Gold Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Silver Winner Athens Restaurant Bronze Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Tom’s owner Dimitri Panopalis emphasizes home-style, made-from-scratch cooking on his family-friendly menus that run the gamut of hearty food: from seafood to steaks to ribs, wraps, burgers, pizza, salads, kiddie specials and made-in-house deserts, Tom’s has it all—for all […]
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Gold Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Silver Winner Chef’s Menu Bronze Winner Hellas Family Restaurant You cool, Sackville, giving props to three classic, non-pretentious eateries that clearly win big in the menu department. Topping this category six years now, Tom’s is a place to bring the whole gang, from nan and gramps to newborn bambino, for […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Gold Winner Tom’s Family Restaurant Silver Winner Chef’s Menu Bronze Winner Angles Family Eatery & Pub Taking the gold for the third year in a row, Tom’s Family Restaurant must be doing something right. With lots of Canadian and Greek food to choose from, not to mention menus for both children and seniors, it’s easy […]
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Best Sackville Restaurant
Congratulations to Tom’s for another win. The comfortable, friendly and, um, large—the dining room can seat 200—establishment run by Dimitri and Tina Panopalis continues to be a destination for residents of Lower Sackville and the area, offering an all-you-can-eat lunch special through the week, dinner and movie deal Wednesday and Thursdays and 10 percent off […]