Gold Winner Tony’s Famous Donairs & Pizza Silver Winner Johnny K’s Authentic Donairs Bronze Winner Alexandra’s Pizza Hall of fame King of Donair, Quinpool Road “There are so many great options but to be chosen number one is definitely humbling, it shows you you’re doing something right,” says Leo Salloum, whose family has been running […]
Tony’s Donair & Pizza
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Best Donair
Gold Winner Tony’s Donair & Pizza Silver Winner Mezza Lebanese Kitchen, Barrington Street Bronze Winner Johnny K’s Authentic Donairs Hall of Fame King of Donair, Quinpool Road After over 40 years in business it’s no surprise Tony’s has its donair recipe dialled. The popular family restaurant is known for its takeout business: hot pizzas, poutines […]
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Best Late-night Food
Gold Winner Willy’s Fresh Cut Fries & Burgers Silver Winner Freeman’s Little New York, Quinpool Bronze Winner Tony’s Donair & Pizza Texts from the morning after: Me: um, hellllllo? what happened to you last night? you disappeared! Them: hahaha don’t worry, i’m good. Me: how’d you get home? you hungover? Them: let’s just say I […]
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Best Donair
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame Inductee King of Donair, Halifax Silver Winner Johnny K’s Authentic Donair Bronze Winner Tony’s Donair & Pizza, Robie Street Editor’s note: With its latest Best Donair win in 2016, King of Donair was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. If there was ever a Year of […]
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Best Pizza Slice
Gold Winner Sicilian Pizza, Donairs & Subs, downtown Silver Winner Tony’s Donair & Pizza, Robie Street Bronze Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria There once was a packed pub, with golden pint glasses and energetic students, blowing off steam after their classes. When the evening’s end came, and the fun had been had, the snack search began, […]
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Best Pizza Slice
Gold Winner Sicilian Pizza, Blowers Street Silver Winner Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria Bronze Winner Tony’s Pizza & Donair, Robie Street There’s just something about Sicilian. There’s something even better about Sicilian after 2am. The last standing pizza-maker on the Halifamous Pizza Corner has the absolutely nailed the take-away slice. A massive, droopy triangle of fresh out […]
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Best Donair
Gold Winner King of Donair, Quinpool Road Silver Winner Tony’s Pizza & Donair, Robie Street Bronze Winner Mezza Lebanese Kitchen, Halifax Norman Nahas will never reveal the secret to his amazing donairs. “We’ve been keeping that one for decades.” The Quinpool Road pizza and donair shop has been in business since 1973, “It’s the grandfather […]
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Best Donair
Gold Winner King of Donair, Halifax Silver Winner Tony’s Donair & Pizza Bronze Winner Mezza Lebanese Kitchen, Halifax Bow down, Halifax. The King of Donair is taking home Best Donair—again. Beneath the tinfoil and pita, the King has found the holy grail of meat-to-sauce ratio. It’s had a lot of time to get it right, […]
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Best Donair
Gold Winner King of Donair, Halifax Silver Winner Tony’s Donair & Pizza Bronze Winner Mezza Lebanese Kitchen, Halifax It’s good to be king. Actually it’s good to be eating at the King, specifically at the King of Donair. Our voters know what they like and that’s proven year after year—when it comes to donairs, the […]
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Five vegetarian places where Paul McCartney should eat
1) Heartwood (6250 Quinpool, 425-2808) Probably the top fresh and local paradise for vegetarians and vegans in Halifax. Plus, it’s full of musicians working behind the counter. Heartwood specials for the week-end include the Lonely Hearts Club Sandwich, with soyanaise and smoked tofu, the Macca-roni, vegan-style with tahini, nutritional yeast, garlic and broccoli and some […]