Due to pressure from the liquor board and the fire marshal, Tribeca Bistro & Bar (1588 Granville) is scheduled to close its doors for good on January 1, 2012. The capacity limitations put on the bar have made it difficult to stay afloat and the city will lose yet another venue in the new year. […]
Tribeca Bistro & Bar
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A snapspot of The Autumn Portrait
You can thank Craigslist for The Autumn Portrait. And Facebook, for that matter. Freddie Mojallal looked to the internet to find his bandmates Sean Lavoy and Patrick Jacobson and the internet didn’t disappoint. Now, they’ve been ripping across the country for over a month in their fan-named van, Yvonne Van Gogh, on their first national […]
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ANGO brings the beats home
It was about a year ago that DJ and producer ANGO (Andrew Gordon McPherson) was in London, taking part in what would be a career launching experience at Red Bull’s Music Academy. The former Haligonian was one of only four Canadians chosen for the two-week workshop which he credits for broadening his music tastes. “It […]
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Eeny, meeny, miny, Pop
Three days left. Fifteen venues. A shitton of bands. The sum: too many choices to be made in the next 72 hours. If spontaneity’s your thing, tuck this geographical list of bar-only Halifax Pop Explosion venues (there are nine) in your pocket today, so that when you—or someone you know—-inevitably arrives at the Paragon at […]
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Canuck Cocktails
Mosaic Social Dining Lounge Nothing could be more strong and free than Cooper Tardivel’s award-winning True North martini. Tardivel concocted the drink using a maple dessert wine from Jost, garnished with maple-candied apple balls. “It’s a dessert cocktail…in other words, great for warming up in the ski lodge after a gold medal run,” writes Tardivel. […]
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Halifax’s gayest drink
“Your gayest drink, bartender,” I say to the bartender at The Company House as I climb onto a bar stool. She pauses and looks at me, heterosexual poser. I’m out on the town with my queer friend Lee-Anne, former bartender at the now defunct gay-friendly restaurant Mollyz, trying to find the gayest drink in Halifax. […]