Gold Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Silver Winner Ardmore Tea Room Bronze Winner True North Diner The Armview’s view isn’t too shabby from the patio on a hot summer’s night, but we’re willing to bet it’s what’s going on inside this restaurant and lounge that keeps winning over readers. The family-run joint known for […]
True North Diner
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Best Diner
Gold Winner Ardmore Tea Room Silver Winner The Armview Restaurant & Lounge Bronze Winner True North Diner A step up from last year’s silver awards, the Ardmore is claiming some glory. This is a classic greasy spoon joint through and through, complete with paper menus, bottomless coffee, cheap eggs and thick milkshakes. Known for its […]
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Best Kid-Friendly Spot
Gold Winner Local Jo Cafe & Market Silver Winner True North Diner Bronze Winner Cora’s This family joint boasts some of the cafe world’s youngest patrons. Dining on cubes of apple slices, cubes of cheese, raisins and organic bread served in a boat-shaped dish, kid customers are king at Local Jo Cafe & Market. “They […]
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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 […]
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True North Diner’s retro-fitted comforts
In going for a retro look and feel for the True North Diner, the owners have apparently spared no expense. The vast cavern of mediocrity that was the Ponderosa has become a gleaming, chrome and red, black and white tiled bastion of days past. It looks really sharp—not the genuine patina of age that the […]
