It was about a year ago that Adam Otmar and Jill Mulveney had the idea to run a little coffee shop out of the back of a bus. The two veteran baristas envisioned a sustainable mobile cafe in a small school bus, but struggled to find something tall enough to accommodate their north of 5’10” […]
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Syd Delicious is hot and ready
Syd Delicious Alderney Farmers’ Market 2 Ochterloney Street Saturdays, 8am-1pm Few things can match the comforting goodness of a warm cinnamon bun, fresh out of the oven. But finding this thrill outside of your own kitchen can prove a challenge. Syd Delicious, the Alderney Farmers’ Market’s newest vendor, is filling that void. “I have something […]
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Two Dumb Vegans’ brain food
Two Dumb Vegans Historic Farmers’ Market, 1496 Lower Water Street Saturdays, 7am-1pm When Michael Grove and Kerry Sharp begin the baking process for their bigger-than-your-hand, quadruple-layered cinnamon rolls, a sort of routine settles in: Singing (lots of it), cinnamon-dousing (even more of it) and layering up rectangles of buttery-yet-butter-free dough. “We found ourselves harmonizing all […]
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Red Lunchbox opens next week
Michael Grove isn’t your average restaurateur. The owner of the soon to be Red Lunchbox (6172 Quinpool Road)—a plant-based restaurant slated to open on Tuesday—was inspired to open his own business after a brush with cancer, but his vision of a cooperative, collaborative workplace long predated his health scare. “I’ve had plans, not even of having […]
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Where’s the beef? Not at Benny’s Burgers
Ben O’Toole and Morgan Zwicker are challenging the idea that there’s no such thing as vegan comfort food. Later this week, they’ll start slinging all sorts of tasty creations at Benny’s Burgers. “We realized there’s a lack of vegan street food in Halifax,” says O’Toole. He adds that there are some great “clean eating” and […]
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Riot Snack Bar opens this weekend
It’s been a long summer of renovations for Nicole Tufts and Sonia Gillies-da Mota but they’re finally ready to debut their farm-to-table fast-food joint, Riot Snack Bar. This weekend the restaurant will open at a barely recognizable 6293 Quinpool Road (the former Garden of Eat’n, which has undergone some major TLC) serving up quick but […]
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Help enVie expand, and help some fellow north enders
It’s been a big two years for Diandra Phipps and Cory Urquhart‘s north end vegan eatery enVie: A Vegan Kitchen. After taking their farmers’ market based business to the next level and opening a restaurant at 5775 Charles Street, they’ve added cooking classes, juice cleanses and catering to their roster of offerings—on top of being […]
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Lauren Marshall
Chef de cuisine, enVie, 5775 Charles Street You could call Lauren Marshall a Top Chef contestant. A vegan chef. A teacher. A holistic nutritional consultant. There are a lot of things that make her an incredibly creative force in Halifax’s food scene, but she’s not into labels. “What I love about what I do is […]
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Let’s get Wild Leek
Local vegans (and hungry people in general, for that matter) prepare to say many thank-yous to Kirsten Taggart. By the end of May, your life (and diet) will be a lot greater thanks to her. She’s the brains, and culinary skills behind the Wild Leek Food & Juice Bar (2156 Windsor Street, 210-5335) the vegan […]
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More Fruition
If you haven’t noticed, the vegan-friendly foodies at Fruition (Seaport Farmer’s Market) have gotten a market stall-makeover. Thanks to an upgrade that took them from a five-foot table to a top-floor, harbour-view nook, Jessie Doyle and Seth Graham have been able to expand on their already established menu of raw eats. Known for tasty snacks […]
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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 […]
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My summer: Mat Dunlap, designer, radio host
Operating out of an office above Long & McQuade, Dunlap does design, web stuff and photography for local musicians. With Brent Randall and Dave Ewenson, he started the Just Friends collective/label in 2003. “We don’t run it as a strict business, it’s more just helping everybody out with whatever services we can,” says Dunlap. The […]