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RESTAURANT REVIEWS
Rock Island Cafe
Halifax, for the size of city that it is, has a surprisingly large number of restaurants. Over the years we've seen many come and go and some that have stood the test of time. My biggest complaint is that we often just see more of the same.
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Opa's new home
Last week, Cokebaby and I had lunch with our newlywed friends at the newly opened Opa located in Bayer's Lake. Now, Bayer's Lake Industrial Park (aka the BLIP) is not our favourite place in the world but it is located near home and Opa Greek Taverna is one of ...
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Salt Shaker Deli makes five
Could it get any better in Lunenburg?
Just months after Trattoria della Nonna opened its doors to local acclaim, the Salt Shaker Deli quietly slipped into town, and it’s just what this World Heritage Site needed: An inexpensive alternative to the Magnolia G...
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North China Restaurant
Halifax is home to dozens of Chinese restaurants, but few that we’d recommend. Frankly, consensus is hard to come by, with some food lovers swearing by The Great Wall, and others holding China Classic in the highest esteem. Others still appreciate King Wah, a ...
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Lunenburg: Trattoria della Nonna
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia has been buzzing about Trattoria della Nonna, a new Italian restaurant, since it opened in mid-February. In such a small town, that’s not unexpected.
But what has really surprised me is how many Haligonians have been planning a South ...
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Pho Hoang Minh: A Tiny Treasure
The greatest thrill in reviewing restaurants comes when introducing readers to treasures they might have overlooked.
Pho Hoang Minh is just such a place — a delightful Vietnamese restaurant that also serves Chinese food. Clearly many Dartmouth residents hav...
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Hot • Sour • Salty • Sweet •
Baan Thai is confirming our suspicions.
We've had so many uninspiring meals at traditional restaurants in Metro lately that we're beginning to think that Halifax's dining scene will only be resurrected by ethnic restaurants.
We stopped in to Baan Thai o...
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Virtue at a Chinese Table
Cheelin’s many virtues can solve a variety of problems.
Cheelin is a great place to take a big family, when satisfying so many different cravings is difficult. It’s a fine place when you have vegetarians in your midst, and want to ensure that everyone enjoy...
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One old friend to another
Sweet Basil is like an old friend, and a visit to this pretty dining room in Historic Properties is always welcome.
In a city where restaurants have a high mortality rate, Sweet Basil endures. Owner Unni Simensen started with Scanway Catering (and Restaura...
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Trinity assumes we'll settle for less
While it may be Bill Spurr’s idea of heaven, it's not good enough for us. In his column describing his Nova Scotia dining highlights for 2006, Spurr —The Chronicle-Herald's Bourgeois Gourmet columnist — proclaimed Trinity as Halifax’s best restaurant. Trust us...
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Vinnie's gets off to a good start
We believe that reservations are vital to help restaurants plan their evenings. And yet we’ve been caught wandering through downtown Halifax twice recently, looking for a place where we could eat without the courtesy of reservations.
We stopped into Vinnie...
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The tastes and textures of Indian
Indian food is perhaps the world’s most distinctive cuisine. The blending of exotic spices and ingredients into a harmonious dish has been practiced and refined in that teeming country for untold centuries.
Then as the Spice Trail wound its way around the...
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Serious Pizza
You know what you're in for the moment you walk through the door at Salvatore's.
The place smells like a Neapolitan pizzaiolo. Smoke, garlic, olives, cheese, olive oil, and some more smoke. It's heavenly, in small doses.
The restaurant is in the Hydros...
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A little flower blooms in Lunenburg
The natural beauty of Nova Scotia’s small towns does more than attract tourists and artists. It also brings a bevy of fine chefs who are looking to run their own restaurants and country inns with few compromises.
All of Nova Scotia benefits from this moder...
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The very best kind of neighborhood restaurant.
Tarek’s is the kind of inexpensive restaurant every neighborhood — and every city — should have.
The staff are friendly and efficient, the steady turnover makes for some great people-watching, the menu is a touch eclectic, and the food is terrific.
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A Diamond in the Rough
In the grand tradition of terrific Asian restaurants in North America, Milamodo, Halifax’s best sushi restaurant, is located in an unassuming strip mall in Clayton Park. It’s not auspicious, nestled in there with all the Steak ’n Steins and Golden Arches, but ...
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A Delightful Morsel
Epicurious Morsels seldom disappoints. In a city filled with more than its fair share of inconsistent dining rooms, Epicurious is always dependable, and always good.
The restaurant sits in the middle of the historical Hydrostone Market — rebuilt in 1919, ...
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Uncommon Janes?
Jane’s on the Common is incredibly popular. The first two times we tried to get in, long lines deterred us, but increased our sense of anticipation.
And so have the many reviews written about Jane’s. It’s recommended in Where to Eat in Canada, and Liz Fel...
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Classic and Cajun Nova Scotian
So much ink has been spilt over such a small spot in Lunenburg. And most of what’s been written is true — Magnolia’s Grill is a funky, friendly little place. The line-up can be trying, but most of the people waiting are happy to chat, and if it’s not too busy,...
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Michael Fisher checks out the Mud Room
A mudroom is a small enclosed space within a room in which people remove their muddy boots before trekking into their homes.
Located ever so intelligently at the entrance of a downtown apartment building The Mud Room is about the size of your living room. ...
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Nothing special about "Palace Specialties"
Last night a friend of mine came into town. He has a huge love of North Americanized Chinese food. When we go out, I ask for chopsticks and order the duck and tofu dishes. Bring him chicken balls, chicken fried rice and beef and broccoli and he is a happy cam...
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Mo pho please
Kinh Do was my first Vietnamese culinary experience. About six years ago, a group of friends and I went there for a quick lunch. We sat down, ordered a few combos and within 40 minutes we had been served, eaten and were on our way back to work. Our bellies wer...
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Yum Sum!
It was just past noon when the phone rang.
I had gone to bed at four in the morning and had planned on sleeping in. Instead I picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"
"Micheal? It's James. I need a really big favour."
He sounded serious.
"What's u...
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