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Solo retreats

By | Sep 21, 2012 Fujiyama restaurant. Photo: Yelp Halifax

Guest restaurant blogger Ben Boudreau sites some relaxing spots for the season.

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A taste for Thailand

By | Sep 6, 2012 Hot & Sour Soup from Cha Baa Thai.

Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. He joins us to share some Halifax highlights. Hey there, my friends-in-food! It’s recently come to my attention that while we’ve covered Japanese sushi, Vietnamese pho, and even a put together a crash course in Korean, we’ve failed to talk about one of our …

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Going without gluten

By | Jul 25, 2012

Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. He joins us to share some Halifax highlights. “I’m gluten free.” Those three words used to strike fear into the hearts of foodies. But this allergy that once put a damper on dining plans is quickly becoming a culinary consideration embraced by more local …

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Belly-busting burritos

By | Jul 19, 2012 burrito_deedees

Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. He joins us to share some Halifax highlights. Beach bodies beware: this post is not for you. I’m about to hit you with four feastable finds, each guaranteeing a food baby worthy of mention in the Guinness Book of Records. This week we’re featuring …

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The Burger Wars rage on

By | Jul 10, 2012 The Classic from Ace.

Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. He joins us to share some Halifax highlights. There’s never been a better arms race for the people of Halifax than the ongoing Burger Wars we’ve seen over the course of the year. With each new opening, a whole other world of gourmet creations, …

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Sensational sushi

By | Jun 29, 2012 B-Well

Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. He joins us to share some Halifax highlights. If you ask me, there’s no better summer meal than sushi. Served cold, it’s perfect for those mid-August scorchers, and it’s healthy enough to pose no risk to that beach body you worked so hard for. …

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Southern hospitality

By | Jun 22, 2012 boneheads

Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. He joins us to share some Halifax highlights. You know it’s summer in the city when you can’t go five feet without smelling something delicious cooking on the open grill. Ah yes, the barbecue is well engrained in Canadian culture, isn’t it? Well, what …

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New and improved

By | May 6, 2012 The Chickenburger's Queen Street location

It’s springtime in Halifax and new restaurants are popping up faster than patio perching day-drinkers on Argyle Street! Feels good to be back, doesn’t it? While there are still plenty of upcoming openings waiting to be unveiled, I thought we’d get started with some of the early riser restaurants that are already in full bloom. First, a familiar face has …

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The quest for cheesecake

By | May 2, 2012 cheesecake

Whether you like your dessert with dark chocolate decadence, topped with sweet berry sauces, or–my personal favourite–a solid hit of peanut butter, you’ll be able to find it in the city’s wonderful cheesecakes. Ah, cheesecakes: not since pizza has a slice ever been so flexible and delicious! This week we’re lining up your cheesecake days three different ways so grab …

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Where everybody knows your name

By | Apr 4, 2012 l-1

Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. Once a week, he shares Halifax’s highlights. Every week I get up on my little soapbox here and try to convince all of you to branch out and find new businesses to fall in love with here in Halifax. But this week, we’re doing …

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