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Stronger than ever

By | May 16, 2013 Family dinner. Photo: Tammy Fancy

With a new chef and new menu, downtown dining mainstay Café Chianti marks its 25th anniversary with an eye on the future

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Behind the mike

By | Apr 8, 2013 Photo: Split Crow Pub

The Bedford Split Crow Pub is bringing the community together with live music by local talent

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Out of the kitchen

By | Feb 27, 2013 Chef Geir Simensen, Photo: Tammy Fancy

The Savour Food & Wine Festival returns for its 10th edition, bringing foodies and chefs closer together

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Tomasino’s is back

By | Nov 16, 2012 Tom Vacon, Photo: Tammy Fancy

Long a downtown favourite, Tomasino’s is back in business and returning to its root

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The Piatto experience

By | Oct 3, 2012 Photo: Tammy Fancy/fancyfreefoto.com

Restaurateur Brian Vallis reaches across the Atlantic and back through the centuries to offer pizza lovers something different.

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Behind the counter

By | Sep 24, 2012 Good Food Emporium co-owner Carole LeBlanc. Photo: Paula Bugden

The Good Food Emporium is busier than ever

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The spirit behind tall ships

By | Jul 19, 2012

As we sit on the sunny pub patio, I slowly sip my Diet Coke while ogling Lorne Caborn’s icy beer.  It’s hot out as we trade war stories about the bar industry and discuss our favourite drinks (neither of us could decide on just one). An eighteen-year native of the service industry, Caborn is a veteran bartender and mixologist. Because …

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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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