Over the last couple of years I have completed Donair Quests of Calgary, Toronto and Edmonton but you may have noticed that I haven’t touched on Halifax. This is an ambitious task, plighted by a heavy discourse of strong opinions and neighbourhood alliances. The spicysweet truth is that I’ve been researching the donair extensively – interviewing the OGs and shop […]
The goal of the Halifax Nacho Quest is to discover the best nachos in the city. A group of 6-10 participants embark on a pub-crawl-like adventure, tackling one street at a time, and seeking out nachos wherever they may be. We’ve covered downtown so now it is time to check out the far north and south ends of the city. […]
White Sails Bakery is located on the Peggy’s Cove loop, closer to the Tantallon side. A bit of a trek from downtown, but I heard that they make a good smoked meat sandwich. I pined from afar… with hopes of smoke and deli dreams. Now I have a chauffeur (or in her words, a willing victim) so this colourful bakery, decorated in […]
This is a guest post written by one of my most dedicated Food Questers, Denton Froese. He recently took a trip to Western Canada and investigated the Winnipeg Fatboy for me. Thanks, Denton! Corydon Avenue in Winnipeg is marked as “Corso Italia” – it was originally the “Little Italy” district in Winnipeg, but over the years, it’s grown to host […]
The goal of the Halifax Nacho Quest is to discover the best nachos in the city. A group of 8-10 participants embark on a pub-crawl-like adventure, tackling one street at a time, and seeking out nachos wherever they may be. So far we’ve done Spring Garden Road, Argyle Street, Brunswick Street and Barrington Street. And now we have conquered the best nachos […]
Durty Nelly’s Irish Pub 1660 Argyle St, Halifax, NS Durty Nelly’s recently launched a new brunch menu and invited me to check it out. I was pretty much sold on the Caesar menu and the prospect of a full Irish breakfast! About that Caesar list – there are 6 signature Caesars made with 6 types of booze. I got the Bushmills […]
The municipality of Clare is located in Digby County, along the shores of Baie Sainte-Marie in southwestern Nova Scotia and is home to the largest Acadian community in the province. It isn’t exactly the first place the tourists go, and even some locals raised their eyebrows when I told them I was road tripping to Clare. “Where’s that?”, they’d ask, […]
Since we included Rockingham within Clayton Park I figured it would make enough sense to include Armdale within the Fairview Pizza Quest. The Armdale pizza shops: Euro Pizza Armdale Pizza (*Now Closed) (Yes, we did these before on the West End Halifax Pizza Quest but we are revisiting them here). The Fairview pizza shops: Velos Pizza (*now closed) Ken’s Seafood […]
Gazoo’s Take-Out 5361 Marine Dr, Porters Lake, NS Rating: 6.5/10 A while back I ventured to Gaetz Brook for what would be a failed chowder mission, and ended up in Porter’s Lake eating fish ‘n chips at Gazoo’s. Gazoo’s Take-Out is just a little shack on the side of the road, with picnic tables and parking. It is a seasonal […]
Maya’s Favourite Fish ‘n Chips 4 French Village Station, Upper Tantallon, NS Rating: 6/10 Onwards and upwards with another fish ‘n chips quest! I took LuShark to Queensland Beach and en route we stopped at Maya’s Famous Fish ‘n Chips, which you’ll find on French Village Station Road next to the Esso and Tantallon Elementary School. It’s just a small […]
