Coming

Le Rouge – Bold Grill & Cocktails opening in the Halifax Tower Hotel in Bayers Lake. Here is a rendering of its design 

Freehand Hospitality already have Drift, Bar Sofia, BKS and Cafe Lunette open or opening soon at Queens Marque. But looks like the following will also be joining the development.
  • Peacock Wine Bar
  • Toridori Noodle Bar
  • Swanky Burger
  • Ballast Bar
  •  Daryâ (Persian for sea)

Updates

Saj House on Alma Cres. in Fairview has closed and will reopen soon at Brookline Plaza in West Bedford at 11 Bloom Ln. But replacing Saj in Fairview is Happy Plate which appears to be a Canadian/Asian diner

Closed

Dinah’s Sourdough in North End Halifax has closed (but I hear something else is opening there soon)

From Saltwire

My feature piece this week in The Chronicle Herald is on artist Jan Davison who paints the streetscape of the shop and eateries we love.

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Hodge Podge 

So I went on a tangent and found a bunch of lists of the best restaurants in Halifax here’s what I found

Yelp
ChaBaa Thai (Burnside)
Bicycle Thief
Fredies
EDNA
Sweet Hereafter
2 Doors Down (Barrington)
Buta (Morris)
Bar Kismet
Le French Fixe
Gio

Trip Advisor
Stories
Eliot & Vine
Usta
Rhubarb
EDNA
Gio
White Sails
Tomavinos
The Canteen
Press Gang

FourSquare
Stillwell (Barrington)
Sushi Nami (Queen)
Battery Park
Bicycle Thief
Sweet Hereafter
EDNA
Darrell’s
Two if by Sea
enVie
Boneheads

Zomato
Kaiser’s
Mic Mac Bar & Grill
Il Mercato
Cha Baa (Queen)
Talay Thai (morris)
Fredies
Cha Baa (Burnside)
Two if by Sea
Old Triangle
Darrells

The Coast
The Canteen
Bicycle Thief
Antojo

Community Votes
Mic Mac Bar & Grill
Panada Pizza
Efes
The Canteen
Jessy’s

Wanderlog
Brooklyn Warehouse
EDNA
Bicycle Thief
Five Fisherman
Press Gang
Hop Scotch
Studio East
Bar Kismet
Gio
Stories

Restaurant Guru
Bicycle Thief
Da Maurizio
Cortado
EnVie
Usta
Stories
Salvatores
Battery Park
EDNA
The Canteen

Google Ratings
Brothers Tadka
Cortado
Kaiser’s
Usta
Kelly’s Deli
Kam-Moon (Brunswick)
Nayaa
Cavicchi’s
Let’s Ko
Pleasant Street Diner

Facebook Ratings
Vernon’s Thunderbird Diner
The Keg (Downtown)
a Mano
Antojo
The Pint
Good Robot
Boston Pizza (BLIP)
Station Six
Randy’s (Sackville)
The Rustic Crust

Canada’s Top 100 Restaurants
20. Bar Kismet

Canada’s Top 50 Bars
21. Lot Six
24. Noble

Frommers
Bicycle Thief
Da Maurizio
Salvatores
Stubborn Goat Beer Garden
enVie
McKelvies
Henry House

Places I think are missing from any of these lists
Doraku
Mappatura
9 + Nine
Unchained Kitchen
The Orient
Stillwell Freehouse
Maria’s Pantry

Places Others Think Are Missing
Birds Nest
Julep
Black Sheep
Jacobs Lounge
Budapest Biztro
Obladee
Martin’s Kitchen

and Last Week I talked to Retail-Insider about 10 Years of Halifax ReTales

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