• Fish ‘n Chips at Barb’s Family Diner

    Fish ‘n Chips at Barb’s Family Diner

    Barb’s Family Diner 1794 Main St, Westville, NS Rating: Good. (Rating Scale: WTF, Meh, Good, Some Good, Right Some Good!) I went road trippin’ to Cape Breton last weekend with The Side Dish. We stopped for lunch along the way, just outside of New Glasgow. My buddy MGyver had once told me that he experienced…

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  • History of the Donair Pt 1: It Began With the Doner Kebab

    History of the Donair Pt 1: It Began With the Doner Kebab

    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 –…

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  • Halifax Nacho Quest: South End

    Halifax Nacho Quest: South End

    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…

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  • Sandwich Showcase: Smoked Meat at White Sails Bakery

    Sandwich Showcase: Smoked Meat at White Sails Bakery

    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…

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  • The Winnipeg Fatboy

    The Winnipeg Fatboy

    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…

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  • Halifax Nacho Quest: Waterfront

    Halifax Nacho Quest: Waterfront

    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…

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  • Brunch at Durty Nelly’s

    Brunch at Durty Nelly’s

    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…

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  • 10 Reasons to Visit Clare, Nova Scotia

    10 Reasons to Visit Clare, Nova Scotia

    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…

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  • Fairview Pizza Quest

    Fairview Pizza Quest

    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…

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  • Fish ‘n Chips at Gazoo’s

    Fish ‘n Chips at Gazoo’s

    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…

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