Update 2020: this post was written in 2015, and many of these restaurants have since closed (I have indicated which ones). There is now a Jessy’s Pizza in Toronto, and it doesn’t get more authentic than that. Check them out at 2200 Dundas St W. I recently took a trip to Toronto with my main pursuit being a donair investigation. […]
Carousel Bakery, in the St. Lawrence Market 92-95 Front Street East, Toronto, ON For much of my life, I thought “Canadian bacon” was just a quirky and misinformed American term for ham. Kind of like French fries. Turns out, I had never eaten back bacon nor could I figure out what was particularly Canadian about bacon, back or otherwise. TIL […]
Morris East 5212 Morris St., Halifax (Alt. location: 620 Nine Mile Drive, Bedford West) Brunch: Saturday & Sunday, 11am-3pm When I suggested Morris East for brunch last Sunday, my bro was like – “Morris East does brunch?” Why, yes! Yes they do, and they make good use of their pizza oven in doing so. Morris East offers two varieties of […]
This year I’ve decided to take my pizza quest to Dartmouth! Just like the Halifax Pizza Quest, I will be dividing Dartmouth up into “pizza neighbourhoods” and ordering pizzas from all the shops in each zone for side-by-side analysis. The pizza zones are as follows: Downtown DartmouthNorth End DartmouthWoodside/Eastern PassageEast DartmouthCole Harbour I realize that Cole Harbour and Eastern Passage […]
Hali Deli 2389 Agricola St, Halifax Crazy, right? I’ve chosen to showcase a sandwich from Hali Deli that doesn’t involve smoked meat. The Triple Decker is described as being “like a club, only with egg and tuna salad, cucumber, lettuce, tomato and red onion”. The sandwich is $9.99 and comes with coleslaw and your choice of fries, potato salad, knish […]
Well, Burger Week is officially over and I’m all burgered out for a while. Looking forward to a nice cleansing diet and maybe a gym membership! I ate close to 16 full burgers this year, sampling 19 of them – so I got to try a third of the burgers. Due to weather/time constrictions I generally focused on downtown. In […]
– And An Interview with fellow Burger Ambassador of 2014: Nikki Burge! Okay, so there are only 2 days left of burger week but that’s plenty of time to eat more burgers! As I write this, Burger Ambassador Josh Rankin, and his Life of Burgers team, have eaten their way through 43 of the 59 Burger Week Burgers! That is […]
It’s officially Halifax Burger Week 2015! This year is the third year running for The Coast’s popular event – it’s a week where people come out to support local businesses while shamelessly eating their most favourite high calorie food. There are lots of $5 burgers to be found around town, which is a great way for people to try a […]
I’ll be the first one to admit that this was not the most scientific quest I’ve done. There were no scoring sheets, and not a particularly consistent body of questers – but much thanks to Denton, Jenn and Talix for their dedicated attendance! This quest was more of a learning experience for me, as I hone in my sushi appreciation […]
Tom’s Little Havana 5428 Doyle St, Halifax Brunch: Saturday & Sunday – 11:30am-3pm $13, or $15 with a Caesar! Let me start by saying I am so over winter. I promised a brunch post for each month of 2015, but thanks to the weather I am only getting to my second brunch now. And due to the condition of the […]
