Tin Pan Alley 1990 Barrington St, Halifax (Scotia Square Food Court) Rating: Right Some Good! (Rating Scale: WTF, Meh, Good, Some Good, Right Some Good!) Tin Pan Alley is a food-truck-turned-food-court-kiosk (themed after a food truck) in Scotia Square Mall, which is itself basically a glorified food court. Still with me? The speciality here is Dutch-style frites, fashionably served with […]
Fries and Co. 2603 Connolly St. Rating: Good. (Rating Scale: WTF, Meh, Good, Some Good, Right Some Good!) I last visited Fries and Co. in the summer of 2013, which was only a couple years into a change in ownership. Melanie and Ken Francis took over the biz in 2011, and tinkered with the recipes to be more “authentic” (i.e. “the […]
Pleasant Street Diner was opened earlier this year in Woodside, by brothers Tommy and Stephen Fatouros, sons of Fotis Fatouros, who was once the co-owner and face of John’s Lunch. You probably know John’s Lunch either as “the best fish n’ chips in Canada“, or conversely, “not even the best fish n’ chips in Dartmouth” as Halifax ReTales would say. Diners must reconcile these accolades […]
Willman’s Fish & Chips 5644 Kane St, Halifax, NS Rating: Meh. (Rating Scale: WTF, Meh, Good, Some Good, Right Some Good!) I originally reviewed Willman’s in 2013. It was only my second fish ‘n chips review and I was admittedly inexperienced. Now that I have more reviews under my belt (and a bigger belt!) I’m revisiting a few places with […]
Phil’s Seafood 6285 Quinpool Rd, Halifax Rating: Some Good. (Rating Scale: WTF, Meh, Good, Some Good, Right Some Good!) I originally reviewed Phil’s Seafood in 2013. You can read that review here or I can sum up that post for you now: “It’s pretty good, I guess”. The most disappointing part of that meal was the fries, which I described […]
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 his best fish ‘n chips […]
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 […]
Shaw’s Landing 6958 Peggys Cove Road, West Dover, NS Rating: 8.5/10 I took LuShark out for her first trip to Peggy’s Cove and we planned on feasting at Fisherman’s Corner, which, as it turns out, no longer exists. Instead, we went to another West Dover restaurant – Shaw’s Landing. It may have been our backup plan but I’m glad we […]
John’s Lunch 352 Pleasant St, Dartmouth, NS Rating: 5/10 When I first started questing for the best fish ‘n’ chips in Halifax, the famous John’s Lunch was my first stop. You can read my 2013 review here in which I wasn’t all that impressed. Now that I’ve tried fish ‘n’ chips from 14 other places around Nova Scotia, I decided it […]
Sydelle’s Restaurant 733 Rocky Lake Dr, Bedford Rating: 6.5/10 My latest fish ‘n’ chips excursion brought me to uncharted territory somewhere between the Bedford Common and the Bedford Industrial Park. Sydelles Restaurant sits unassumingly on the corner of Duke St and Rocky Lake Drive (take Exit 4C off the 102). I forget how Sydelle’s found its way onto my fish […]
