For 30 years, Doraku has been a staple of Dartmouth’s downtown—and one of the city’s best-kept secrets from the tourists who flood the boardwalk every summer and fall. The atmosphere is cozy and ...
Would you believe us if we told you that Plaskett has never won a BOH gold for Best Folk Artist until now? A perennial winner of the Best Songwriter category, the 49-year-old picks up his first honour ...
Most years, Matt Mays is a powerhouse in the Best Rock Artist/Band category. But for the first time ever, the former Matt Mays & El Torpedo frontman is taking home BOH gold honours as Best Solo Artist ...
Classified wasn’t planning on releasing a record in 2024. Not at first, anyway. He’d stopped going to the studio during the COVID-19 pandemic, until he realized he missed the routine of it all. And ...
After a particularly wild night out, Ardmore Tea Room is always there to revive you. This comforting classic diner has been an institution on Quinpool Road for more than 60 years, and has taken home ...
Welcome to the 30th annual Best of Halifax Readers' Choice Awards. Yes, 30 years of The Coast's awesome readers voting for their favourite people, places and things about our great city. To mark this ...
The Bertossi Group’s literal golden child, The Bicycle Thief, scores the top spot for Best Restaurant for the fourth time since its opening in 2011. This resto is just as much a staple in our readers' ...
Yeah Yeahs Pizza, located on Ochterloney Street in Dartmouth and on Oxford Street in Halifax, is committed to “high quality ingredients done simple and well,” according to co-owner Josh Nordin. Its ...
For 20 years, Dee Dee’s has been scooping out handmade ice cream and sorbet to hungry Haligonians. The Nora Bernard Street shop does it all, from banana cardamom to Mexican chocolate, using local ...
Not even losing its prime downtown spot can keep Bud the Spud down. Last winter, the chip truck’s owners lost a competitive blind bid for the Spring Garden Road food truck space that Bud’s had held ...
A Haligonian’s first CHKN CHOP sandwich is akin to a rite of passage by this point. Seven years on since restaurateur Jenna Mooers opened the charcoal rotisserie chicken restaurant with Andrew Flood, ...
Darrell’s Restaurant has taken home the gold for Best Burger so many times, it deserves to be immortalized—which is why, with this year’s win, they’re joining the BOH Hall of Fame. (More on that in ...