Halifax is rad.
Here are some of our staff’s favorite places around town and beyond:
JONNY’s Picks
Place to Eat: My Other Brother Darryl’s or Boneheads BBQ
Place to See: Halifax from the Dartmouth waterfront
Place to Sea: Point Pleasant Park or Lawrencetown Beach
Place to Art: Argyle Fine Art
Place to Buy Tunes: Taz, Obsolete, or HMV
Place You Won’t Find Otherwise: Two if by Sea Cafe- coffee and croissant? you’re welcome!
JOSH’s Picks
Place to Eat: The Good Food Emporium- get the Ghettosocks Sandwich with a spinach salad- delicious!
Place to See: Museum of Natural History- go see Gus, the 89 year old tortoise!
Place to Sea: Blomidon/Cape Split- about an hour out of town in the Annapolis Valley- completely awesome!
Place to Art: Eye Level Gallery
Place to Buy Tunes: Select Sounds- be prepared to dig through STACKS of vinyl.
Place You Won’t Find Otherwise: Dressed in Time- great vintage finds!
ASHLEY’s Picks
Place to Eat: The Armview, Boneheads or Hamachi Kita (Hydrostone)
Place to See: Cliche, but Public Gardens if you’re not from here.
Place to Sea: the look-off at the end of the Purcell’s Cove Road (hickeys happen here) and Crystal Crescent Beach (nudes!)
Place to Art: Adept Tattoos
Place to Buy Tunes: Taz and Obsolete, of course…
Place You Won’t Find Otherwise: I’m not telling, but I will take you there.
BETHANY’s Picks
Place to Eat: Phil’s Seafood on Quinpool- yummy yummy fishies!
Place to See: Halifax Farmer’s Market- mmm local goodies!
Place to Sea: Peggy’s Cove- Nova Scotia through and through
Place to Art: Argyle Fine Art and Nova Scotia Art Gallery
Place to Buy Tunes: Taz and CD Heaven- they do all ages shows and everything!
Place You Won’t Find Otherwise: Halifax Folklore Center (old guitars, new guitars, cozy musical atmosphere- wow!) and the Black Market (hip, hippie and hipster fashion combined in one artsy, incense filled room!)
