Favorite restaurant(s) in Halifax? - Page 6

Empire · #**101** Posted **Dec 5, 2011, 10:38 PM**

Bistro Le Coq on Argyle is worth a visit. I recommend the french onion soup!

Quality reno.........

ewjonsson · #**102** Posted **Dec 6, 2011, 4:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Empire

Bistro Le Coq on Argyle is worth a visit. I recommend the french onion soup!

Quality reno.........

Yea? How pricey is it? Like rock bottom brewery prices or Bicycle thief expensive? Its the girlfriend's birthday next week and I'm wondering how much i'm gonna have to shell out. She's been wanting to go here since it opened...

Empire · #**103** Posted **Dec 6, 2011, 4:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by ewjonsson

Yea? How pricey is it? Like rock bottom brewery prices or Bicycle thief expensive? Its the girlfriend's birthday next week and I'm wondering how much i'm gonna have to shell out. She's been wanting to go here since it opened...

$100 + including a bottle of wine.......you would pay $130 at the Bicycle Thief for something similar.

halifaxboyns · #**104** Posted **Jan 9, 2012, 5:46 PM**

Does anyone remember Thackery's? It was the upstairs part of the fireside, right at the corner of SGR and Brunswick. It eventually became the Great Canadian Bagel.

I used to loved the potato skins there...so good.

JET · #**105** Posted **Jan 9, 2012, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns

Does anyone remember Thackery's? It was the upstairs part of the fireside, right at the corner of SGR and Brunswick. It eventually became the Great Canadian Bagel.

I used to loved the potato skins there...so good.

A gerat spot, they had the best eggs benedict.

They also had great french bread that you could buy from a little hole in the wall on Branswick.

Keith P. · #**106** Posted **Jan 9, 2012, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns

Does anyone remember Thackery's? It was the upstairs part of the fireside, right at the corner of SGR and Brunswick. It eventually became the Great Canadian Bagel.

I used to loved the potato skins there...so good.

I always found the restaurant just sort of OK, but the bar downstairs... oy vey! The memories, ah, the memories...

CorbeauNoir · #**107** Posted **Jan 10, 2012, 1:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Empire

Bistro Le Coq on Argyle is worth a visit. I recommend the french onion soup!

Quality reno.........

I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about Le Coq. I'll have to see for myself soon, I'd love for there to be a good French bistro close by.

kenandpat · #**108** Posted **Jun 26, 2012, 5:45 PM**

I just called and Tomavinos is now open. They are currently take out only but say they hope to have the dining room open in the near future. The menu features all the originals with one or two new items added. Now I can get my pizza fix again it has been a long 6 months!

Waye Mason · #**109** Posted **Jun 26, 2012, 10:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by CorbeauNoir

I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about Le Coq. I'll have to see for myself soon, I'd love for there to be a good French bistro close by.

Took the chance and went with my wife a week ago. Apps, entre, 1 dessert, 1 2 drinks, coffees, tip - $145.

It was... good. Service was great. But, again, I can get good at Jane's for $65-80.

We walked home and my wife made the point that we ate in NYC at Mario Batali's Lupa, had amazing, and I mean amazing everything, and both got kinda drunk, and it was $160.

Coq Bistro is another RDR resto, and it is good, but not great, which is also how i feel about Onyx.

Aya_Akai · #**110** Posted **Jun 27, 2012, 4:13 AM**

Star Anise on Barrington, if you're into Vietnamese food at all, their Pho comes in a bowl big enough you could probably drown in, and their food tastes so incredibly good, all handmade, everything is fresh and.. oh my goodness oh my goodness, the taste.. well, is something I cannot accurately convey with text. lol

halifaxboyns · #**111** Posted **Jun 27, 2012, 2:26 PM**

Personally - my favorite Chinese food place is Zen in Clayton Park. It was good price and the food was great, plus the staff always were very nice to me.

hollistreet · #**112** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 6:01 PM**

After hearing all the great things about Tomavino's, both from here and from friends, I decided to give it a try last night.
First of all I am not sure why they were closed because there has been no work done on the inside of the place. In fact the main entry to the place felt like I was walking into some basement that had been renovated back in 1970.
The kitchen, fully visible from the entry, looked like it had been last renovated in the 1950's and last cleaned around the same time.
I ordered a 9 inch pizza with 3 topping (bacon, olives, pepperoni), each topping costing $1.50. The bacon was overdone. Overall, the pizza was ok but nothing to get excited about. The price for this 9 inch pizza came in at $16.68 plus a tip bringing the total cost to $19.00.
With Morris East and Piatto producing a far better product in a wood burning oven and Amano not far behind in quality, combined with pricing that is all in the same range, I don't know how this place is going to survive.

Keith P. · #**113** Posted **Jun 28, 2012, 11:21 PM**

Where is Tomavino's located?

hollistreet · #**114** Posted **Jun 29, 2012, 12:26 AM**

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Where is Tomavino's located?

South Street. Next to the building that had the fire.