Live like a local!

The following is a curated top ten list of our favorites broken down into six essential categories.

Restaurants

  1. Ostrich Club
  2. Chicken Chop
  3. Sushi Shige
  4. Brooklyn Warehouse
  5. Salvatores Pizzeria
  6. Mothers Pizza
  7. Agricola Street Brasserie
  8. Hamachi Kita
  9. Bar Kismet
  10. Almonak

Bars & Breweries

  1. Good Robot
  2. Freehouse 
  3. Compass Distilleries
  4. Agricola Street Brasserie
  5. Chainyard Cidery
  6. Oland Brewery
  7. Unfiltered Brewery
  8. Brown Hound
  9. Gus’ Pub
  10. Lion’s Head
Grab a coffee at Sidekick Cafe and walk the neighborhood when visiting Brewery Park in Halifax’s historic North End. With a 91% WalkScore you don’t need UBER.

Cafes

  1. Sidekick Cafe
  2. The Bread Lounge
  3. Julien’s Patisserie
  4. Java Blend
  5. Espresso 46
  6. Almonak
  7. Sidekick Cafe
  8. Sidekick Cafe
  9. Starbucks
  10. Tim Hortons

Retail

  1. Attica
  2. Bellissimo
  3. Project 9
  4. Peak Audio
  5. Obsolete Records
  6. Satva Boutique
  7. KEW
  8. Renovators Resource
  9. Cyclesmith
  10. Nurtured
Or stroll through the Hydrostone Market and Needham Park and explore the best locally-owned and operated restaurants, bars, salons, galleries, and retail shops minutes from our front door!

Convenience & Fitness

  1. Superstore
  2. Sobeys
  3. Shoppers Drug Mart
  4. Rockhead Wine & Beer
  5. NSLC
  6. RBC
  7. RONA
  8. Push Fitness
  9. On The Mat Yoga
  10. Fox Hill Market

Salon, Spa & Community

  1. Fred Salon
  2. Brookside and Bliss Salon
  3. Foxy Moon Hair Gallery
  4. Spirit Spa
  5. Hive Hair Studio
  6. Total Kneads Massage
  7. Uptown Salon
  8. Fort Needham
  9. 14 Bells Gallery
  10. Ecology Action Centre