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HRM restaurant review

Post by Graham.C » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:56 pm

I noticed we don't have a thread for reviewing tasty places to eat. I saw X's comment about the bicycle thief and it made me realize we should have a community review thread. I know as an out of town-er it is helpful to have some idea where to eat in town, outside my normal destinations. So lets hear it, where do you like to eat and why?
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Post by Keggermeister » Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:30 pm

I eat at Nomad Gourmet all the time. It's awesome food and they treat me like family.

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Post by GAM » Wed Aug 22, 2012 3:44 pm

Now thats funny.

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Post by Graham.C » Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:16 pm

Keggermeister wrote:I eat at Nomad Gourmet all the time. It's awesome food and they treat me like family.

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Post by benwedge » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:06 am

I'll chime in, your Bicycle Thief thread got my brain churning. I've been to Bistro Le Coq three times and have always had at least one item that was really well done, and nothing was ever poorly done. So if you're looking to burn a little cash that's a good spot. If it's a night where the Neptune has a show and you're not going, aim to arrive around 7:30 or 8 and there will be tables. They get swarmed when there are shows playing.
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Post by bluenose » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:31 am

One of the grain mill buyers (Jeramy I believe) told me about a new Mexican place in Dartmouth... anyone else know anything about it?

I've been to La Perla in Dartmouth a few times and I love it... I think it's Northern Italian cuisine. I always get the calamari and tiger shrimp to start, and most times I get the peppercorn beef with a dry red wine :drool:
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Post by benwedge » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:50 am

bluenose wrote:One of the grain mill buyers (Jeramy I believe) told me about a new Mexican place in Dartmouth... anyone else know anything about it?

I've been to La Perla in Dartmouth a few times and I love it... I think it's Northern Italian cuisine. I always get the calamari and tiger shrimp to start, and most times I get the peppercorn beef with a dry red wine :drool:
Is La Perla still affiliated with Da Maurizio? Or am I confusing it with another place in Dartmouth?
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Post by RubberToe » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:03 am

bluenose wrote:One of the grain mill buyers (Jeramy I believe) told me about a new Mexican place in Dartmouth... anyone else know anything about it?
I think that was me telling you about Habaneros and it's awesome. I think I'll grab some grub there tonight!

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Post by bluenose » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:06 am

kinda like a subway style taco joint?
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Post by RubberToe » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:07 am

Yep.
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Post by TimG » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:28 am

Habaneros; good flavour, fairly fresh ingredients.. only soft flour tortillas is a huge downer though! Not worth going until (if) they get corn tortillas (and I'm not talking the stupid taco bell hard shell ones either!).

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Post by RubberToe » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:53 am

Yeah I'd love to see them get corn tortillas.
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Post by RubberToe » Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:40 pm

If I want to go out for some BBQ, are the Q or Boneheads any good? I'm thinking of going there tonight.

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Post by benwedge » Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:36 pm

RubberToe wrote:If I want to go out for some BBQ, are the Q or Boneheads any good? I'm thinking of going there tonight.

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I prefer Bonehead's but both are good.
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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:52 pm

RubberToe wrote:If I want to go out for some BBQ, are the Q or Boneheads any good? I'm thinking of going there tonight.

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Definitely Boneheads over Q :smoker:
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Re: HRM restaurant review

Post by Tim Gregory » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:30 pm

Agreed both are good. However, stay away from Woody's in Dartmouth Crossing. I think its a chain restaurant. We went once and were not impressed.

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Post by mr x » Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:39 pm

Woody s is a chain/ shithole ..

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Post by CorneliusAlphonse » Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:48 pm

q and boneheads are both good... ive gone to q more, simply because it is closer.
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Post by homebrewcrew » Sat Sep 01, 2012 9:28 pm

woody's is terrible, boneheads is the best bbq for sure.
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Post by NASH » Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:13 pm

homebrewcrew wrote:boneheads is the best bbq for sure.
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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:10 pm

Just had a great experience at the Split Crow 2 in Bedford - apparently Tuesday is wing night ... nice size wings, 12 make a meal at $0.49 each, more importantly they have both Garrrison and Propeller on tap (Prop IPA was great) as well as the John Shippy selections. It was a nice surprise.
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Post by BobbyOK » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:54 am

LeafMan66_67 wrote:Just had a great experience at the Split Crow 2 in Bedford - apparently Tuesday is wing night ... nice size wings, 12 make a meal at $0.49 each, more importantly they have both Garrrison and Propeller on tap (Prop IPA was great) as well as the John Shippy selections. It was a nice surprise.
I can see why they'd try to franchise/expand the Crow, but I still find it difficult to believe the one in Wentworth will "fly", even with the ski hill there. Though I suppose the motel has managed to survive and provides a captive audience.

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Post by mr x » Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:37 am

Pizza from Sam's in Stellarton. Wicked good.

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Post by CorneliusAlphonse » Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:43 am

mr x wrote:Pizza from Sam's in Stellarton. Wicked good.
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Post by vgoreham » Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:37 pm

Relish.

I can't suggest this place. You can get better and cheaper burgers at almost any restaurant, much less another 'gourmet burger' place. The toppings are interesting (and somewhat tasty), but the atmosphere is terrible, and the burgers were thin and overcooked (certainly not worth the $13-14 each).

Save your money, there are at least a dozen places off the top of my head where you can get better and less expensive burgers. Hell, the burgers at the Rock Bottom blow this place out of the water.

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