Eat and Drink
Restaurants, Wineries and Breweries, farm markets, etc
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Nova Scotia Food to Warm the Cockles of Your Heart
*Even if it’s out of season, these delicious Nova Scotia food choices I’ve listed here are still available in the frozen food aisle So, it’s dinnertime, and you are getting a mite peckish. You’ve already had your fill of our world-famous for our lobster-from a restaurant, a beach lobster boil, crammed deliciously in a roll, scooped atop poutine or even in a hot lobster sandwich. But we don’t only eat lobster here.In fact, most of us only enjoy this succulent salt water crawdad on special occasions, it’s a little pricey to add to our weekly shopping list. If you are still insisting on seafood-and why not-it’s fresh, it’s tender, it is…
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Farmers Family Diner -A Restaurant Review
Farmer’s Family Diner in Aylesford is one of the places, well, you notice the sign but never have time to stop in. Well, this time we did stop in- better than making supper right? What caught our eye on the menu was the “Colossal Club Sandwich” Now, I don’t usually orders sandwiches and stuff like that in a restaurant-why would I, when I can easily make that at home? (Don’t ask me if I do make it at home.) But, well, “colossal” seemed to taunt us. We had to try it.We wanted to see if Farmer’s Family Diner can live up to it’s promise.. The club for one was about…
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Shore Club Hubbards-A Restaurant Review
In 2018,The Shore Club in Hubbards is celebrating 81 years of offering visitors and locals alike the experience of an old-fashioned lobster supper in an old-fashioned dance hall. For those of you who haven’t had that experience -it’s a must do. You won’t go away hungry, I guarantee that. And, the servers, though busy, were fantastic. For the price of your lobster, steak, chicken or veggie dish, you get all you can eat mussels, all you can eat roll and salad which includes pasta and potato salad, some kind of grain-maybe quinoa? and all the fixings to make a mile high tossed salad,,,although I did not notice any dressings. I …
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Strawberry U-Picks in Nova Scotia
It’s that time again. Strawberry Time.Shortcake time. Jam time. Time to fill the freezer with these luscious red berries so we have a reminder of sweet summer days in the dead of winter. That means it’s time to hit the local strawberry U-Picks. Only two problems with that. Websites that list U-Picks are often woefully out of date, and The major frost we had a few weeks back really did a number on our fragile, fledgling blossoms and baby plants. So much so that some producers aren’t sure whether that will be open to the public at all in 2018. Hah. I’ve done some work on your behalf.(and mine,…
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Mic Mac Bar and Grill-A Restaurant Review
Would you expect to find a busy restaurant sharing a parking lot with a RV rental? Well we didn’t-didn’t even notice Mic Mac Bar and Grill the few times we drove our visiting friends down to pick up their vacation RV. Once we did notice it, we thought it would be easy enough to find again. My brother is a former Halifax cabbie and he knows where everything is-all the good restaurants, shortcuts and back roads. We should really ask him about shortcuts, ya know? The first time we all went to the Mic Mac, hubby and I took the long route along the 102 towards Truro and got off…
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Lightfoot and Wolfville Winery-A Restaurant Review
I’ve been wanting to check out one of the Kings County’s newest wineries (not THE newest-that’s Mercator) not for the wine but for the wood fired pizza that I’ve heard so much about since the opening of Lightfoot and Wolfville Vineyards. Finally, an opportunity presented itself. Lightfoot and Wolfville ‘s executive chef Geoff Hopgood is a Nova Scotia native who honed his craft in the big cities of Vancouver and Toronto before opening a successful restaurant in Toronto. Eventually, the call of the sea and the Nova Scotian air lured him Hopgood and his family back here. Now he oversees the kitchen at Lightfoot and Wolfville,using fresh, seasonal quality ingredients. First,…
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The Crow’s Nest Restaurant -A Restaurant Review
What is this CROW thing? Welcome to the land of fishermen, their fathers, their grandfathers, their sons and their daughters. Many moons ago,a fisherman with the last name of Longmire was on a fishing boat, he was hungry, he snuck a few potatoes for his supper and ever since then, the Longmire’s have been dubbed crows. We’re the Longmire’s That’s it. That’s the story From the first page of the Crow’s Nest Restaurant menu It’s not hard to tell that the the Crow’s Nest Restaurant is proud of their fishing heritage.Every conceivable inch of the interior is covered with nautical themed decor, and a looped video showcases the story of the…
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Just Us Coffee Roaster – Restaurant Review
Recently, I met a friend for coffee at Just Us Coffee Cafe in Grand Pre.Just Us is a play on words-a group of good friends believe that although they were without substantial assets they could still make a difference-making sure the brand they were creating stood for social justice. This company ushered in the fair trade coffee business in the Valley in 1995. The head office and roastery is located in the same building, as well as a small coffee museum.If you’ve been there at all you know they have a smorgasbord of products for sale- from coffee beans to coffee makers, raw sugars, chocolate and more. Located right off…
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Jonny’s CookHouse Berwick-Restaurant Review
Driving through Berwick on Highway 1 in the Annapolis Valley, Jonny’s Cookhouse looks like every other small diner. Except for the crowded parking lot and lineup of customers that all scream for ice cream. Jonny’s ice cream is, indeed delicious, including the home made ice cream drumsticks and chocolate soft serve. I get that. I’ve had that. What I really wanted was to get inside and try the eats. Jonny’s Cookhouse looks quite small from the outside-and guess what-it is small-only 9 tables. We went on a Thursday night and it was packed and loud and busy with the ice cream window, take out orders and waiting tables. The staff…
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Guzzle and Gorge in Port Williams
Port Williams is a small village that doesn’t know it’s small. According to Wikipedia,the population hovers around 1,100. The area was initially populated by Mi’kmaq, Acadians, and Planters-the Acadian influence evident by the nearby dykes. The village perches on the northern shore of the Cornwallis River-named after Edward Cornwallis, first governor of Nova Scotia. In the days of sail, the Cornwallis served as a very busy waterway, bringing ships into the port to be loaded with local goods destined for faraway places such as Great Britain. In fact,the village website proclaims Port Williams to be” The Biggest Little Port in the World”. I recently spend an afternoon exploring and it really wasn’t enough time.…
