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W Suites!

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W Suites!

New apartments? Check. Hip neighbourhood? Check. Yelped about? CHECK.

1. Uncommon Grounds

1235 Barrington St
Halifax, NS B3J 1Y4

Category: Coffee & Tea

12/13/2011

As I write this, I'm sitting in a comfortable leather couch in the corner of this clean, modern coffee shop in what I believe to be the city's hottest neighbourhood (second only to Quinpool). The café is clean, modern, urban and beautifully designed…More »

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2. Café Chianti

1241 Barrington St
Halifax, NS B3J 1N4
(902) 423-7471

Category: Italian

10/7/2011

I'm going to take one from the book of more particular yelpers and note that this is probably more like a 3.5-star rating instead of your basic three. Better than A-OK, but not quite reaching fan-worthy status, I had a nice long-overdue first visit…More »

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3. Carbonstok

1235 Barrington St
Halifax, NS B3J

Categories: Personal Shopping, Toy Stores, Hobby Shops

12/16/2011

Yes! YES! Yes! I love Carbonstok. I'm actually embarrassed to admit how much I love Carbonstok just because that involves also admitting how long it took me to go check it out. Shame on me...

Every shelf and display is covered with weird, quirky, and…More »

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