I'm loving Halifax's eat local renaissance! A host of talented locals are putting forth so many…read moredelicious eats. My new favorite weekend activity is a visit to the Alderney Landing Farmer's Market for a sampling of fresh baked goods and treats. New this year to the Farmer's Market is The Doughnut Stand. Serving up a wide variety of classic and new fusion style doughnuts, The Doughnut Stand offers a delicious, fresh, and local alternative to big chain factory baked goods. They have all the classics from Boston crème, raspberry filled, apple fritter, lemon curd, and maple bacon. The Doughnut Stand also brings an exciting and changing selection of new fusion style doughnuts. So far I've seen Crème egg and mini egg doughnuts for Easter, peanut butter Captain Crunch, carrot cake doughnut, Jalapeño bacon cheddar, and chocolate cherry fritter. You won't find that extreme variety and experimentation anywhere else! Fluffy, light, airly, fresh, and full of flavour I love their doughnuts. To help beat the heat of summer The Doughnut Stand also just released a menu of homemade frozen treats. Popsicles, chocolate dipped bars, and even doughnut ice cream sandwiches filled with Dee Dee's own ice creams. Yes! You heard right, doughnut ice cream sandwiches! The Doughnut Stand is open on Saturdays for the market and other select dates they post on their Facebook pages. They're often at local events nearby or other venues spreading that doughnut-y goodness.

The Alderney Farmer's Market is my favourite Saturday morning place to be. And a Port City Coffee…read morewith a Maple Bacon Doughnut from the Doughnut Stand is my favourite way to start a Saturday morning at the Market. I get a vague sense they do have other doughnuts but I am instantly and always drawn the Maple Bacon. I mean a yeasty doughnut doused in sweet, sticky maple glaze to which crispy, salty nuggets of bacon adhere, I ask you, what else could you ever want? I may try some other flavours but my heart will always belong to the Maple Bacon.

Boldly opening up in the late fall/beginning of Canadian winter, Ol' School Donuts is a bus that's…read morebeen painted fire engine red and converted into a mobile donut dispensary. While they sadly tend to spend the bulk of their time outside of the peninsula, that has changed at least a little bit lately. It seemed to be donut destiny when they were not only in Halifax, but also parked up the street from my office and there in the evening when I'd be off at 7. I rushed home to get my girlfriend and parked near the lot behind Atlantic News where they were set up. It was encouraging to see a few people there, even though the spot's not as on the beaten path as others. Two menu boards with borders to match the bus displayed several delicious sounding options - peanut butter cup, maple bacon, strawberry shortcake, chocolate Skor, caramel pecan crunch and Boston cream being the options that day. As Boston cream is my favourite donut at a certain ubiquitous Canadian chain that par cooks their products at central bakeries before sending them to stores, I had to go for the real deal. As this is also my paramour's fave, she went with the maple bacon to give us more donut diversity. They were ready within a couple minutes, and soon we were on our way back to the car to stuff our gobs. I didn't know exactly what I was getting into, expecting a cream-filled, fist-sized donut, but what we got were baskets of 10ish mini-donuts, covered in their respective toppings. They were, however, fantastic. Fresh out of the super cool donut making contraption that they have, they're just slightly crisp on the outside and airy, but still pleasantly dense on the inside. These have most certainly not been par cooked and sitting out in the open all day. The Boston cream drizzle reminds me of the Toaster Strudel icing, but only richer and less cloying. The chocolate sauce is, well, chocolate sauce. No wheels being reinvented, but it's tasty. The maple bacon donuts are great as well, with the same little loops of fried dough wonder with a maple icing drizzle and bits of thick cut bacon on top. No bacon-flavoured soy bits here. Each basket will set you back a fiver, but think of these as the restaurant quality dessert that they are, and you'll forget both the price and whoever that Tim Horton guy is anyway.

This is the best thing about returning to Nova Scotia. $5 for 10 donuts with two flavour choices…read moreper order. I like the Boston cream and lemon raspberry, personally, but there's something for everybody. The donuts are fresh fried, soft pillows of dough with the slightest crisp around the edges. The toppings are sweet and decadent. I couldn't recommend any higher. Also, they are in Enfield on Thursday nights for the season.

Spin the wheel of pie! I love it, if you can't decide let your fate be decided by the wheel!…read more Lovely staff, very small little shop. I didn't see much of any seating. But these pies are so worth the stop. We landed with the Chicken Cranberry & Brie- A-freaking-mazing! So good and fresh and warm when we arrived. We ate it right out front and everyone agreed the pastry and filling was perfect! They also sell mini pies, or half pies for half the price if you don't want such a big portion. Got the pulled pork in a mini pie and it had a little spicy hit to it too!

Easy to find via Google maps. Street parking available. Not a busy street. No where really to…read moredine-in. Staff were super friendly and helpful. Chicken brie cranberry was super moist, pie crust was super flakey and tasty. Would have loved a fruit pie with the same crust!

Great spot for a board game and some light snacking. The nachos are simple but a super compelling…read morebuy as they nail the fundamentals without trying to be different and are a very good price. The location itself is starting to feel a bit long in the tooth and often the air conditioning is set too cold. Their sauce is super friendly, but sometimes inexperienced. Try it out if you like discovering new board games.

I've been here a couple times now, once for the name sake board games and a second time for one of…read moretheir themed trivia nights. It's a pretty easy concept to get - for a $5 charge per head you can stay as long as you want and play as many different games as you want. And they have walls of them. My friends knew what they wanted to play going in, so we didn't need any game playing advice, but you can get that from the staff as well. There's also a big ol' wall of games by the entrance if you want to purchase one to take home. They have a very good selection of local beers on tap and in bottles, as well as a small menu with mostly snacky type foods, although they have a few more substantial things like sandwiches. And being a cafe, they of course have several options for your caffeine addiction. Game night was super fun, and the staff checked in frequently to keep us topped up on beverages. The trivia night was awesome. It was Simpsons themed, and they went all out for it with the hosts dressing up, and new menus being printed, with some things re-named and a couple special items like "Guff" beer - a special batch from Garrison - and the Forbidden Donut - a pink icing-dipped classic. The beer was an easy going brew, like Duff would be, but better than a big macro brand beer. I also got the Meaty One sandwich, which has roasted chicken, bacon, havarti, and green and red peppers. It's a solid sandwich, but the southwest dip I chose to go with it really went a long way in adding some more complex flavours to it. I capped off my healthy meal with the Forbidden donut. It wasn't up to Ol' School Donuts level of donut game, but it was a respectable entry. The business is one of a kind in the city, and it's great to see it doing really well and adding to options of social activities to do in Halifax.

We forgot to pack an essential item for our cruise. We needed to get it while we were docked at our…read moredestination in Halifax. Easy to find what I was looking for and it was an easy walk to from the cruise port.

We were in Halifax on a cruise and wanted to buy some Candian treats, preferrably maple candies,…read morefor gifts back home. Google maps revealed that this grocery store is a short walk from the cruise terminals, though you have to walk away from it a bit because of the railroad tracks. We found displays of maple syrup but had to ask for help finding the maple candy. It was in the bakery department and there was only one option but it met our need. There is plenty of parking for those with cars.

this is the worst tim's in the area, order is wrong 8/10 times, the coffee usually tastes like…read morewater and there's one lady taking the order who is always yelling. I physically jump everytime she comes on the speaker. I forgot to say what size i needed for my drink and before finishing what i was saying she yelled very aggressively "WHAT SIZE". After getting yelled at over my order it was still wrong. This place is so disappointing

The food is good when made right but I have to say my order multiple times and the Indian behind…read morethe table CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH. I'll ask for a plain bagel with butter and get a plain doughnut and when I tell them what it was a plain bagel with butter and not a plain doughnut they give me a plain bagel with no FUCKING BUTTER.

I was going to get my tea waited at the speaker for 12 minutes so I decided to just order at the…read morewindow and the Asian lady working the window asked my order I said I think the speaker is broken then proceeded my order then she yelled over me saying that's it's isn't and I had to wait , when I tried explaining I was then she said rude what do u want so I told her politely then handed her the gift card I had and she scofed loud enough for me to hear then slammed it on the counter load enough for me to hear with the window closed the grabbed my drink opened the window then practically throw my stuff at me then closed the window as I said thank you

Always friendly staff. Coffee always fresh and made right the first time. Never a long wait in…read moreline. Tables are usually kept pretty clean. I like this location and that it has a Wendy's attached to it.

This Tim Hortons has a very interesting mix of clients since it sits right between Dartmouth…read moreregional hospital and the oil refinery, aand of course all the clap trap industries that go along with those. Not only that but it has a pretty amazing view of Halifax, especially when I was there this morning (some say thats the best thing about Dartmouth..it's view of Halifax ouch). As for the actual establishment..well it was Timmies as usual...though I think maybe a bit surlier than I'm used to it. Must have been the hour as it was very very early... Oh well I will return at some later point to see if I can get some good photographs of Halifax

Have been here multiple times and usually it is pretty okay for a tim Hortons but went here today…read moreand have to say it was the worst customer service and the drink was terrible. They got the order wrong, no apologies. Definitely will not be going to Tim Hortons ever again unless it's the only cafe in the whole place