I Love Local HFX: Open City 2018
I love this time of year when the weather warms up, the blossoms are on the trees and everyone is ready to spend some time outdoors. Open City, organized by I Love Local HFX, is such a fun annual spring event! For me, it's a chance to reconnect with local business owners I have come to know over the years and to visit some new exciting restaurants and shops here in Halifax and Dartmouth.
For the month of May, I have an awesome NSCC student working with me named Sarah. We teamed up to document our Open City adventure. Because there are SO MANY locations on the list, we ended up focusing more on downtown Dartmouth and the north end of Halifax this time around... I've included more of downtown Halifax and the Seaport Market in previous years and I'll be back in that area again in the fall for the annual City Harvest event.
I hope our photos inspire you to visit a local business that is new to you!
Sarah and I started our day at Halifax Seed where they had a planting station to get your garden started.
Breakfast #1: Salvatore's "Breakfast Sal-zone" with eggs, mozzarella, pancetta, sweet/spicy sausage, tomato, lettuce and caesar mayo. I wish they had these every weekend!
Breakfast #2: The Foggy Goggle's Mini Crepe with Windy View Farm local eggs, spinach, cheddar, roasted tomatoes, chili-garlic aioli, hollandaise and garden fresh chives.
Sweets at The Old Apothecary: classic and double-chocolate eclairs with Vietnamese coffee.
The Banook Pop Up Market: print by Katherine Victoria Taylor of KVT Prints, Ice Cream Sundae by Honey & Butter.
The Banook Pop Up Market
Katherine Victoria Taylor, KVT Prints
Nardin's Gardens
The Hive Ceramics
Of the Island
Adrienne Of Seam Work and Max of Urban Garden
Halifax Henna and Kind Krafts Pop Up
Lavender & Sage Pop Up
Humble Pie Savoury New Zealand style pie and Propeller Brewing Co beer.
The Brooklyn Warehouse: Fried Chicken Bahn Mi with daikon slaw, cilantro lime aioli, pate and five spice honey glaze.
Cider Tasting and Seafood Boil
Ol' School Donuts Food Truck
Élana Camille of Élana Camille Creates and Savannah Shippien of Lola & Odin
Matcha Ice Cream!
Argyle Fine Art: Artists George Spencer, Jan Davidson and Kimberley Eddy were onsite to chat about their artwork.
Artists Jan Davidson and Kimberley Eddy
