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Welcome to Sausage Fest 2014
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h, the sausage. The official meat of summertime. The piece of meat you take home for the weekend. The tubular delight you BBQ for friends, or if you're into the culinary arts, the versatile ingredient you cut open and use in a pasta sauce, or maybe in stir fry. Whatever your take on them may be, you have to concede that sausages are flippin' awesome, and in here Nova Scotia, we are blessed with an abundance of producers who know how to make them, and know how to make them right. So, this August, from the 14th to the 24th to be exact, we invite you to join us in celebrating the Nova Scotian sausage by welcoming YOU to Sausage Fest 2014. While we certainly had some fun last year, we've really moved things forward this time around. For starters, we've added a number of participants (almost double), reaching a total of 32 this year, and we've done so without compromising our promise of "Showcasing the BEST Our Region Has to Offer". It's a good mix too, with some fantastic restaurants and bars, grocers and producers, and even a few wineries and breweries who are participating in varying capacities. With more participants comes more things for you to experience, and I implore you to get out and explore what's available. Make it an excuse to try something new! Discover what some of our region's best chefs and producers are doing, and enjoy Nova Scotia as the culinary destination it has become. Along with all the restaurant and market specials that will be going on all 10 days, we will again be hosting a series of pop-up events with a number of our participants. From events like les saucisses en folies (which is sold out) to Prop'r Cask Night ft. Ludo Eveno to a community BBQ in the Hydrostone to delightful a Sausage Brunch at the Harbourstone Sea Grill + Pourhouse. We'll fill a good chunk of your August with sausage fun if you will allow us. We're also hosting a huge Picnic by the Sea event at Alderney Landing Ferry Terminal Park on August 16th, followed by another family event at the Wolfville Farmers' Market on the 23rd. For these two events, we'll still celebrate the sausage, but also offer a wider variety of things for you to eat, just incase sausages aren't your thing (is that even possible?). We also have confirmed a number of out-of-town guests who are actually flying in to join the fun this year, so don't be the guy/gal that sat on the sidelines and looks back thinking you wish you'd gone to something. This event is for YOU, and we hope that you will come out and enjoy all the effort we put into creating a little sausage magic for you this summer. Sausage Fest 2014 is gonna be crazy!
Alexander Henden Da Sausage Hustla'
About This Guide To make this year's event even easier to access, we've improved on a number of things from last year. This year's guide is now a full 24 pages (up from 4 last year), and each spread showcases three to four participants, introducing you to who they are and what they do, followed by a brief description of what they are doing for Sausage Fest specifically. We've also included their address as well, but we'll leave it to you to connect with then online should you wish to. Google it!
1014 Barrington St, Halifax . lickthebone.com
You will also notice a set of icons on each listing. For an index on what each means, have a look below.
Pop-up Events This year we've also redesigned our website, which is where you will find all our pop-events. Some events will have tickets for sale, while others will not, but regardless, you will be able to find all our pop-up events at: localconnections.ca/ events There isn't a mobile friendly version this year, but the website works well on iPads or similar.
Social Media Before and during Sausage Fest, we will be using our Twitter profile and Facebook page to share information and updates, and to connect with you.
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1014 Barrington St, Halifax . lickthebone.com
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L'Acadie Vineyards
Ace Burger Co.
L’Acadie Vineyards is celebrating their 10th year in operation this year. A small family-run vineyard, L’Acadie is a certified organic winery specializing in traditional method sparkling wine. Their 2011 Vintage Cuvée Rosé just recently won a gold medal and top scores for a sparkling wine at the Atlantic Canadian Wine Awards.
The result of a successful pop-up restaurant team-up, Ace Burger Co. started when the folks from Brooklyn Warehouse partnered with the north end favourite Gus’ Pub, taking over the pub’s kitchen during an Open City event. The match-up worked so well that now, Ace Burger Co. has proudly made its’ mark as a “business inside a business,” having established in the kitchens of both Gus’ and now Bearly’s House of Blues on Barrington Street. Specializing in classic, hand-crafted flatiron burgers, Ace Burger Co. has been dubbed “Best Burger” in Halifax for two years running. If you’re looking for something a little different than the classic ‘burg, you can order up an Asian-style pork burger, or the Jerk Chicken, and pair it with Ace’s awesome fries and a cold brew.
310 Slayter Rd, Gaspereau, RR1, Wolfville
L’Acadie Vineyards will be teaming up with Edible Sideshow, Wolfville’s first food truck, to offer great food and wine pairings every Saturday this summer. On Saturday, August 16th, Edible Sideshow will be delighting all who visit the winery with chorizo sliders piled with ginger, garlic and coriander slaw, all cozied up in a homemade brioche bun. Either of L’Acadie’s two famous rosé wines is light, summery pairing choice with this dish, or you could go big or go home with their Passito, a bold red that matches up brilliantly with BBQ.
2605 Agricola St, Halifax + 1269 Barrington St, Halifax
This Sausage Fest, Ace Burger Co. will be offering a currywurst sausage with curry ketchup and frizzled onions at both the north end and downtown locations. They will also both have outdoor grills working non-stop on the weekend services during the festival.
Agricola Street Brasserie 2540 Agricola St, Halifax · agricolastreet.ca
Agricola Street Brasserie is one of the new kids on the block in the area around Agricola and Charles, and along with their neighbours, EnVie and Lion and Bright, they are taking the north end food scene by storm. Bustling with patrons every night, the Brasserie has a casual atmosphere conducive to lively conversations with friends over excellent food and cool cocktails. The folks at Agricola Street Brasserie are committed to using quality, seasonal ingredients, and they make everything in-house. The talented team at the Brasserie has been very involved in Sausage Fest since it started in 2013, and this year is no exception. On August 15th, the Brasserie will be teaming up with Propeller Brewing to do a cask night - they provide the food and the Propeller provides the beer pairing. Last year, they did couscous with a lamb sausage that knocked it out of the park, and this year promises to be no different. In addition to this event, Agricola Street Brasserie is working on a Thai-themed sausage to feature during the entire Sausage Fest event.
HAVE FUN WITH OUR MEAT! AWESOME SAUSAGE FEST SPECIALS AUGUST 14 -24! NO FILLERS · NO MSG · MADE WITHOUT GLUTEN
318 Pleasant Valley Road, Berwick & Alderney Landing, Dartmouth (902) 538-1106 · f MeadowbrookMeatMarket · L MeadowbrookMeat
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The Auction House
Boneheads BBQ
The Auction House is bringing a completely new concept to the downtown dining scene. They hold daily auctions amongst the patrons of the lively restaurant, the proceeds from which go towards a different local charity each month. Community outreach is a part of The Auction House’s identity, and they are committed to giving back in meaningful ways. On top of all this, The Auction House is dishing up some pretty awesome food, like their deep fried cheese curds jazzed up with chili-lime dipping sauce.
Boneheads BBQ is satiating this fine city’s need for comfort food. Their Barrington Street location serves up traditional southernstyle barbecue food, including, of course, fall-off-the-bone ribs, melt-in-your-mouth smoked meat, and crave-inducing mac n’ cheese, baked beans and cornbread. Boneheads, Halifax’s original BBQ smokehouse, makes everything in-house and fresh every day, right down to the barbecue sauces that will have you licking your fingers for one last taste.
Sausage Fest 2014 will see the folks at The Auction House serving up a few different options to weiner-lovers: they’ll be doing a three-sausage stew in tomato sauce with veggies and peppers, and a few different sausage-on-a-bun choices, including an andouille and a chorizo, topped with sauerkraut, swiss cheese and mustard. The House will garnish their Caesars, usually adorned with a slice of bacon, with some crispy fried sausage. Finally, diners will have the option to add sausage to their nachos, if crunchy cheese-drizzled chips are their meal of choice.
Boneheads will be contributing Texas hot links, a spicy pork sausage which is really popular in - you guessed it - Texas, to Sausage Fest 2014. They’ll be offering the sausages in a bun and also as an appetizer paired up with pimento cheese. Toss in a rack of ribs, some sweet potato chips and a banana pudding, and you’ve got yourself….a meat coma? Worth every bite, we’d say.
1726 Argyle St, Halifax · auctionhousehalifax.com
1014 Barrington Street, Halifax · lickthebone.com
Bramoso Pizzeria
6169 Quinpool Road and Halifax Seaport Market, Halifax Bramoso Pizza is synonymous with high quality, real food sourced as sustainably as possible. Ingredients are simple and healthy, and care is taken to offer dairy-free and gluten-free menu options to please every pizza-lover. For the entire Sausage Fest 2014 event, Bramoso will be offering four special pizzas at both their Quinpool and farmer’s market locations. There will be The McAngelo, with a white zesty garlic sauce, Sweet William’s Polish sausage, fresh spinach, cremini mushrooms, diced tomatoes, local basil, mozza and fontina cheese. You could try The Picante, topped with extra spicy Sweet William’s Italian sausage. The Bramoso Sausage Supreme includes a signature red sauce, Polish sausage, red onion slivers and a blend of three cheeses. The folks at Bramoso are still in the process of conceptualizing their fourth offering, which, though a surprise as of yet, may include enticing ingredients like fennel sausage, caramelized onions and pecans. Finally, Bramoso will be hosting a Patio Sausage Party at their Quinpool location on August 19th, where they’ll serve up sausage pizza samplers and a selection of wine and beer.
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The Brooklyn Warehouse
Le Caveau
Though it started modestly as a small cafe in the burgeoning north end Halifax food scene, Brooklyn Warehouse has since made its’ mark on the neighbourhood, garnering local and national acclaim for quality, creative food using local ingredients before local was even a thing. The menu is seasonal and ever-changing, and the folks at Brooklyn Warehouse strive to create an outstanding experience for every diner who eats there.
Le Caveau is an obvious stop for anyone visiting the Wolfville area, especially as the warm summer sun beats down on the Grand Pré vineyard. Named one of the twenty world’s best winery restaurants by Wine Access Magazine, Le Caveau is spearheaded by executive chef Jason Lynch. The restaurant is the perfect setting for an exquisite dinner for two, or for your next big event, where you can crack open a bottle of wine on Le Caveau’s outdoor terrace and enjoy a locally-sourced and carefully prepared meal.
2795 Windsor Street, Halifax · brooklynwarehouse.ca
This year, Brooklyn will be offering a three-course Prix-Fixe menu on August 15th and 16th, starting with a sausage of scallop mousse, lobster and mussels in a smoked heirloom tomato broth with ratatouille and garden herbs. The second course is a duck sausage with seared fois gras, chanterelles, creamy brown butter polenta and sage and blackcurrant gremolata. Diners will finish their meals with a dark chocolate and marshmallow roulade with milk chocolate icing, white chocolate ganache, candied raspberries and bacon crumble. So….see you there?
11611 Highway 1, Grand Pré · grandprewines.ns.ca/restaurant/
Sausage Fest 2014 will prove to be just one more opportunity for Le Caveau to shine, this year with a bratwurst sausage dished up with rosti, caramelized onions and demi.
Dee Dee's Ice Cream
Durty Nelly's Irish Pub
DeeDee’s, located in a beautiful, unassuming old house in the north end of Halifax, serves simple, nourishing food made using only real ingredients. Their ice creams are served in various locations around the city and are made with interesting flavour twists like Mexican chocolate and banana cardamom. For these icy concoctions and for their awesome burritos, DeeDee’s sources as many of their ingredients locally as possible, and they are committed to supporting sustainable agriculture.
Durty Nelly’s, one of the city’s fixture Irish pubs, is about as trueto-form as it gets, with classic pub food, great service and a good dose of foot stompin’, jig-and-reelin’ fun. With traditional Irish fare including Guiness-braised lamb shanks and shepherd’s pie as well as standards like fish n’ chips and burgers, Durty Nelly’s finds the easy way into people’s hearts: through their bellies, with quality, down-to-earth food.
5668 Cornwallis Street, Halifax · deedees.ca
During the days of Sausage Fest 2014, DeeDee’s will be sticking to the classics, dishing up a Ratinaud sausage and piling it with sauerkraut, mustard and mayo on a bun made freshly each day by their resident bread expert. Finish it all off with a couple scoops of ice cream and you’ve got yourself a real treat! You can cozy up inhouse at a comfy booth, or take your chow over to the Commons, the next block over, and snarf your sausage while sprawling in the sun.
1660 Argyle Street, Halifax · durtynellys.ca
For this year’s Sausage Fest, Durty Nelly’s will be offering an Irish twist on the classic brat: a house-made Irish Red Ale sausage using local pork from Oulton’s Farms, apple cider-braised Lunenburg sauerkraut, Guiness beer mustard, and hot onion relish, all heaped on a fresh Kaiser roll.
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enVie - A Vegan Kitchen
FRED.
EnVie is not only a godsend for Haligonian vegans, but the restaurant is surprising and delighting even the city’s most dedicated carnivores. EnVie is all about great food and incredible flavour first; the fact that the menu is entirely plant-sourced is just dairy-free icing on the carrot cake. With the goal of surpassing people’s expectations of vegan food, EnVie not only offers cutting edge, beautifully crafted appetizers, mains and desserts; they also offer cooking classes, juice cleanses and feature chefs from restaurants around the city who create a vegan dinner once a month.
FRED is your one stop north end shop for feelin’ gorgeous and eating wicked food. The folks at the cafe of the popular salon and eatery are committed to creating delicious flavour combinations using local ingredients. Making everything either from scratch or sourced from quality local producers, FRED is definitely worth stopping by, whether for just a coffee and a prosciutto, portobello and havarti croissant or a leisurely gluten-fee pizza lunch shared with friends.
5775 Charles Street, Halifax · enviehalifax.com
Chef Diandra Phipps is not one to turn down a challenge, and so of course she is stepping up to the plate to create a vegan sausage to feature during Sausage Fest 2014. Head down to EnVie on Agricola Street to chomp into a spicy Italian sausage made from setian, a vegetable protein often used as a meat substitute, and topped with red pepper relish, chiffonade spinach and tofu mozzarella. We guarantee you’ll be back for more.
2606 Agricola Street, Halifax · fredstyle.ca
FRED will be dishing up their famous macaroni and cheese, adding fresh sausage from Highland Drive Storehouse, for the entire Sausage Fest event. They will also be featuring a sausagetopped version of their gluten-free pizzas for link-lovers to enjoy.
T H E V I N E YA R D S
THE WINES
T H E F L AVO U R S
Gaspereau Vineyards
2239 White Rock Road, Wolfville 路 gaspereauwine.com Gaspereau Vineyards was the first winery to establish in the now vineyard-resplendent Valley. Just minutes from Wolfville, Gaspereau boasts a gorgeous landscape that produces outstanding Rieslings, among other spectacular wines. This year, Gaspereau has a new patio, and has started to offer local artisanal cheese and charcuterie boards to pair with their vino - a great way to spend a warm weekend afternoon in the Valley if ever we heard one. This year, Gaspereau will be celebrating Sausage Fest with patio sipping and munching. Come and enjoy fabulous local wine paired with juicy links off the BBQ, all while tapping your foot to the tunes of Mark Bezanson and the Idle Threats from 3:00 - 5:00pm on Saturday, August 16th.
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Getaway Farm
Grand Banker
Getaway Meat Mongers prides themselves on getting up close and personal with meat. The butcher shop, which is the storefront of the family-owned Getaway Farm, uses traditional methods to butcher their own grass-fed beef, and they work with other local producers to bring in pork, chicken, and other carnivorous selections. Getaway butchers use real knives - not band saws and perform their handiwork on whole animals in the open, so that patrons can see where there meat is coming from, and how it got from pasture to plate. Keeping it clean with no hormones or additives, all Getaway meat is grass-fed, not grain-fed.
Located on the waterfront in downtown Lunenburg, The Grand Banker is a great reason to take a little road trip out of the city this summer. In a casual and relaxed atmosphere, the restaurant dishes up creatively-prepared local fare paired with craft beer and wine along with stunning view of the small-town harbour. The culinary masterminds at The Grand Banker are committed to making the most of the time and talent of local artisans, farmers and fishers, bringing diners the freshest seasonal food and drink.
1209 Marginal Road, Halifax · getawayfarm.ca
The Meat Mongers may have one of the coolest offerings for Sausage Fest this year: they will be featuring a different beast on each day of the ‘Fest, including beef, pork, lamb, and pastured grass-fed alpaca. Yeah, alpaca sausage. With a different flavour profile and some pretty adventurous types of meat to sample each day of the week, a visit to Getaway is imperative to your Sausage Fest 2014 experience.
82 Montague Street, Lunenburg · grandbanker.com
For Sausage Fest 2014, The Grand Banker will be serving Greek’s Famous Lunenburg Pudding, apple cranberry sausage and double smoked pork belly with Tancook sauerkraut, nugget potatoes, grilled Valley apples and a maple-bacon mustard sauce. Pair that with a drink from the restaurant’s extensive selection of wine, beer and cocktails, and finish with a mound of blueberry apple crisp, and you’ll have taken your Sausage Fest experience to new heights.
Harbourstone Sea Grill 1919 Upper Water Street, Halifax
Harbourstone Sea Grill and Pour House, located in the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel and a relatively new player in the city’s up-and-coming hotel restaurant scene, is all about simple, chef-crafted food. At Harbourstone, the focus is on having fun in the kitchen but with a serious focus on flavour and quality. Priding themselves on their impeccable seafood, Harbourstone offers a variety of classic favourites with a fresh new twist, including shareable dishes such as fish tacos with coconut cream and pineapple jam, or chickpea-crusted calamari, that make the restaurant a place you’ll want to return to time and time again. Sausage Fest 2014 will see the chef at Harbourstone Sea Grill and Pour House crafting a fresh duck sausage stuffed with wild dried blueberries, pomegranate and sage. This delectable tubesteak will be nestled in a brioche bun and smothered with threeonion marmalade and tomato soy jam. Sounds like a rich, mouthwatering reason to make your way down to the waterfront during Sausage Fest this year. And don't forget about their big Sausage Brunch on August 17!
2534 Agricola Street, Halifax · lionandbright.com
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Highland Drive Storehouse
Lion & Bright
Highland Drive Storehouse has recently changed ownership, and is now in the in capable hands of the folks from Getaway Meat Mongers. With vintage charm and a neighbourhood butcher-shop feel, Highland Drive will continue to offer quality meat and other fresh, local goods to its Hydrostone customers.
If you haven’t checked out Lion and Bright since they opened in early 2014, Sausage Fest would be as good a time as any. Lion and Bright is the Jekyll and Hyde of Agricola Street, keeping you ticking during the day with great coffee, simple but delicious food and plenty of workspace, and offering a place to let your inner lion roar with the help of local craft beer and fancy cocktails at night. With an eye to keeping things fresh, homemade and local, Lion and Bright is a great hangout, by day or by night.
5544 Kaye Street, Halifax · highlanddrive.ca
Highland Drive Storehouse will be featuring some of their customers’ favourite sausages during the course of Sausage Fest 2014. They offer some traditional dry spiced links such as chorizo and English bangers, but also whip up some interesting and fun fresh flavours, like their maple orange rosemary sausage. The butchers at Highland Drive love to use their creativity when creating new flavour combinations, and will likely do a boudin, a Cajun-style sausage, and highlight a French toast-flavoured breakfast sausage during the ‘Fest. In addition, Highland Drive will be holding a pop-up BBQ in the Hydrostone Park. Keen Sausagefesters should keep their eyes on Facebook and Twitter for more details.
2534 Agricola Street, Halifax · lionandbright.com
On August 17th, Lion and Bright will be hosting “Meat Up on Agricola,” a family-style meal. For $25, you’ll get sausage gnocchi made with garlic fennel sausage, ricotta gnocchi, tomato vodka sauce, fresh basil and romano cheese. That’s paired with Italian sausage skewers loaded with fresh veggies and a panzanella salad made with apple rosemary sausage, fresh bread, apple, arugula and spiced pumpkin seeds. Dessert is crepes stuffed with red-wine poached cherries, tarragon, honey, Fox Hill quark and candied sunflower seeds.
Lamb Sausage Farafelle w/Local Butternut Squash
HOUSE-MADE LAMB SAUSAGE & KILLER TOMATO SAUCE
Lincoln Street Food
200 Lincoln Street, Lunenburg · lincolnstreetfood.ca Lincoln Street Food is a newer establishment in Lunenburg, one of the most beautiful summer destinations in the province. Occupying the former home of Large Marge’s Diner, Lincoln Street is all about serving local, bistro-style food in a relaxed and fun setting. With a small menu that changes frequently based on the availability of local seafood and fresh produce, Lincoln Street has options for carnivores, vegetarians and vegans alike. With a thoughtful wine list and several creative spins on dessert, Lincoln Street Food attends to every detail of diners’ experience. Lincoln Street Food will be offering a creative, non-traditional sausage for this year’s Sausage Fest, and though the exact concoction will be chef-inspired based on the freshest ingredients available during the event, sausage-lovers can expect a tubesteak filled with locally-caught lobster. Team that up with a Nova Scotia craft beer and finish with the ever-changing chef’s choice dessert platter, and you won’t be disappointed.
THE OLD TRIANGLE 5136 Prince St, Halifax, NS oldtriangle.com ∙
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Luckett Vineyards
Meadowbrook Meat Market
Luckett Vineyards was just a twinkle in Halifamous grocer Pete Luckett’s eye for many years as he cultivated vines and the fruit trees that would infuse the flavour into many of his wines. The Vineyard opened officially in 2010 to great acclaim, and this year expanded to include a retail and tasting bar, a second tented patio, and a larger kitchen from which to offer simple, quality fare that truly showcases the wines on offer. Looking down onto Wolfville and the Fundy beyond it, Luckett Vineyards offers, quite possibly, the best view in the province, and a chance to call your mom for free from their classic red phone booth nestled amongst the rows of grapes.
With an environmental footprint of about 40km, Meadowbrook Meat Market is one of the most eco-friendly ways to stuff your face with sausage this year at Sausage Fest. The folks at Meadowbrook grow all their own pork as well as the grain the pigs eat. Meadowbrook is one of only a few farms who sell Premium Nova Scotia pork, fulfilling strict guidelines about feeding, animal husbandry, and other key markers of quality.
1293 Grand Pre Road, Wolfville · luckettvineyards.com
Luckett Vineyards will be jumping into Sausage Fest with both feet this year, offering live music on the new patio on Saturday, August 16th, and sausage specials as well as a sausage picnic on both the 16th and the 17th.
314 Pleasant Valley, Berwick and Alderney Landing, Dartmouth
Meadowbrook Meat Market creates a number of fully cooked and fresh sausages, and will be an important supplier for many of the Sausage Fest 2014 participants. For the entire ‘Fest, Meadowbrook will have a special price for ten of any of their sausages, allowing patrons at their retail location in the valley to pick and choose from the variety of links they offer. You can also pick up a pack of their legendary Jimmy Dogs or the special custom sausage they will be creating for the festival which, though yet to be unveiled, is sure to be a hit.
Morris East
5212 Morris Street, Halifax and 620 Nine Mile Drive, Bedford Morris East has been one of the key eateries redefining pizza in Halifax. Starting out as a small resto in the south end of the city with a wicked hot wood-fired oven, some unique pizza toppings and awesome cocktails, Morris East has since expanded into a second location in Bedford West. With patios at each location, Morris East is the perfect spot to share a ‘za with friends and wash it down with a summery drink. Morris East will be dishing up a few different sausage options for the ‘Fest this year, including a local sausage corn chowder, which will be served over the lunch hour, and their Sausage Fest Pizza topped with three types of local sausage, a honey mustard reduction, caramelized leeks, aged cheddar, apple chips and fried sage. If you’re heading out for a bite before the noon cannon, you can “brunchify” your pizza, topping it with a fried egg. All this delectable food pairs perfectly with a pint of Fire Tap, a Garrison brew created especially for and served exclusively at the restaurant.
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Obladee Wine Bar
Old Triangle
Obladee is a testament to what can happen when siblings work together: after a brainwave in 2009 catalyzed Heather and Christian Rankin into action, they opened the cozy, unpretentious downtown wine bar. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, and the wine selection plentiful and beautifully curated, with something for every person and every occasion. Obladee also specializes in creating excellent charcuterie boards featuring a local and everchanging selection of meats, cheeses, and condiments. It’s a great place to kick-off a night out or wind down after work.
We’ve all had a pint or two at The Old Triangle, the quintessential and long-standing downtown Celtic pub. The pub’s motto, Food for the Body, Drink for the Spirit, and Music for the Soul, just about sums up the heart of the place. Live music every night of the week and classic Irish and pub fare such as curry and chips or traditional Irish boxty guarantees the Triangle will have a special place in the heart of Haligonians for years to come.
1600 Barrington Street, Halifax · obladee.ca
Sausage Fest 2014 will see the folks at Obladee cooking up a special sausage sourced from Sweet Williams on their outdoor patio overlooking the bustle of Barrington street. You can pair your wurst with a thoughtfully chosen feature glass of local red or white wine for a special price.
5136 Prince Street, Halifax · oldtriangle.com
The Old Triangle is bringing back a well-loved dish, their lamb sausage farafelle, for Sausage Fest 2014. Including house-made lamb sausage and killer tomato sauce tossed with bow tie pasta, local butternut squash and freshly grated Parmesan, the folks at the Triangle are so sure you’ll love this dish that they’re throwing in a hunk of garlic bread that you can use to more thoroughly clean your plate.
Vegetarian & Gluten Free Options
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Pete's
All Three Locations (Halifax, Bedford, and Wolfville) · petes.ca Pete’s is the go-to grocery store for the Haligonian gourmand. With locations in downtown Halifax, Bedford, and Wolfville, Pete’s provides high quality, fresh, and unique products to satisfy foodies near and far. Founder and owner Pete Luckett is not just committed to helping folks source great food; he’s created a sense of community around the Pete's enterprise, which is actively involved in many aspects of the Halifax culinary scene. Sausage Fest is no exception to this: Pete’s will be participating wholeheartedly this year with fresh made-in-house sausages that are locally sourced with the freshest ingredients. During the festival, shoppers can expect to find specials on everything from spicy pork brats and local lamb links to Pete’s tasty sundried tomato and basil sausages, as well as a few surprise offerings. This year’s masterpiece is a maple blueberry sausage, which will be available at all locations for the duration of event. Pete’s also has all the ingredients to make your own sausages, for the most authentic Sausage Fest experience possible.
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The Press Gang
Ratinaud French Cuisine
The Press Gang Restaurant and Oyster Bar offers up one of the most authentic Maritime fine dining experiences available in the city. Patrons can indulge in everything from tapas to oysters to the resto’s famous calamari. If you head down to the ‘Gang on a Friday or Saturday night, you’ll be able to sip your single malt whiskey to the jazzy tunes of the Mike Cowie Trio, who play inhouse every weekend.
As Halifax’s only genuine charcuterie, Ratinaud French Cuisine is a Sausage Fest destination you shouldn’t miss. Making everything by hand in the shop and sourcing as many local ingredients as possible, they use traditional French curing methods and offer a selection of dry cured meat, pâté, and fresh sausages. The folks at Ratinaud don’t stop there: they make their own bread in-house, and have 55 varieties of cheese to make your charcuterie board complete.
5218 Prince Street, Halifax · thepressgang.net
If this year’s Sausage Fest finds you wanting a truly exquisite dining experience - something a little special, and an excuse to check out one of the city’s oldest buildings - then you’ll need to make your way down to The Press Gang. They are still working on crafting their sausage-based specials for the event, but you can be sure that the result will be extraordinary. In the meantime, stay tuned to social media for updates on their Sausage Fest offerings.
2082 Gottingen Street, Halifax · ratinaud.ca
For Sausage Fest 2014, Ratinaud will create a wild boar sausage, available at the shop throughout the event. They will also be hosting Les Saucisses en Folie, where they’ll dish up platters of every sausage they make, heaps of cured meat, slabs of fresh bread, a variety of condiments and several traditional side dishes. Boxing Rock Brewery will provide the beer for the evening, and have reserved a keg of special French beer especially for the occasion. Les Saucisses en Folie will happen on two nights, August 20 & 21, but seating is limited, so you’ll want to snap up tickets quickly.
Relish Gourmet Burgers
Saege Bistro
Relish, one of the city’s newest gourmet burger joints, has at its’ core a young team of food-loving folks who wield burger-flippers and funky flavour combinations with equal….relish. All the burgers and condiments at Relish are crafted in-house, using the freshest ingredients with a whole lot of fun and whimsy thrown in.
Saege Bistro has refreshed their menu, interior space, and inviting patio for summer 2014. Still serving as a friendly neighbourhood bistro on the quieter side of Spring Garden Road, their locallyinspired, seasonal menu has never been better. Stop by for happy hour 3:00 to 5:30pm, or a glass of sangria on the patio with their new snack menu.
6024 Quinpool Road, Halifax · relishyou.ca
Relish will be offering three sausage-based dishes for Sausage Fest 2014, and have partnered with local producer Getaway Farms, who are supplying the meat. The “Best of the Wurst” includes a fresh, local sausage, apple sauerkraut, raw onion, house-made mayo and Propeller honey dijon or spicy fennel mustard. The “Abe Froman,” a Chicago-style hot dog, includes an Angus beef dog, dill pickle, banana peppers, diced onion, yellow mustard, house relish and a dash of celery salt. Finally, for the somewhat more health conscious among us, a chorizo caesar salad with fresh romaine, Meadowbrook farms chorizo, Parm, croutons and creamy dressing will round out the menu. You can wash down any of these delectable dishes with $2.50 12oz. glass of Propeller ale.
5883 Spring Garden Road · saege.ca
Sausage Fest 2014 will find the chefs at Saege Bistro creating a mouth-watering lamb and pistachio sausage made in-house, accompanied by celeriac mash and a red currant gastrique. Teamed up with a glass of local vino and a cool evening breeze, and Saege Bistro will prove a solid way to indulge in some seriously sophisticated sausage during this year’s festival.
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Scanway Catering
The Stubborn Goat
Scanway Catering is a Halifax culinary institution older than a good few of the city’s residents. Though known for years as “the wedding cake people,” Scanway has expanded significantly since the early days, and will be opening a new hybrid of storefront, artisanal bakery, patisserie and cafe at 1567 Grafton Street in July. This growth has been led by Scanway’s co-owner-operators and extraordinary chefs, Geir Simensen and Ray Bear, who are taking the catering company to new heights, pleasing palates all around the city.
The Stubborn Goat is your new favourite place to eat. Haven’t been there yet? You might kick yourself a little for having missed out on the months of your life that have lacked the Goat’s housemade perogies, or their dozen-or-so gourmet mac n’ cheese dishes (including temptations like truffled mushroom, or braised short rib). Just try to get there as quickly as possible. While you’re at it, sidle up to the bar with a craft beer or cocktail, or just sit back and enjoy the live band.
1567 Grafton Street, Halifax · scanwaycatering.com
Scanway Catering will be serving up a Thai fermented sausage with loads of garlic for this year’s Sausage Fest. There are lots of ways to get this in your belly; call up Scanway for a run-down of their catering options for groups of any size.
1579 Grafton Street, Halifax · stubborngoat.ca
You’ll want to check out the Stubborn Goat’s take on Sausage Fest this year, for sure. In a complete diversion from the expected - not an unusual move for the food gurus behind the scenes at the Goat - they’ll be making a seafood sausage using Nova Scotia-sourced fish and shellfish, which will be wrapped up in a brioche bun and topped with house-made kimchi and aioli.
Now featuring new cheese & charcuterie boards on our licensed patio!
Join us Saturday, August 16, 3-5pm
Wolfville Farmers' Market
Delicious BBQ’d treats on the patio Music by jazz/folk trio Mark Bezanson & the Idle Threats Wine Tastings & Tours
24 Elm Avenue, Wolfville · wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca The Wolfville Farmers' Market takes place in a beautiful repurposed turn-of-the-century apple warehouse. Home to 60 vendors and live music at its year-round Saturday Market (8:30am - 1:00pm) as well as a seasonal Wednesday Market (4:00- 7:00pm), at the Wolfville Farmer’s Market everything is local and either grown, harvested or made by the vendors themselves.
GASPEREAU VINEYARDS OPEN 9am - 6pm. 2239 White Rock Rd., Gaspereau, NS (902) 542-1455 www.gaspereauwine.com
For this year's Sausage Fest, the Wolfville Farmers' Market will host two events. On Wednesday, August 20, it will be the Summer Gaspereau_Ad_Local_Connections_Halifax_07_14_FINAL.indd Sausage Celebration, where the market will feature "Farm to Sausage" plates as part of their community supper experience. On Saturday, August 23, it's a full on BBQ and Devour! Kitchen Take-over, where local chefs will make unique plates using ingredients found from the market's vendors (chef names TBA). "Farm to Sausage" plates will also be availble, as will "Sausage Maps" which will introduce you to a number of our talented local sausage producers. There will also be other activities as well, which will be announced later.
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Special Tours
Aug. 14 - Ladies Beer League Roof-top Patio Party at Scanway Aug. 15 - Prop'r Cask Night ft. Ludo Eveno at Propeller Brewing Aug. 15 + 16 - Sausage Fest - Prix Fixe Menu at Brooklyn Warehouse Aug. 16 - Picnic by the Sea at Alderney Landing Ferry Park Aug. 16 - Sausage Sliders and Wine at L'Acadie Vineyards Aug. 16 - Sausage BBQ ft. Mark Bezanson at Gaspereau Vineyards Aug. 16 - Sausage Picnic on the Grass at Luckett Vineyards Aug. 16 - Patio Cook-out at Obladee Wine Bar Aug. 17 - Sausage Brunch at the Harbourstone Sea Grill Aug. 17 - Highland Drive Sausage BBQ in Hydrostone Aug. 17 - Meat Up on Agricola at Lion & Bright
HFX NORTH SAUSAGE FEST TOUR Aug. 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 Take a sausage-themed tour of Halifax's newest culinary district, the vibrant North End. Sample sausage-inspired dishes at a number of locally owned eateries, including hand-made sausages from famed charcuterie Ratinaud, and the unexpected and wholly delicious vegan sausages at En Vie. Tour also includes craft beer tastings, locally made ice cream as well as other treats - 9 food tastings included. $40 pp Celebrate the Sausage! Celebrate the North End!
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Aug. 19 - Sausage Patio Party at Bramoso Pizzeria Aug. 19 - Beer & Brats - Propeller Tap Takeover at Lion & Bright Aug. 20 + 21 - les saucisses en folie at Ratinaud French Cuisine Aug. 23 - The Summer Sizzler at the Wolfville Farmers' Market
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SAUSAGE FEST TOUR Aug. 16 (10am - 5pm) Visit Luckett Vineyards where local sausage vendors will have booths set up at the winery sampling and selling their product! A wine tasting is also included. Tour stops at Blomidon Estate Winery, Fox Hill Cheese House and Gaspereau Vineyards as well! Tours departs from Halifax, Dartmouth or Sackville $69/person.
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