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    Brownstone Cafe

    4.2 (49 reviews)
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    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Steamed mussels- yum!
    Stacy S.

    There aren't a whole lot of places to eat in downtown Antigonish, so we went with Brownstone and crossed our fingers that it would be good. We were pleasantly surprised! They're located off of the main road in downtown and if you arrive after 4pm, you can park at the metered parking for free! Upon entering, we were warmly greeted by a staff member and told to sit wherever we like. It's a medium sized restaurant with two sections and a small bar. The menu is diverse and prices are on par with the other restaurants in the area. I got the soup of the day for $6.95 which was tomato cheddar and it came with a delicious biscuit! For my entree I went with the steamed mussels for $13.95. It was a decent sized portion and I was extremely pleased with both items that I ordered. Hubby got the Mediterranean Chicken Wrap for $15.95 and loved it! They have a diverse cocktail menu filled with local craft beers, wines, spirits, etc. I had a pint of the Butcher Block Red Ale and it was smooth and somewhat bold. The food came out fast and the service was super friendly! I loved how they had the place all decorated with pumpkins and fall leaves. Very festive! I would highly recommend this place if you're passing through Antigonish!

    a glass of beer and a glass of beer
    Ida J.

    Our order: steamed mussels, chicken souvlaki, lobster linguine, and local radler and cider Deserving of the highest rated restaurant in Antigonish on Yelp. The steamed mussels were the best I had on my Maritimes trip - the white wine sauce flavor and its umami was fully infused into the meat, and the sauce itself was light enough to drink as a broth. I've not the biggest fan of Greek food (don't @ me) but the chicken souvlaki had a well-balanced mix of spices in addition to being tender and juicy. Maritimes lobster just hits different and the lobster itself provided the pasta with much of its sweet, salty and ocean breeze flavor that paired well with the light cream sauce. Attentive and friendly service, beautiful traditional decor that showcases and celebrates the array of cultures that built present day Antigonish. Long lines, no reservations/walk in only, indoor and outdoor seating available.

    Braised fish with rice and veggies
    Martie G.

    Cute outdoor seating and cozy inside space. Hostess and waiter were friendly and helpful. Food was delicious! Menu has so many options! I had the pulled pork sandwich and husband had braised haddock. We were both thrilled with our choices.

    Mediterranean Wrap with side soup of the day (chili lime chicken)
    Paige L.

    We stopped here for lunch in the middle of a five hour drive. In short, the food was good and the experience was okay. My friend and I each ordered wraps and the side of soup. Our wraps were awesome! Fresh, hearty ingredients true to the menu description. My mediterranean wrap had chunks of chicken breast, olives, feta, lettuce, onion, greek dressing, etc. Delicious and a great proportion of filling to wrap (sometimes you order a wrap and there is wayyyy more wrap than you want!) The chili lime chicken soup of the day was so-so. It was tasty but felt...a bit tired. A cilantro sprig to garnish it would have added some freshness in flavor and color at the very least. The atmosphere was okay. We sat in one of the booths, which are lined up in this skinny side room next to the bathroom. We were near the bathroom and heard all of the loud details from within, from loud paper towel dispenser banging to crying children. There was often a line to the bathroom or people coming back multiple times to see if it was free because it seems that this place only has ONE toilet for the entire restaurant! Unfortunate. The service was friendly. It was also somewhat slow. Our wraps took a while to show up and we hunted down our server to ask for the check. We wondered if it was just busy or if our location back near the bathroom boonies made us a somewhat forgettable table. If I was coming back in town, I'd honestly want to try something new.

    Seafood chowder with halibut and salmon yummm!
    Calvin N.

    Traveling from Sydney to Halifax found this place just off the path in a quaint little town and fabulous food. We were looking for a little lunch and this was the place. Service was excellent and the food very tasty. The seafood chowder was very flavorful and lots of seafood. The pizza was also very good we had the sausage and fennel add tomato sauce on the crust as suggested by our server. She was right and a perfect match. If you are making the trip almost dead in the middle of the drive highly recommend

    Lobster Poutine! Yum!
    Beth L.

    Food was excellent service was superior. Outdoor dinning a plus. Portion size was huge. I had Lobster poutine and couldn't finish it. A large amount of Lobster with a light wine sauce really enjoyed.

    Isi T.

    Stopped by for a quick snack. Pulled pork poutine, beers and the haddock salmon chowder. All good - in a nice friendly town atmosphere. Good place for ALL.

    Mabel L.

    One of the better restaurants in the area. The portions are quite large and prices are reasonable and affordable. What I am very happy about is their chowder only contains fish. Which is perfect for me because I have an allergy to shell fish and I found that almost all restaurants in this province will serve chowder with lobster/clams/scallops.... so I am unable to order it. The chowder was delicious and was so happy to have a bowl during my trip to Nova Scotia. I also ordered the Braised Haddock and the fish was cooked really well. I even glared at other food coming out of the kitchen and everything looked really good. I wish I had room for dessert. It looked amazing. If I ever come back to Antigonish I would come back.

    Pulled pork poutine, lobster linguine, Caesar salad, seafood chowder.

    Delicious food during our stay in Antigonish! On the cute Main Street, can't miss it.

    Greek burger. Smoked chowder.
    Corinne R.

    Great food. Excellent service. Really fairly priced. The smoked chowder was super yummy- which is huge coming from me since I am not a fan of most smoked foods. We all had something different. Bacon burger. Chicken Souvlaki. Pad Thai . Greek burger. Served fast and hot. I would go back.

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    Fish and Chips is wonderfully seasoned and the fries were fresh cut. They had a side soup of the day that was also delicious.

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    Had a blue cheese, onion burger. Juicy and very good. Friendly with good service. Recommend you give Brownstone Cafe a try.

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    Very good paninis and sweet potato fries. I had the veggie panini. It was delicious but could have used more vegetables in it.

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    Great food. Fish and chips. Best dessert ever. Salted Carmel cheesecake. Yummy

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    Ordered the Chipotle Chicken Mango Wrap. Received a Chipotle Chicken Wrap...not a stitch of mango to be found. Fries were good though.

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    Great food and great service but a little pricey! The beet salad is delicious! Highly recommended!

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    Great staff, amazing food. Atmosphere is welcoming and homey

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    The Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery

    The Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery

    4.5(28 reviews)
    0.1 km
    $$

    My wife and I were luckily able to get a spot in Townhouse while in the 'Nish despite our lack of a…read morereservation, thanks to the poor weather and coming in at old people, early bird-esque hours. On the upside, we were there for a good stretch of happy hour! The space is cozy, with a pub-like feel from the bar counter you can sit at, as well as a stunning main bar with lovingly detailed, darkly-stained wood. Dark wainscoting rings the room, but the charm of its previous tenants fades away from there, with a generic tile floor and basic acoustic tile ceiling. We indulged in both the liquid and solid offerings on the happy hour menu, with the salt cod fritters ($9) a couple bucks under the regular menu price. Being in town to try things out and not just go for the cheapest items, we ordered from the whole menu, tacking on the beet salad and burrata toast. We decided we'd re-assess our appetites after those three apps. The beet salad ($10) was a colourful display of Nova Scotia's late harvest season, with beautiful, thin slices of purple, pink and golden beets. The kaleidoscope of root vegetables was topped with dots of whipped ricotta, blue cheese, popcorn and pea shoots. Delicate and lightly tart, with contrasting textures of the salty and smooth whipped ricotta and the airy crunch of the popcorn added dimensionality to the dish. Also, it's impossible to go wrong with pea shoots in my books! As my wife isn't a big seafood fan, I had most of the salt cod fritters to myself, and I wasn't complaining. An herby, crisp exterior encased a pleasantly doughy and lightly fishy interior, which was amped up by the fantastic sun-dried tomato and chili oil. The burrata toast ($14) didn't have a whole, massive blob of Italian cheesy goodness, but I should have guessed that would be the case given the price. A guy can dream, right? Crisp buttery focaccia held up well to its caprese-like toppings - roasted tomatoes, pesto and, of course, a slathering of creamy burrata. Bee pollen was noted on the menu and visible on the toast, but didn't register amongst the other flavours. After three very good starters, we decided that we had room for one main between the two of us, and landed on the ricotta gnocchi ($27). I was pleasantly surprised when the plate was put before us, and I saw that the fluffy bundles of carbs and cheese were pan fried, lending a light crispness and more flavour. Most gnocchi dishes aren't too meaty, but Townhouse had a decent portion of bresaola (dry-cured beef) and guanciale (cured pork cheek), letting the thinly-sliced, but big flavours, of the Italian cured meats punch above their weight. Pesto and pea shoots reappeared to bring some vegetal balance to the dish, and a salty hit of Pecorino-Romano rounded things out nicely. Not to be outdone by the savoury parts of the menu, Townhouse's desserts are far from an afterthought. The sticky toffee ($13) was wildly decadent, with the lightly spiced sponge cake begging to sop up the heavenly caramel cream sauce and French vanilla ice cream. Although they could stand to invest in their interior design, Townhouse's kitchen speaks for itself and the well-deserved accolades it has received. A definite 'must' when in Antigonish!

    This is a lovely place that we found unexpectedly. We were looking for a restaurant and some people…read moresuggested this place. We thought it'll be an A-pk bar food but we were pleasantly surprised with the quality and the flavors in these dishes! We started with a creative scallops croquettes on a Fuccacia bread, so rich in amazing flavors! The wedge salad was fresh and had a good quality blue cheese on with excellent pieces of bacon. The chicken Karrage with lettuce wraps and couscous salmon were both devine! Had a great chat with the owner and she ensured we ´re enjoying our food and ensured that they do their best to get local products. The Ambiance was great with candles everywhere and service was good too especially the place was completely fully booked. Highly recommend!

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    The Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery - Tidal bay wine

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    Ceilidh Drive-In - Cheeseburger goodness

    Ceilidh Drive-In

    5.0(1 review)
    51.9 km

    This fixture of Blue Acres has been around for longer than I've been present on this plane of…read moreexistence, so it's with deep shame that I admit that it was only this spring that I tried it for the first time. While looking for a quick lunch on a sunny Saturday, I was right behind a few other people who just got their food as I was ordering, putting me at the front of the queue. Owner and sole staff member Donna guided me through the highlights of her menu and I settled on the hamburger platter. Several minutes of wonderfully pleasant chit chat with Donna followed while I watched her prepare my food like a well-oiled machine. My food was soon ready, coming tightly packed on a heaped paper plate for me to eat in my car, although you can get it secured for a trip home or elsewhere. The crinkle cut fries, while unsurprisingly from a bag, were spot on, with shatteringly crisp exteriors and light, fluffy interiors. The burger was diner-style par excellence - steamed bun; a beefy, hand-made, griddle-cooked patty; melty cheese; sauteed onions, and some bite from mustard and relish. I should have nixed the ketchup to dial back the sweetness, but this was still a great little burger. A cup of house-made coleslaw was of the creamy variety, but still had a bit of tang to it, which helped cut through the rich meal a little bit. On my return visit, I went with the fish and chips. While it's a box that a lot of restaurants feel they have to check, and they do so poorly with from-frozen, pre-battered fish, I heard that Donna batters it in-house, so I was looking forward to trying it. This was a very good order of F&C. The batter was light and airy, and the two-piece was a good amount of food, with the pieces like the half filets that you'll see around, rather than the one gargantuan piece of fish that pubs often have for shock value. The fish was firm, but tender and flakey and I don't know if tartar sauce was forgotten or isn't offered, but I truly just enjoyed the fish on its own. Ceilidh Drive-In is among a dying breed of old school greasy spoons that do the simple stuff well, and while it took me a while to get there, it won't be long before I'm back.

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    Sand Bar & Grill - Exterior view of the location. On the right is a door leading into a small seating area, and on the left is a window for walk-up service

    Sand Bar & Grill

    3.8(5 reviews)
    66.8 km

    Stopped in here in the middle of June, about two weeks after they opened for the season. There was…read moreonly one other customer in the place at the time, a pair of travelers who looked like they were camping out. This is basically a beach shack where people spending some time on the beach can go for a bite to eat... however, the menu is pretty substantial, and there are a lot of good items on it to try if you are in the area. We weren't all that hungry, but we knew that we needed something to tide us over for the afternoon until supper rolled around, so we ordered a pair of their Oktoberfest Sausages which are served on a hoagie bun and sauerkraut. These absolutely hit the spot! The sauerkraut ratio was perfect, something that Americans just can't seem to get right (they always seem to overdo it... sauerkraut on a hot dog or sausage should be used as a taste enhancement, not as something to drown out everything else!) We left feeling quite fulfilled, and were happy that they were open and able to serve us with something so tasty.

    Great place. The quality of the food does not match the look and feel of the restaurant. We were…read morestaying near by and thought to give it a try for dinner. Arrived at 6:30 and they close at 8:00pm. My wife order the salmon roll and I had the fish cakes. Both were outstanding. For a beach bar these people have got a good thing going and congrats to the kitchen staff for creating some quality food.

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    Sand Bar & Grill - Ice cream

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