Economy ShoeShop Cafe & Bar

One of Argyle Street's original restaurant's is the Economy ShoeShop Cafe and Bar. The story behind the name is pretty unique: when the owner opened the restaurant, with little money to purchase a sign, bought a neon "Economy ShoeShop" sign from a thrift store and hung it in the window.

The restaurant itself is probably as unique as the name. While the front half of the inside is very modern sleek, the back half looks like an enchanted forest (frog prince and all!). However, of all the places we dined in Halifax, this was probably the most expensive location and the least tasty (not that it was bad, just not as yummy).

We ordered the fish and chips and a flat bread with chicken. The fish and chips was good, lightly battered. The fish was moist and flaky, but the batter was soft and not crispy.

The flat bread was a mix of very good ingredients, but we couldn't figure out how to eat it. It was cut like a pizza, but there was too much topping to eat it like a pizza. Yet, you couldn't get everything on a fork to eat it that way either.

While this place was fun to sit and enjoy the surroundings, I would recommend coming for drinks and skipping dinner.