Celebrating
Food & Drink Culture in Nova Scotia, Canada
Launched in 2012, the Curated brand family celebrates local dining culture through a print magazine, an annual culinary guide, a 50 Best Places to Eat (ranking) program, a walking food tours company and a culinary events series in downtown Halifax.
Find out more below!
We make printed publications!
Each year we produce two issues of Curated Food & Drink Magazine and one issue of our annual culinary guide, The Curated Guide. Both publications are excellent sources of information for local dining enthusiasts and the print versions are available for free.
Curated Food & Drink Magazine
Our 68-page Hot Summer Issue featuring: Tribute, Banh Mi A&B, Sully + Porter, Efes Turkish Cuisine, Easy Street, and others is now available!
Make sure to grab a copy!
The Curated Guide
The 2025 edition of our annual culinary guide is now available! If you are looking for the best places to eat and drink in parts of Nova Scotia, our culinary guide is a must-have.
Get your copy today!
Curated Magazine Needs Your Support!
It’s tough times for print media, but with your help we can keep making a free print magazine.
Every dollar counts!
We rate and rank local restaurants.
Once a year we assemble a group of 80 or so experienced diners to help us rate dining destinations. We use the ratings to identify the 50 Best Places to Eat , as well as other dining destinations that are worthy of inclusion in our annual culinary guide.
We’re looking for volunteer judges!
Are you an experienced diner with good taste? And, are you willing to volunteer a small amount time by providing ratings for your own dining experiences? You may be the person we are looking for!
Look for this year’s 50 Best Places to Eat list in October.
We host a series of walking food tours!
Curated Food Tours
Our food tours visit some of the best places to eat in Halifax and are hosted by our own Chief Curator, Alexander Henden.
Check out our tours today!
We produce and host food & drink events.
Saturday, March 28, 2026
The Halifax Cocktail Festival is a cocktail extravaganza, where ticket holders get to enjoy a variety of delicious cocktails made by many of Nova Scotia’s top mixologists.
Get on those tickets!
Saturday, May 16, 2026
East Coast Cider Festival is a cider tasting extravaganza, where ticket holders get to enjoy delicious ciders from all over Atlantic Canada.
Get on those tickets!