I’d like to say I’m schooled in the ways of the grill, that I’ve travelled the Southern US stuffing smokey goodness into my face at every stop on the road. But I’d be lying. What I would give to tour the legendary BBQ joints of the South. Most definitely bucket list material. I’m a huge fan of all things pork so when BBQ finally hit our city, I was all over it. At present, we have but three BBQ joints in the city, one a chain out of Florida that I honestly haven’t been rushing to try. For me, there’s only one on that list. When the BBQ  Let’s be real, when the pork craving takes hold, it’s Boneheads BBQ every time. I can’t stay away from the pulled pork sammie.

Since the very first time I put that meat in my mouth, I was hooked. Yeah, I said that.  Now despite a menu full of meaty goodness, I can’t order anything but. Once Brent and I shared the behemoth pit boss sampler, a huge feast for 2-4 with pretty much every thing on the menu. Though a whole world of delicious, the next visit we were right back on the ol’ pulled pork train. Never overcooked or mushy like we’ve had in other places, The Boneheads pulled pork is legit. Straight up, perfectly smoked pig served simply in rub and its own juices. I’m so addicted to pork that I’ve even gagged my way through many a sloppy pulled pork sammie so smothered in saucethere might as well not have been meat in there at all. None of that at Boneheads. If sauce is your thing, three house made sauces, all delicious, allow you to flavour it any way you want, leaving us purists with juice running happily down our chins.

Besides the food being awesome, Boneheads is also locally owned, a big plus in my books. Even cooler is how they rock the social media, specifically twitter. Not only are they engaged with their public, but they’re some of the funniest tweeters around. I mean one look at their website and you can see where I’m going with this. Give them a follow @boneheadsbbq to get in on the action.

They’ve also been winning Best Ribs in The Coast for years now and were even featured on You Gotta Eat Here. So listen to us. Put it in your mouth Halifax.

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I’m gonna say it. I’m declaring the best pizza in the city. Don’t get be wrong, there’s a load of pizza options in the HRM and certain occasions call for certain pizza pies. But the one pie that will always satisfy any craving is undoubtedly Morris East‘s wood fired pizza. Sure there’s other delicious wood fired pizza in the city but Morris East’s creative use of local ingredients will always put them in my number one spot. Add to that awesome atmosphere, inventive cocktails, and a killer staff and you have one winning combo.

I’ve already professed my love for Morris East on several occasions. Like here (our first time) and here. And I stand by the statement that if I could eat but one pizza for the remainder of my days, it would be the Pear at Morris East. Red wine poached pears, blue cheese, shallots, prosciutto, and tarragon aioli. Life complete. But on our most recent lunch visit, I knew I needed to branch out. After reading the menu, it was an easy decision. I mean how could I resist a pizza with Oulton’s blackened pulled pork AND crackling? Exactly. But it gets better. Local apple chutney, Old Growler gouda and crispy sage take this pizza to a whole new level of deliciousness. Pear I think you’ve met your match. Brent’s Capricciosa pizza was also a flavour explosion of tomato, mozzarella, artichokes, mushrooms, olives, rosemary maple bacon, parmesan and chili caesar aioli.

 I bet you’re craving some pizza right about now. Good thing for you they’re open for lunch and dinner plus I hear they make a mean weekend brunch. Also, in case you haven’t heard, they’re working on opening a second location on Larry Utek sometime in the summer. Suburbanites, prepare to be wowed.

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