Editor Pick
Freeman's Little New York
- July 13, 2006
- Rated 3 of 5 by
grannola from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Freeman's Little New York is an institution in Halifax. The sign says they are the second oldest restaurant in Halifax. For years they have been the go-to place for a bite after a night of partying (they are open until 5:00am). So, it seems like a strange place to take the family, but hey...we're a strange family.
The parking lot is behind the building and a bit hard to get to, as you have to navigate narrow alleys and find a place that isn't reserved for another business. There are only about 10 spots for all the businesses in the 3 adjacent buildings.
We got there at about 5:00pm, and it was quite empty.
Inside, it is definitely a bar atmosphere. There is a patio with chairs outside, and some tall tables with bar stools inside. My kids of course wanted to sit there, but they could not accommodate the baby, so we found a long booth instead. They brought a booster seat for the baby, but it could not fasten to the chair or to the baby, so it was not great for us. Luckily the baby felt like sitting, otherwise he would have been better off on my lap.
The booths are all labeled, things like "60's Student Booth", "Basketball Champions Booth", "Newlywed's Booth" and the very back one is "Cheater's Booth". Down the middle are street signs depicting famous New York City streets. We were sitting in Central Park.
We had a coupon for buy one get one free pizza, so we ordered 2 medium pizzas, one donair pizza and one New York pizza. The New York pizza came with pepperoni, mushrooms, green peppers, and onions. The donair pizza has donair sauce, donair meat, tomatoes and onions. Donairs are a strange Maritime food, sort of like gyros. They are made from seasoned ground beef that is slow cooked, then sliced thin and fried. The sauce is very thick and sweet (made of thickened evaporated milk and sugar more-or-less). Each pizza was priced at $15.95 on the menu.
We did not have any baby food with us, but we asked the waiter to bring us a slice of toast, which he did no problem.
Both of the pizzas were delicious, much better than some we've eaten for sure. We finished off the donair pizza and had two slices of the traditional pizza left, which I had for lunch the next day. Not quite as good, but still tasty.
We stuck with water to drink, so the total bill was under $20 for the lot of us.
When I went to college, I lived in an apartment directly across the street from Freeman's so we used to eat there frequently. In fact, there was one month that I either ate there, or ate leftovers every single day. We live farther, and it's not great for the kids, but we still go once a year or so.
From journal Hanging out in Halifax