Shops Around ALCC

There are plenty of shopping alternatives near the school, as well as at some of the other more distant shopping malls.

Supermarkets

  • Sobeys on Queen Street
  • Superstores on Barrington and on Quinpool
  • Pete's Frootique on Dresden Row (2 minutes from school)

Malls

Drug Stores

  • Shoppers Drugs on Spring Garden Road
  • Lawtons on Spring Garden Road

Post Office

  • Lawtons on Spring Garden Road
  • Shoppers Drugs on Fenwick Street

Full Service (Sit-down) Restaurants

Your Father’s Moustache – located on Spring Garden Road - offer a pub-style menu which features burgers, sandwiches, chicken wings, pastas, soups and salads.
Drop by on Thursday nights for $0.25 wing night. Summertime offers a larger, heated, rooftop patio! (Prices range from $6.99-$12.99)

Turkish Delight – located on Spring Garden Road – a quick and affordable lunch option offering a 10% discount for our students! They offer traditional Turkish food such as Kebap and Doner, as well as, seafood, soups, rice, vegetables. (Prices range from $5.99 - $9.99)

Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar – located on Spring Garden Road – offers full lunch and dinner menus that include burgers, sandwiches, and pastas as well as over 65 flavours of chicken wings. The restaurant is co-owned by Mike Smith, the star of the popular Halifax-produced Trailer Park Boys TV show. (Prices range from $3.99 - $9.99 for appetizers and entrees, with larger servings of chicken wings being more expensive).

Chabaa Thai – located on 1546 Queen Street, just up from Spring Garden Road – offers a full menu of Thai offerings, including beef, chicken, noodles, curry and seafood, among others. Lunch specials are available every day. (Prices range from $9.50 to $13.50).

Pete’s Frootique – located on Dresden Row off of Spring Garden Road – offers fresh made salads, sandwiches and daily specials. As well, they have a full grocery market, with fruit, vegetables, breads, cheeses, meats etc. They have a small section of premade foods (fresh) that are quick and easy to pick up. (Price range $3.99 - $9.99)

Rogues Roost – located on the corner of Spring Garden Road and Queen Street – their menu offers salads, soups, pastas, and sandwiches of local and international flavours. They have a micro-brewery on site, so they offer all locally made beers of different varieties. (Price range $6.99-$12.99)

Mexicali Rosa’s – located on Spring Garden Road – for the flavour of Mexico in downtown Halifax! Their menu offers all of the traditional Mexican favorites: fajitas, tacos, burritos, nachos and margaritas! Ole!

Fast Food restaurants:

  • MacDonald’s – Spring Garden Road
  • Subway – Spring Garden Road
  • Dairy Queen – Spring Garden Road
  • Tim Horton’s – Spring Garden Road
  • Starbucks – Corner of Spring Garden and Queen St
  • Second Cup – Corner of Spring Garden and Queen St
  • Quiznos – Dresden Row off of Spring Garden Road
  • A & W – located in Park Lane Mall food court