“People in Halifax are purists about the donair,” Ms Wickstrom said. “You will be publicly shamed, even driven out of the city for even putting lettuce on it.”
Kinda splitting hairs, especially in an article from an international news company. Like if this had happened in Australia, you couldn’t say “it’s not Australian, it’s from Queensland!”
But it’s just that it’s not really a Canada wide thing. It’s really specific to Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia, and they’re really proud of it. So I thought I’d highlight it.
I had a craving for a donair pizza the other day but couldn’t find any place that would deliver one in Toronto. Maybe that is a Calgary specific thing.
What constitutes Halifax style exacrly, besides no lettuce. Windsor is an uncultured armpit wreck of a city, but they have some of the best food compared to rest of Canada. My assumption is that for a very long time Windsor was the auto mecca with highpay and cheapest housing which led to lots of disposable income and families eating dinner out most days of the week, it grew tons of competition to be the best (insert food type) restaurant. There aren’t a lot of Indian places, but if you want Italian, Greek, Thai Jamaican, Lebanese, amazing Pizza, Donairs, Gyros etc (I’m sure I’m missing a ton of its all there. They used to have a Festival Epicure so you could sample from all nations.
Shawarma is superior to donair. Anyone who thinks otherwise is still feeling the after effects of the Halifax Explosion and needs immediate medical attention.
There’s a few places around southwestern Ontario that ain’t too bad. Sammy’s Donair I. Burlington is a decent one. There used to be a place in the Danforth called the Fuzz Box that was run by a guy from Berwick, but that place closed down a while ago now. There used to be a place called Halifax Original Donair that had locations in Burlington and Milton but I see that they retired literally two weeks ago and closed down. If you’re in the Burlington area, I guess Sammy’s is your best bet.
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