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Pick of the week: Menz Pale Ale
PICKS OF THE WEEK / Halifax bar pumps out suds for the pink palette
Cameron Herdman / Vancouver / Thursday, April 23, 2009

If you would rather pass on wine and cheese and go straight for beer and nuts, there’s a bar in Halifax pumping out suds for the pink palette.

Menz bar has revamped the pride of Nova Scotia with its own micro-brewed pale ale sold exclusively to Menz bar patrons.

Frankly I’m surprised Halifax beat Vancouver to the punch on this. With the amount of breweries and vineyards in this province, you would think someone would have thought to market a product as simple and crowd pleasing as beer to a community known for its partying.

You win this round Halifax, but we’ll see which city is better at hot nude yoga. As for Menz Pale Ale, it will give you a nice buzz with its generous amount of head and sharp aftertaste — not unlike a night at the PumpJack.

Press Release from Halifax Pride Committee

IRISH PRIDE: MARCH 15!
PRIDE VOLUNTEER FAIR & IRISH SUPPER
Irish Supper, Sunday March 15, 5 - 9pm.

Halifax Pride sends out our deepest thanks to everyone who came out and enjoyed Hugo’s Home-cooked Irish Stew on Sunday. You raised a lot of money for Pride and, more importantly, we hope you had fun doing it!!! Our very sincere thanks to Menz Bar and their great bartenders, Blake and Dan - you guys were a terrific help! We also want to thank everyone who signed up to volunteer with Pride at the Volunteer Fair.
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY, EVERYONE!! SLAINTE MHOR!! 

Safe Harbour 2008 PRIDE Award Recipient
Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:45 PM

Dear Doug and David:

On behalf of Safe Harbour MCC Halifax I am pleased to email you today to inform you that you are the recipients of the Safe Harbour 2008 PRIDE Award in recognition of your outstanding service and support of the GLBTI community.

We at Safe Harbour MCC are blessed and thankful to have MOLLYZ /MENZ support our past community initiatives such as our annual Christmas dinner each year and last summer’s community barbeque. In recognition of your contributions to our community and to Safe Harbour we are pleased to have you both recognized with this distinction this year.

We would like to present you with a plaque at our 2008 PRIDE service on Sunday July 27. This year’s PRIDE service will feature comedian and motivational speaker Candy Palmater as our special guest and we will have a potluck reception following the` worship service. We worship at Veith House, 3115 Veith Street in Halifax. We would love to have you come to receive this award.

Please RSVP at your earliest opportunity to any of my numbers below and please accept my sincere congratulations on behalf of Safe Harbour for this distinction.

Happy Pride!


Adam Noble
Board of Directors, Safe Harbour MCC Halifax

DAILY BUSINESS BUZZ
Last updated at 3:05 PM on 02/06/08

Destination Halifax markets city as gay-friendly
BY JON TATTRIE, METRO HALIFAX
The Nova Scotia Business Journal

HALIFAX – The capital city showcased itself as a gay-friendly tourism destination last weekend, just in time for a visit from Rosie O’Donnell next month. Lynn Ledwidge of Destination Halifax and Hugo Dann of Halifax Pride acted as guides for journalists from Boston, Chicago, New York, Washington and Los Angeles — all “gateway” cities with direct air access to Halifax, apart from L.A.

“They were overwhelmingly impressed,” Ledwidge said Sunday. “Our destination is a beautiful, welcoming community in all seasons.”

The group took in the usual sights — downtown Halifax, the Public Gardens, Citadel Hill and Peggys Cove — along with the vineyards of the Annapolis Valley. A journalist from California, one of the world’s great wine capitals, was especially impressed by the quality of the wine. “He said, ‘I have something to take back to my editor and present a whole new angle on the story than I had anticipated,’” Ledwidge said. “He was very pleased.”

They also checked out the newly-opened Menz Bar on Gottingen Street, which bills itself as situated in the heart of Halifax’s gay village, and dined at Chives on Barrington Street. “It’s not just about bringing people here for seven days for one festival. It’s about presenting our destination for all its attributes: It’s warm, friendly people. It’s lovely scenery and it’s accessible,” said Ledwidge.

“It was great,” said Dann, adding their guests were surprised at how sophisticated the gay scene is in Halifax. He said a similar-sized city in the U.S. would not be so well-developed. “It was very enlightening for them.” – Metro Halifax

MANNA for HEALTH is a special needs food program, an outreach ministry of Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church.  Run entirely by volunteers, MANNA serves clients living with HIV/AIDS and other life threatening illnesses.

MANNA is a member agency of Feed Nova Scotia, and as such receives the bulk of its product through Feed Nova Scotia.

However, funds are required to supplement the foodstocks so received.  These funds are raised primarily through donations and fundraising efforts within the Rainbow Community.

MENZ BAR has been a major supporter of MANNA's operations, through countless fundraisers and promotions.

This support deserved recognition, and the presentation of the Award of Appreciation plaque to the Management and Staff of MENZ on December 15 will be a tangible reminder to the bar patrons of the support provided to MANNA. In addition, we recognize the support provided to other Agencies in the Rainbow Community, such as the "Youth Project" and AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia.

These efforts are invaluable.
Thank You.