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Monday 4pm - 11pm Tuesday 4pm - 11pm Wednesday 4pm - 11pm Thursday 4pm - 12am Friday 4pm - 12am Saturday 4pm - 12am Sunday 4pm - 10pm

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A cozy cocktail bar in the heart of Downtown Dartmouth. Walk-ins welcome, reservations encouraged.
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11/04/2026

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, you can experience the best cocktails coming out of PEI. 🏖️

AB and Dalton from Charlottetown’s award winning speakeasy, Reddins, are visiting Dear Friend for a night of prohibition cocktails, story telling and FUN.

Our chefs also created some perfect pairing dishes to complement their cocktails using Suntory Global Spirits.

November 10, 8-10pm 🍸 Book your reservation before they fill up! Walk-ins will be welcomed as space allows.

Thanks to Tristan Davis for working with us on this one!

10/30/2026

On November 1 our hours change to reflect the season:

🥀 Sunday - Wednesday, 4-10pm
🍂 Thursday - Saturday, 4-11pm

Also! Starting tonight we’ve got three new dishes on the menu! 🎃 See ya soon!

10/26/2026

2026 Taste of Nova Scotia Restaurant of The Year!   Thank-you to everyone who made this possible: our team, our lovely guests and community, Taste of Nova Scotia and the panel of judges for this years’ awards, and our amazing local suppliers.

Jason, thank you for your creative leadership of the BOH team, making it more and more delicious to eat at DF with every seasonal menu change!

We’re very excited to be recognized not only for our cocktails, but also Jason’s food program which has evolved as we have grown; we’re so proud of it and we’re stoked our guests love to eat here!

This shoot day was tons of fun and we want to especially thank our community members, friends, and family who showed up to have snacks, drinks, and be filmed by the incredible folks at Unbound Media Inc who did an incredible job with all of the videos we saw at the awards ceremony.   To our fellow award recipients this year: Congrats!! We’re honoured to be in your company. 🌹

Video curtesy of Unbound Media Inc for Taste of Nova Scotia

10/24/2026

Chanterelle Business - chanterelle and brown-butter rye wh***ey, sweet vermouth, Cynar

An improved Manhattan with a ton of earthiness; garnished with a candied chanterelle 😌

09/23/2026

We’re sooo back! Oyster happy hour from 4-5pm 😮‍💨 $2 a shuck!

09/20/2026

See you on Wednesday 🥰

09/15/2026

Chicken Liver Waffle – black pepper, strawberry 🍓

08/05/2026

Rhubarb & Jasmine - vanilla cake & white chocolate mousse ✨☺️✨

07/31/2026

Little PSA going into the long weekend 🙂 We'll be open regular hours today through Monday and then on Tuesday we'll be closed to give the team a little break.

It's wild that August is here already! Summer has been going full-throttle; we've got some new faces on the team and of course dishes and drinks are getting changed up as this abundant season progresses. We can't wait to see you this weekend!!!

Carrot Campanelle - grilled carrot, smoked carrot sauce, gremolata

07/21/2026

Up close and personal at 67 Portland Street 😶‍🌫️ daily from 4pm! Our patio is first come, first served and weather-permitting.

Address

67 Portland Street
Dartmouth, NS
B2Y1H1

Opening Hours

Monday	4pm - 11pm
Tuesday	4pm - 11pm
Wednesday	4pm - 11pm
Thursday	4pm - 12am
Friday	4pm - 12am
Saturday	4pm - 12am
Sunday	4pm - 10pm

Website

http://www.dearfriendbar.com/

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