Bird's Nest Cafe

06/18/2026

We’re hiring: Catering Coordinator and Delivery

We are seeking a dedicated Catering Coordinator and Delivery leader to join our team at Bird’s Nest Cafe in downtown Halifax. In this role, you will ensure timely delivery of our delicious offerings to our valued customers, supporting our mission to deliver exceptional service and quality. You’ll need to have lots of common sense, reliability, and organizational skills to keep orders organized and moving on time.

Responsibilities:

* Take the lead with scheduling upcoming catering orders.
* Safely operate delivery vehicles to transport food and beverages to customers.
* Be the face of Bird’s Nest Catering, ensuring a friendly and positive experience for customers, helping to solidify relationships and forge new ones.
* Ensure timely and accurate deliveries, maintaining high customer satisfaction.
* Load and unload catering supplies with care, adhering to safety protocols.
* Do our daily supply runs to pick up orders from various suppliers.
* Assist with other kitchen duties as needed to support team operations, such as helping with light catering prep and cleaning during downtimes.
* Communicate politely and effectively with customers and team members.
* Maintain cleanliness and organization of delivery vehicles.
* Follow all traffic laws and company policies during deliveries.

Qualifications:

* Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
* Excellent customer service and communication skills.
* Ability to lift heavy items safely.
* Reliable and punctual with a strong work ethic.
* Familiarity with the downtown Halifax area is a plus.
* Previous experience in food service or hospitality is advantageous.

Pay: From $18.00 -22.00 per hour, plus tips

Benefits:

* Discounted or free food
* On-site parking

If you’re passionate about being part of a well respected downtown Halifax catering team, we’d love to hear from you—join Bird’s Nest Cafe’s team and help us bring joy to our community through every delivery!

Email: [email protected]

06/10/2026

Love our teas? Us too! We’re proud to carry blends from , located right around the corner from us on Argyle Street. They have dozens of teas to choose from, and they even travel to grow their own teas around the world for proprietary blends. It’s a very special shop, and is currently in a construction zone and could use our community’s support. Check them out in store or shop on their site.

06/08/2026

As part of Halifax Ocean Week, we were proud to be the first to showcase Nat Shaw’s series, ‘And To Her We Shall Return’.

This series of five photographs reflects on the cyclical nature of life and the idea of returning to one’s origins. Captured on film, the prints were soaked in water, allowing parts of each image to dissolve—the photographs themselves partially returning to water.

05/09/2026

It’s Open City today, one of our favourite days of the year! For the third year, we’re featuring Pasteis de Nata, aka Portuguese Custard Tarts. We make hundreds of them from scratch, so it’s one day only!

We’re here until 2pm. If they sell out or you miss them (or just love them so much you dream about them), check out .bites2025 in the Brewery Market, making them weekly!

Enjoy a stroll around all the spots participating in on this beautiful day!

05/09/2026

As part of Halifax’s Open City weekend, we’ve made a special batch of the iconic Portuguese pastéis de nata — delicious egg custard tarts featuring crisp, flaky laminated pastry filled with creamy custard. Grab some before they sell out!

04/02/2026

Happy Easter weekend!

Our hours are:

Friday: Closed
Saturday: 9am-2pm
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 8am-3pm (business as usual)

03/20/2026

Check out these cute Lego Mini Fig heads at our cafe! Each one is hand made and decorated by the uber-talented Laura . They go with the very cool Lego exhibit happening now! Grab yours while supplies last!

03/17/2026

With Spring Break upon us, it’s the perfect time to visit the and check out their new LEGO exhibit—or, you know, take the kids along too.

Bird’s Nest Cafe has you covered—with coffee, snacks, and baked goods waiting for you on the third floor.

We recommend locals grab a membership—it’s hands-down the best way to experience one of Halifax’s most fun attractions.

03/03/2026

Today is World Wildlife Day, which feels like the perfect time to share a story from one of Nova Scotia’s most extraordinary places — and one of our most challenging catering jobs.

Sable Island sits 300 km off the coast of Nova Scotia (and yes, somehow it’s still in the same voting district as Halifax!). Fewer than 500 people visit each year. There’s no dock. No public airstrip. Just wild horses, the world’s largest grey seal breeding colony, and hundreds of shipwrecks scattered along its shores.

Earlier this year, a wildlife film crew spent two weeks on the island documenting one of Canada’s most impressive wildlife gatherings. Bird’s Nest Café & Catering had the honour of feeding them for the entire shoot — every meal, every day.

Getting food to one of Canada’s most remote places isn’t exactly a downtown lunch run. It took serious planning, careful preparation, and zero room for error. Everything had to meet strict weight requirements for the helicopter ride in.

Halifax documentary director .john.clark was calling the shots:

“It was cold and brutally windy — the kind of weather that seeps into your bones. My crew needed healthy, hearty food — with long days ahead we need it prepped and ready to go. Bird’s Nest fed our souls on this trip, and that makes all the difference. The crew became especially attached to the handmade granola bars — we renamed them ‘Sable Bars.’ I crave them daily.”

Read the full story on our website. Link in bio.



Photos: .john.clark

02/13/2026