Starfresh Modern Diner

Starfresh is actually one of my favorite places to eat in Halifax. The blue plate specials are great value. Tasty food and the portions are generous — I usually take some home for supper. Everyone that works there has always been very friendly. The gourmet BLT blue plate is exceptionally good

Just a small place in Burnside that’s making a name for itself with great tasting homemade eats. Soup, sandwiches and salads all look great. I had their seafood chowder which was very tasty. The roasted chicken breast and penne was fresh and tasty also. Will be back for sure.

What a great surprise to find this health and home cooking style diner. Its an ideal spot if you’re tired of the usual greasy lunch options. The service is really friendly and quick too. Starfresh is our new favorite lunch spot at the office in Burnside Park.

This place is amazing! I don’t know where the ladies cooking got their skills but I would eat there every day if I could. I had the lunch bowl and it’s huge but full of the freshest tastiest food like corn cut off the Cobb and bursting with flavor! Full of quinoa, black beans, avacodas and other wonderful things :)

Love this place — have picked up lunch to go about 8 times and everything has been perfect — the fish cakes, the hippy bowl, the grilled cheese with brie, apples and arugula, carrot soup with dill, lovely salad with their own dressing — pricing is so reasonable for interesting food made with love. The owner is the chef and the quality of the food is outstanding. Small menu and not much seating however a great spot for lunch. I have not tried breakfast yet but I will.

Move over Burnside eatery’s, there’s a new girl in town and her name is StarFresh Modern Diner.
Sometimes a person should really listen to their inner voice and just go for it. You see for months in the morning I’ve driven past StarFresh Diner on Wright Avenue going to my office. Always looking and said to myself, «I should stop in and check it out «but never did. Well today was the day and man am I sorry I didn’t listen to my inner voice earlier.
The sign outside tells you breakfast, lunch and fresh baked goods. Sounds good to me lets go. I walked in and was greeted by a very nice server and proceeded to peruse the menu. Wow, fresh salads, (they make their own dressings) fantastic sandwiches, every day they have blue plate specials from roast pork w/​potatoes and homemade apple sauce to a vegan Quinoa mushroom burger, fresh made soups, vegetarian options and fresh baked goods like the Mocha Almond Toffee Cheesecake! (Ok now I’m hungry, let’s get on to breakfast)…
I ordered the breakfast plate. 2 eggs (over easy), ham, hash browns, toast and coffee to go. I was given the choice of coffee I would like, «French Roast please,» and do you have marmalade for the toast? «Yes for sure! (She answered with a smile), Great, thank you.
When I got to my office and opened it up I couldn’t believe my eyes, «this is not your standard greasy spoon, and in fact it’s far from any diner food I’ve eaten». To name it a «Modern Diner» is right on the money.
To start, a lot of people take eggs for granted, I for one don’t. A simple egg can be and should be fantastic in texture, taste and appealing to ones eye. A lot of places can’t cook an egg properly (they don’t care, just fry it hard in grease and slap it on the plate).
StarFresh Modern Diner does not cook that way, you can tell they take pride even on the simplest of pleasures and they cooked me the perfect fresh eggs. The eggs stood out on my plate like the crown jewel, with perfectly white flesh, and golden yolk, they were perfect visually and in taste.
The ham with my breakfast was right on the mark, it was not processed meat, it was cut from a ham roast, great thickness, cooked perfect and delicious. Even their potato hash browns made fresh to order. They were not dumped into a fat fryer (like a lot of places) they were done on a flat top, light and slightly creamy with the right amount of seasoning.
I have to say, everything from the inviting scent and flavor of my French Roast coffee, my eggs, ham, the sweet and juicy orange garnish slices to the marmalade for my toast, a perfect breakfast from StarFresh. Well done!
Very pleased I stopped this morning. Congratulations Owner/​Chef Lisa! Now I have no choice and listen to my inner voice and start working my way through their lunch menu. Can’t wait!

If the great dining options keep increasing at the current rate, Burnside might just become a dining destination, for lunch at least.
Tried this relatively new spot for the first time today and very happy with the experience. I don’t even know if they have a set menu but all the options on the white board make the decision tough enough. From what I gather, they have a couple of blue plate specials each day, along with soups, salads, bowls, sandwiches/​wraps and desserts.
Everything is fresh made on the premises and after one bite you will know this is true. Today I chose the Quiche Blue Plate Special. It was a shallot, spinach, Balderson’s cheddar quiche and just about the best I’ve ever had. The special comes with soup, salad or dessert, I chose the salad. Which came with plenty of mixed greens, including spinach, tomatoes and carrot. I took back to work with me a Reese peanut butter cheesecake, so decadent!
I noticed they have vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options available as well.
The diner itself is bright and clean with some seating, 3 tables for 4 and bar stool seating along one wall. Order and pay at the counter, the staff are friendly and helpful with suggestions. They post their whiteboard menus are their Facebook page daily.
This place is worth the hike down Wright avenue from my office, sans sidewalk even, well in the summer at least.