by | Feb 26, 2021 2:52 pm | Comments (1)
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Fireside Restaurant.
An Annex restaurant’s bid to survive the pandemic survived another day in housing court, after a judge recognized the restaurant owner’s recent hospitalization as a valid excuse for presenting a tardy defense against a pending eviction.
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by | Feb 23, 2021 2:11 pm | Comments (3)
Genevive Walker, the new ConnCAT CEO.
Genevive Walker is taking command of one of New Haven’s leading youth and workforce development nonprofits, the Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT).
by | Feb 22, 2021 12:02 pm | Comments (2)
Fireside, the popular Annex restaurant and bar, is struggling to stay alive during the Covid-19 pandemic — and to remain in its Woodward Avenue digs.
by | Feb 18, 2021 1:29 pm | Comments (2)
Taylor at work on a squirrel.
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Mural in progress, wrapping around the order area and kitchen.
New Haven artists Edmund “Bwak” Comfort and Zona Taylor joined forces to bring the forest indoors at a deli soon to open on … Forest Road.
by | Feb 18, 2021 11:13 am | Comments (24)
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To the barricades: Schema for dividing lot into 20 smaller properties.
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Paul Wessel: We have nothing to lose but our soulless monoliths.
How can New Haven’s downtown look more like Wooster Square and less like Stamford?
The answer could start with a one-acre parking lot at the corner of Wall and State streets.
Continue reading ‘Wall Street (Building) Revolution Advocated’
by | Feb 17, 2021 4:31 pm | Comments (6)
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New day coming: ConnCAT’s Clemons pitches project at public meeting.
Dixwell Plaza’s planned redevelopment took a key step forward as alders voted to sell two parcels in the decaying mid-century shopping strip to a local team that plans to build apartments, stores, and cultural venues in the heart of New Haven’s historic Black neighborhood.
by | Feb 16, 2021 5:31 pm | Comments (2)
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Sen. Blumenthal Tuesday with the owners and staff of Pan Del Cielo 2.
The Mera family has kept their Pan Del Cielo 2 family bakery in Fair Haven afloat in the pandemic with some federal help — and is now looking for another infusion to keep the bread loaves rising.
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by | Feb 16, 2021 12:57 pm | Comments (2)
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Devil’s Diet beet salad with goat cheese panna cotta.
Leave it to Alba Estenoz, widely known in these parts as the celebrated pastry chef at Zinc, to feature a beet salad with goat cheese panna cotta as a way of introducing The Devil’s Diet, the new dessert bar on the Howe Street side of The Novella apartment complex at the corner of Chapel.
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by | Feb 15, 2021 1:46 pm | Comments (2)
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Sandra Pittman with her blackened salmon platter.
The oil sizzled as soon the salmon fillet hit the pan.
That noise was the hint that the fish would turn out crispy but not overcooked, explained Sandra Pittman, chef and co-owner of Sandra’s Next Generation.
Continue reading ‘Today’s Special: Sandra’s Bourbon-Glazed Salmon’
by | Feb 12, 2021 3:40 pm | Comments (0)
Owner Nethia Joyner at her shop.
Nethia Joyner loves her mother. She loves selling flowers. That helped her make it through the pandemic so far — and remain in business for the crucial Valentine’s Day holiday.
by | Feb 11, 2021 12:05 pm | Comments (0)
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Eat New Haven campaign hits Howe Street.
If you don’t have Valentines Day plans yet and like vegetarian Indian food, flowers, and dessert — Howe Street is looking like the place to land.
Continue reading ‘♥ Street Tacos, Flowers & Pastries: A Valentine’s Day Dry Run On Howe Street’
by | Feb 10, 2021 2:21 pm | Comments (5)
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Ricky Evans with Brisket Kansa-Lina Fries creation.
For Ricky Evans, owner of Ricky D’s Rib Shack, cooking up comfort food behind a grill totally beats wearing a suit and working in Corporate America.
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by | Feb 10, 2021 10:33 am | Comments (16)
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Construction on the new Q House.
Reward construction firms with a history of hiring women and Black and Latinx workers. Hold companies that fail to meet those goals accountable. And create more of an apprenticeship “pipeline.”
Those and other ideas emerged Tuesday night at the latest task force session on improving city affirmative action laws for contractors and construction workers.
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by | Feb 9, 2021 11:01 am | Comments (3)
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Ty Scurry.
“I have so much stuff planned for this place, and everybody’s like, ‘you’re crazy, you’re only 19 — how are you going to get all this done?”
So Ty Scurry — actor, singer, Wilbur Cross graduate, and theater director at Hillhouse High School — said with a humble chuckle about assuming ownership of Family Music Center in Hamden, which he hopes to not only rebuild out of its Covid-19 shutdown, but expand into a community-based center for students of the visual and performing arts.
Continue reading ‘New Owner Keeps The Family In Music Center’
by | Feb 4, 2021 10:59 am | Comments (4)
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Fifty demonstrators organized by Unidad Latina en Acción (ULA) protested outside Unique Auto Sales at 392 East St. demanding repayment for a couple they claim were scammed out of $4,000 on a downpayment for a 2011 Dodge Ram.
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by | Feb 3, 2021 11:28 am | Comments (3)
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When Dave Singh first tried navratan korma in New Jersey, he knew he wanted the creamy, vegetable-filled curry on his own restaurant’s menu.
Twenty-five years later, Singh’s Tandoor The Clay Oven has sold over 100,000 servings of the “nine-gem” korma.
by | Jan 29, 2021 4:22 pm | Comments (2)
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Tabrya Murdock-Washington at work in her studio.
Tabrya Murdock-Washington launched “The Brya Collection” hairstyling business amidst a pandemic — and less than two years after suffering from a gunshot wound that forced her to learn to walk again.
by | Jan 29, 2021 4:16 pm | Comments (4)
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Khalid: Never gave up on his vision.
To make the lemon chicken at Ali Baba’s Kitchen, Jamshed Khalid started by cutting boneless chicken breasts into strips. He then marinated it, for at least 12 hours, in a blend of special spices.
I wondered what was in the blend.
“Should I tell you?” Khalid responded with a laugh. “No.”
by | Jan 27, 2021 6:21 pm | Comments (3)
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After its Reuben sandwich won accolades, the crew at Olmo decided to adapt the recipe to a breakfast sandwich.
As Olmo remodeled its Trumbull Street dining room during the pandemic to become a takeout storefront called the Bagelry, the retooled Breakfast Reuben has become a bestseller.
Continue reading ‘Today’s Special: Craig’s Breakfast Reuben’
by | Jan 26, 2021 5:32 pm | Comments (5)
Some Dixwell neighbors are asking the Board of Alders to hold another committee hearing on the future of Dixwell Plaza after tech confusion delayed their participation in the first one.
by | Jan 22, 2021 11:35 am | Comments (9)
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Renderings of the future ConnCAT Place on Dixwell.
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Dixwell Plaza today.
“This is the time for Dixwell.”
With those words of praise and anticipation, alders moved ahead a plan to transform Dixwell Plaza into a mixed-use hub that would employ up to 550 people a year and generate up to $50 million in annual economic activity.
by | Jan 22, 2021 11:20 am | Comments (7)
The new year means opportunities for Connecticut to grow through infrastructure, internet and the economy, according to Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin.
by | Jan 19, 2021 4:34 pm | Comments (1)
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SBA state director Catherine Marx.
Local small businesses can take another crack at landing Covid emergency relief starting Tuesday, as the federal government rolls out a second phase of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Continue reading ‘PPP, Part 2 Opens For Biz; Officials Advise New Haveners On How To Tap It’
by | Jan 18, 2021 2:31 pm | Comments (0)
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“Baking is unforgiving,” said Bryan Burke as he poured flour from an industrial-sized bag into a container on a commercial scale at Sherkaan, the restaurant in the alley across from Yale Bookstore.
Continue reading ‘Today’s Special: Bryan’s Butter Chicken Pie’
by | Jan 15, 2021 4:07 pm | Comments (1)
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Chef Isaiah Perez applies the finishing touches.
Since adding the “Prison Reformer” hot dog — spicy mustard and his signature sauce — to the menu at Jordan’s Hot Dogs and Mac on State Street, Corey Spruill has gotten plenty of questions from customers.
He intended it that way.
Continue reading ‘Today’s Special: Corey’s “Reformer” Frank’