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Elon Trotman.
Jazz heavyweights and artistic emissaries from Africa will mix with New Haven’s finest talent at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas this year. That’s just the way Chad Herzog, co-executive director of the festival and director of programming, wants it, as the festival continues to deal with a tighter state budget by sinking its roots deeper into the Elm City.
by | Apr 11, 2018 8:13 am | Comments (14)
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Revamped designs for Delaney’s.
BZA’s Mildred Melendez and Anne Stone split on approvals.
Westville Village’s nightlife is poised to change dramatically, after the zoning board Tuesday night gave the green light for two restaurants, Delaney’s Taproom and Manjares Fine Foods, to proceed with building and expansion plans.
by | Apr 10, 2018 12:01 pm | Comments (4)
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Murray and Biondi.
Brian Murray and Matt Biondi have revived a beloved neighborhood restaurant in Morris Cove. They’ve brought back the pizza. Now, to complete their own vision for what their restaurant can be, they just need a smoker.
by | Mar 15, 2018 5:21 pm | Comments (5)
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Bonchon Chicken co-owner Tony Zhou shows off a freshly fried plate of chicken — the 20-piece “medium.”
When Tony Zhou first tried Korean fried chicken in 2014, he had no idea that a Korean soap opera was in part responsible for the explosion in popularity of the culinary phenomenon in China, Europe and the United States.
by | Feb 27, 2018 2:28 pm | Comments (13)
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The late Sal and Flo Consiglio.
Pretty soon, they may be lining up for hours outside Sally’s Pizza in, say, Austin or L.A., not just on Wooster Street.
Continue reading ‘New Sally’s Owner Plans National Expansion’
by | Feb 27, 2018 1:12 pm | Comments (5)
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Bowens-Mercado with the first can of Rhythm Lager.
For Alisa Bowens-Mercado, New Haven’s queen of salsa dance instruction, the week kicked off with the celebration of two births: her own birthday, celebrated on Sunday, and the birth, Monday, of her new flagship craft beer, Rhythm Lager.
by | Feb 21, 2018 3:07 pm | Comments (2)
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L’Orcio co-owners Francesco D’Amuri and Alison DeRenzi prepare to toast 15 years.
When Chef Francesco D’Amuri and Alison DeRenzi opened their restaurant L’Orcio on State Street 15 years ago, the winter months made them wonder what they had done moving away from Florence, Italy.
by | Feb 16, 2018 3:01 pm | Comments (19)
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Brothers Ricky and Brandon at their rib joint.
Prototype of new sauce.
The move to legalize marijuana in Connecticut has a New Haven entrepreneur eyeing his next move: Marketing a homegrown marijuana-infused barbecue sauce. And becoming “the Heinz ketchup of the cannabis industry.”
by | Feb 9, 2018 8:58 am | Comments (11)
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A Veggie Bomb pie from Modern Apizza.
Local filmmaker Gorman Bechard feels strongly about a lot of things. The Replacements are the greatest rock band of all time. Animal abuse should be prosecuted as a felony.
And there are only three pizza places in the whole world that matter: Pepe’s, Sally’s and Modern.
by | Feb 8, 2018 5:57 pm | Comments (3)
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Fuimara, Marini, and Mayor Harp cut the ribbon, with hostess Ashley-Grant
Attilio Marini has more than 250 cast iron pans of varying sizes He’ll sizzle you a steak, seafood, and maybe even some s’mores right in one of them.
He’ll bring the pan to the table, hot and sizzling, and you can eat right out of it.
Chat away, drink your wine. The food, in that pan brought out at 550 degrees, stays warm for 20 minutes.
by | Feb 2, 2018 8:36 am | Comments (15)
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Adil Chokairy cuts the ribbon on his latest New Haven eatery.
Adil Chokairy is hoping that if you’re famished before or after a busy day of shopping in the Broadway District, you’ll fuel up with a crêpe.
by | Feb 1, 2018 1:24 pm | Comments (7)
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Compliance officer Charlene Taylor on the food-truck beat.
The tacos looked in order at the truck as Charlene Taylor pulled into the parking lot at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Stiles Street. But something was missing.
by | Jan 31, 2018 1:20 pm | Comments (7)
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Tessema with sidelined cart parked in alley.
Wub misses Cedar Street. Cedar Street misses Wub’s grub.
Thanks to a paperwork snag in the city’s new mobile-food system, the two remain apart, at least for now.
by | Jan 30, 2018 3:18 pm | Comments (4)
Rawlings, bringing the heat in the kitchen; Wells, bringing the vibe.
The young man and woman peered at a phone and then into the windows of Mecha, the popular Crown Street noodle bar. It was about 10:40 a.m. The restaurant wouldn’t open until 11 a.m.
They tried the door anyway, and found it was unlocked. They were in luck. Or so they thought.
by | Jan 26, 2018 9:14 am | Comments (37)
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A rendering of the new Delaney’s-apartment complex planned for Central and Whalley.
The burned-down Delaney’s Restaurant & Tap Room is making a comeback to Westville Village along with new apartments on top, if a newly submitted zoning application gets approved.
by | Jan 19, 2018 1:08 pm | Comments (2)
Ahmed, Appel, Rahman — & lots of food.
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First came the dandakae. Then came a story about how Afghans and Pakistanis are building new lives on New Haven’s east side, a story at odds with the narrative coming out of Washington.
by | Jan 15, 2018 3:13 pm | Comments (15)
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Recco, Toma, Anthony, and Jennifer D’Amato from left to right, front row with the kitchen crew Timothy Davidovich, Adam Kelshall, Vivian Kledaras and Deborah Appleby. Below: The Combo #1.
For the first time in 85 years of feeding New Haveners fresh fried seafood, the D’Amatos have invited them to sit down.
by | Dec 13, 2017 3:38 pm | Comments (2)
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Permit-seekers Joshua Santana and Ryan Taylor.
An Upper State Street coffee shop’s quest for a tavern license will move forward, while a proposed City Point restaurant’s application for a full liquor license will not.
by | Nov 8, 2017 8:57 am | Comments (10)
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Jack’s Bar + Steakhouse calls the ground retail space at College & Crown luxury apartments downtown home.
Mayor Toni Harp joined Marco
The city’s Restaurant Week kicked off Monday with the opening of a new steakhouse downtown.
by | Oct 31, 2017 12:27 pm | Comments (0)
For Hannah Pimenta, the front of house supervisor, the jazz brunch is one of her favorite things about working at Elm City Market.
“I love it here. It’s so family oriented and such a great environment,” she said. “This event creates a different spin on brunch. It’s more soothing and relaxing. A lot of regulars will show up, but we’re always seeing new faces. It brings people together.”
by | Oct 25, 2017 9:26 am | Comments (24)
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Permit-seekers Joshua Santana and Ryan Taylor.
Upper State Street neighbors Tuesday night embraced a coffee shop’s proposed liquor license as a draw for museum curators and young families attending wine tastings. City Pointers blasted a separate proposed liquor license as a magnet for drunks and teens seeking cheap drinks.
by | Oct 20, 2017 12:09 pm | Comments (20)
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Prasad Chirnomula (right) in the kitchen with fellow chef Arcely Rojas.
Three popular New Haven restaurants run by chef Prasad Chirnomula will soon all be closed.
by | Oct 20, 2017 12:05 pm | Comments (0)
Kriss Santala was standing outside on the patio of Harvest Wine Bar and Restaurant on Chapel Street, smiling and hugging people while the wait staff brought the lights and equipment into the bar area.
“We played outside at the first one, but I think we’re inside this time,” she said. “I was so thrilled to be asked to come back, and when I found out it was Jazz Week, I was even more thrilled. This is going to be fun!”
by | Sep 27, 2017 3:48 pm | Comments (12)
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Shell & Bones and City Point Kitchen share opposite ends of the Pequonnock Yacht Club.
Shell & Bones, the upscale waterfront eatery, is trying to stop a next-door competitor from adding dinner service, claiming there’s not enough parking spots to go around.
by | Sep 26, 2017 10:46 am | Comments (28)
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Deb Rossi: It comes down to 17.5 inches.
For months, Ryan Taylor has been trying to expand his East Rock coffee shop into an after-hours wine bar. If his East and State Street neighbors have their say, that may not happen anytime soon.