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Chokairy at Choupette Crêperie & Café.
Adil Chokairy couldn’t afford to open a shop when he came to New Haven. He could afford a bike, barely. That proved enough to propel him into business.
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168 York Street Cafe.
Those walking down York Street Cafe last Saturday night might have gotten a sip of Bear Soup, a hearty mix of “bears, leather, drag and more” — the “more” being an evening of rollicking entertainment and fundraising to support LGBTQ programs at True Colors, a Connecticut-based nonprofit organization that serves sexual-minority youth and provides family services.
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by | Dec 18, 2015 1:02 am | Comments (1)
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Smith-Holness.
Underwood-Price.
Kling.
Friday’s broadcasts on WNHH radio looked at how the mayor’s favorite hair stylist got so good, Christmas foods in New Haven, and how Artspace New Haven is shaking up Christmas’ visual culture.
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Ivan Tirado’s work.
New Haven explored urban planning to terrorism, from Capoeira to “Strange Ways,” on the latest shows aired on WNHH radio.
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In the midst of a family gathering, Jon Stone’s folks had a problem: There was a steak in the freezer and a sweet potato in the fridge, and they needed to make dinner for extended family members in town. His dad wanted it to feel a little more celebratory than usual … without making a last-minute trip to the grocery store.
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If you didn’t know Liam Doherty-Nicholson outside of his photos, you might think he owned an orchard, or a small farm.
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Santa Claus made his usual landing at the annual City Point holiday celebration, traditionally the earliest of numerous neighborhood Christmas celebrations scheduled to unfold in the next month across town.
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Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth, 1914
The first gas engine automobile rolled into New Haven on Nov. 23, or thereabouts, back in 1896.
That’s part of the discussion on a special three-party Thanksgiving episode of WNHH radio’s This Day In New Haven History.”
As you consider walking, biking, flying, or, yes, probably driving to see the relatives for the holiday, click on or download the above audio to hear how the newfangled “man-maiming combination of steel and gasoline odor is to take the place of the noble animal that is not only admired but loved by humanity.”
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Claire Criscuolo is serving her traditional Thanksgiving meal again this year — not turkey, but stuffed acorn squash. And as always, she’ll give thanks to what she learned from her mother: vegetables will cure any ailment.
by | Nov 24, 2015 1:10 pm | Comments (0)
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Every November for 19 years, studio potter and teacher Margie Haggerty has changed up her routine just a little bit. She still spends time in the studio and at the wheel, hands wet and shiny with clay. The glazes that she cooks up and tempers for students don’t vary all that much. And several nights a week, she still prioritizes what she calls “the business end of things” for classes at Creative Arts Workshop (CAW), where she has worked a second job for almost 20 years.
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Sitting at a quiet table in Westville’s Manjares Cafe, architect Eric Epstein found the perfect prescription for his long day of demolition work and fierce hunger in a hearty bowl of sancocho moca — a corn on the cob stew of plantain, yucca, chicken, beef, pork, and mixed vegetables, into which he toppled a scoop of fluffy white rice.
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Today’s programs on WNHH radio covered the state and country’s continuing debate over Syrian refugees, quality of life for New Haven police officers, some apple cider-based shenanigans, and a look into small business ownership in New Haven. And one panelist called for a resistance action to a presidential candidate’s latest anti-Muslim remarks.
by | Nov 18, 2015 1:03 pm | Comments (0)
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“Gypsy” Paolillo at city’s newest beer company.
In a studio that once housed child-sized beams and pulleys, assembly and daily operation are looking a little different now: A new New Haven craft-beer operation is on tap.
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The Brussels sprouts popped with delight when executive chef Drew Osbon immersed them in hot oil.
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Zarko Stojanovski was beaming as Tropical Smoothie Café at 15 Dixwell Ave. flooded with city and Yale officials and press — in addition to its usual clientele — for the store’s official grand opening on Tuesday.
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Two expertly cut slices of house breaded chicken cutlet were submerged in the deep frier. A handful of bacon sizzled on the frying pan as Mario Minor, a veteran chef at Zoi’s, sliced through a hard roll with practiced ease.
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Have you had your coffee this morning? Onyeka Obiocha, co-owner of the “The Happiness Project” coffee shop at 756 Chapel St. with Vishal Patel, has.
by | Oct 27, 2015 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
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There is a big Colombian presence in the New Haven area, and it can be experienced — and savored — at The Little Colombia restaurant. There Rosalba Vera and her husband, Julio Cesar, serve traditional Colombian dishes such as camarón y piña asada, ceviche, and paella marinara.
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by | Oct 26, 2015 12:06 pm | Comments (8)
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Courtney Ciesla wasn’t sure she was ready to open. Then she took the curtain down off of the window of the new Fuel Coffee Shop, to reveal people waiting outside.
by | Oct 26, 2015 7:39 am | Comments (0)
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The first time Christine Casinghino walked into Lena’s Cafe and Confections in Westville, the restaurant was up for sale, and she had a feeling that it was calling out to her as a prospective buyer. So she bought a sandwich, headed back to her office downtown, and then decided to make the plunge into restaurant ownership.
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Booted businessman Ernesto Garcia was back selling arepas on York Street during the Thursday lunch wave — just not at the same spot as before.
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Garcia at his cart.
Ernesto Garcia offered a clipboard instead of arepas Thursday to the lunchtime crowd on York Street.
The clipboard contained a petition protesting the city’s decision a day earlier to evict Garcia’s and two other carts, after neighboring storeowners complained the operations infringed on their business.
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Amid high-pitched giggles and whispers, John Ginnetti reached for “The Devil Himself,” a splash of green chartreuse lapping at the edges of the glass. He smiled, exchanging glances with Paul Tortora and Michael Knipp, who held out the long-necked bottle like an offering. It caught the low light, sending a row of shimmers down the table.
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At the end of Cask Republic’s long, shiny wood bar, Colin Meehan was on his craft beer game, taking another order for Roadsmary’s Baby. A cluster of customers waxed appreciative regarding its rummy, spiced pumpkin flavor. A couple beside them debated the merits of a small tasting flight, settling on Ol’ Factory Pils, Honey Spot Road, Unorthodox, and an unlikely, sweet Barleywine. A few seats away , Eric Rowe of deep dish pie fame started on a pint of Worker’s Stomp, drawn to the promise of fruit and spice as he cheered on the Chicago Cubs.
by | Sep 30, 2015 12:09 pm | Comments (0)
José Oyola doesn’t mess around with his music. Instilled with melody and harmony from a young age, he began performing n English and Spanish early in his musical career, and has had enough success with it to be in the midst of finishing up and promoting his sophomore album, Hologram, before it debuts later this fall.