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It was a Jewish wedding — so of course this spread came from Abel’s.
The pandemic has claimed a second-generation kosher catering business that was an omnipresence at local religious celebrations.
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Qulen Wright at Ninth Square’s vegan Caribbean paradise.
Qulen Wright didn’t have “chicken” or “wings” in mind when he invented his latest main course dish.
Then his customers took a taste.
by | Dec 2, 2020 2:19 pm | Comments (3)
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Havenly Treats Head Chef Nieda Abbas.
Nieda Abbas served up a falafel unlike any I’d ever tasted before: one bite electric with acidity and flavor, the next comforting with nutty falafel and warm flatbread.
Part of the secret: mango pickle.
by | Dec 1, 2020 5:37 pm | Comments (6)
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Fred & Patty Walker, & freshly made sandwich.
Thirty-four years.
That’s how long Fred and Patty Walker have been married. That’s how long they’ve run Chestnut Fine Foods & Confections. And that’s how long they’ve graced New Haven with a creamy, crunchy, not-too-sweet, and all-too-satisfying Brie on baguette sandwich — which packs a particular punch in a pandemic.
Continue reading ‘Today’s Special: Fred & Patty’s Brie On Baguette’
by | Nov 30, 2020 4:27 pm | Comments (20)
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Haci Catalbasoglu: Back home, and at work.
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Instead of creating PowerPoints in New York about potential corporate mergers, Hacibey Catalbasoglu has spent the pandemic months splitting logs, throwing dough, and memorizing the Napoletana recipe at Brick Oven Pizza on New Haven’s Elm Street.
by | Nov 30, 2020 3:00 pm | Comments (22)
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Now-shuttered Subway: Latest Covid commercial casualty.
Store manager Khadem: “We’ve lost almost everything.”
A Subway sandwich shop that has stood at the corner of Chapel and Temple Streets for over two decades appears to have closed for good after allegedly falling over $32,000 behind on rent during the ongoing pandemic.
by | Nov 24, 2020 4:51 pm | Comments (3)
At Thanksgiving giveaways in Dixwell, West River, the Hill; hunger rampant amid pandemic.
by | Nov 20, 2020 11:42 am | Comments (19)
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Sign of the time: No longer, thanks to building sale.
Hundreds of hungry people have lost two sources of free meals — one permanently, one temporarily — as cold weather sets in, the holidays approach, and the Covid-19 pandemic resurges.
by | Nov 18, 2020 4:06 pm | Comments (13)
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Carlos Rodriguez in front of the newly rezoned Greenwich Avenue lot.
His Long Wharf food truck, Tacos La Patrona.
Taco truck owner Carlos Rodriguez is further along the way to converting a vacant city-owned lot into a commercial kitchen with apartments on top after clearing a legislative hurdle.
Continue reading ‘Taco Truck Owner Prevails In Zoning Quest’
by | Nov 18, 2020 1:10 pm | Comments (4)
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A new grocer is poised to reopen inside soon-to-close Ferraro’s Market, with the “Meat King” intact, according to the current owner.
by | Nov 18, 2020 10:19 am | Comments (1)
William Ruiz, of New Haven’s new coffee roasting company, Bequest Coffee Roasters, knows and understands the power of a good cup of coffee powered by good beans. A graduate of Collab + CitySeed’s Food Business Accelerator program, Ruiz has opened Bequest online first, and is ready to deliver good beans to the people of New Haven and beyond.
For once, there’s a good thing to keep us awake at night.
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Victoria Ferraro with staffer Aniello Furino outside the market Monday.
Yelissa Martinez (left): Crosses street daily to shop.
The Ferraro family is moving the market it started in New Haven in 1952 to the suburbs — leaving public-housing tenants like Yelissa Martinez and Gladys Lugo with no walkable place to buy groceries.
by | Nov 13, 2020 11:31 am | Comments (4)
Lulu Villa’s planned home.
The team behind Pacifico is expanding their presence in New Haven just a mere two doors down: Owner Moe Gad and Chef Rafael Palomino plan this winter to open a new Italian restaurant called Villa Lulu on 230 College St.
The menu will focus on Italian old-school classics in a contemporary yet homey setting.
by | Nov 12, 2020 3:55 pm | Comments (18)
Ephrat and Benny Lieblich inside soon-to-open Ladle and Loaf near Edge of the Woods.
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Co-owners Choni and Esther Grunblatt with Operations Manager Zee Kessler outside their soon-to-open Westville Village restaurant.
An Argentinian entrepreneur is about to start selling kosher sushi up the block from a new Peruvian restaurant, a new Mexican eatery, and a new Syrian coffee shop.
Did somebody say something about a pandemic recession?
by | Nov 11, 2020 1:41 pm | Comments (0)
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Sample bowls: Pitaya on the left, Greens on the right.
Patti Ochsendorf filled two cups with a green and pink smoothie base each, then topped it with crunchy honey granola and blueberries, strawberries, mango, and pineapple. The green color came from kale and spinach blend. The pink color came from pitaya, also known as dragonfruit, which has a rough exterior with a pink or white inside.
by | Nov 9, 2020 7:20 pm | Comments (11)
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Sgt. William in Weeds Cafe on Dixwell Avenue.
When Sgt. William Onofrio stopped into Odie’s Place, owner Elias Defaranos had three and a half more hours in which to serve his pizzas, and he was well aware of it.
by | Nov 4, 2020 11:51 am | Comments (1)
I kept dropping the apple while frantically trying to peel it. But I was doing my best to follow the lead of my instructors at Sanctuary Kitchen. Clumsy fingers and perilous peeler aside, my kitchen slowly filled with the scent of fresh apples — as did, I assume, the kitchen in every other tiny square on the Zoom call.
Continue reading ‘Sanctuary Kitchen Preserves Food And Culture’
by | Oct 31, 2020 8:52 pm | Comments (1)
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Despite heavy rain, the show went on for families in need and volunteers at a pop-up food distribution at Troup School.
by | Oct 30, 2020 10:55 am | Comments (2)
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One of the DEKK Group’s latest Dunkin’ Donuts buys, at 323 Whalley.
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Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee king Konstantino Skrivanos (third from left) at 2018 charity gala.
A Massachusetts-based “mega-franchisee” bulked up its regional fast food holdings by purchasing three local Dunkin’ Donuts outlets for $4.6 million, in the city’s latest property deals.
by | Oct 29, 2020 11:15 am | Comments (14)
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Inside El Segundo.
Rust, holding braised pork shoulder straight out of the oven.
Mexican street food has moved into New Haven’s newest mini-neighborhood.
by | Oct 23, 2020 4:58 pm | Comments (2)
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School cafeteria workers posing with Mayor Justin Elicker on the front steps of City Hall.
Over a dozen public school cafeteria workers served up a petition to the mayor Friday in a push to save their jobs, and keep New Haven school children fed, during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue reading ‘Lunch Ladies Serve Up Jobs Petition To City Hall’
by | Oct 21, 2020 1:37 pm | Comments (1)
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Monk, with his truck of food on Tuesday
“I’m planning on giving this to over 200 veterans,” said Conley Monk Jr (pictured), a Vietnam War veteran who served in the Marine Corps.
Monk said that at a food drive he attended that was hosted by the Kingdom International Economic Development Corporation Tuesday morning in the Hill.
by | Oct 16, 2020 12:53 pm | Comments (43)
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“There’s a lot of us that are still out here. I’ve known people who fell asleep outside and died.”
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“Before you could walk into the library and stay there. You could look for jobs. You could look for food pantries. Without a phone, without internet access, it’s very difficult for people living in tents, living outdoors.”
Sizing up the challenge ahead — and how we as a community can meet it.
by | Oct 13, 2020 4:12 pm | Comments (1)
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“This is heaven-sent,” said Lexy Johnson. “Seriously, I can’t thank you enough.”
Johnson and her friend, Nisha Mirror (pictured), came in their car to a food distribution site set up Thursday by the police substation on Charles Street in Dixwell. They were among hundreds of households to pick up food.
Continue reading ‘Pandemic Food Giveaway Feeds Hundreds In Dixwell’
by | Oct 13, 2020 4:10 pm | Comments (1)
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Trimming a tomato plant at a Goffe Street community garden.
The city has been awarded two federal food grants worth a total of $590,000, which will be used to develop a local urban agriculture master plan and build out a citywide community composting program.