by | Feb 23, 2022 2:43 pm | Comments (1)
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EVVO French Toast superfood smoothie.
Owner Julia Stepien.
A superfood cafe called EVVO is a mission of “transforming” the lives of its customers — the way its young founder transformed her own life.
Continue reading ‘Smooth(ie) Career Move Brings Plant-Based Magic To Orange Street’
by | Feb 10, 2022 1:29 pm | Comments (1)
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Foodies got a taste for what a new generation of local food entrepreneurs can offer on Wednesday evening at Elm City Market.
by | Feb 9, 2022 4:53 pm | Comments (18)
Grewal's design for ice cream shop.
Ice cream might be pure happiness for Elena Grewal — but not completely to some of her East Rock neighbors, if it’s offered up with wine and beer.
That divide emerged Tuesday night at a Zoom-assisted meeting of the Board of Zoning Appeals at which Grewal’s request for relief for a new shop was heard.
by | Feb 2, 2022 4:58 pm | Comments (21)
Too close for Southern Comfort? Crown Street's Wine Thief.
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Michael Hendrix: "Doesn't bother me" if another liquor store opens.
A Crown Street “package” store is taking the city and a downtown landlord to court, in a bid to squelch new booze-dispensing competition from opening two blocks away at the corner of High Street.
by | Jan 28, 2022 3:24 pm | Comments (16)
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Cannabis crew boning up Wednesday night.
Brandi Marshall: “I’ve got the product. I need the capital.”
Days before Connecticut starts accepting applications for cannabis licenses, 50-plus home-growers, sellers, and consumers of the plant gathered to share business strategies, discuss the history of the war on drugs, smoke joints, order beer, and eat boxes upon boxes of pizza from East Rock’s One 6 Three.
They’re boning up on the rules and preparing to go legit in an emerging industry they’ve already entered. They also vow to keep their grassroots community growing as corporate vultures swoop into the marketplace.
by | Jan 25, 2022 1:15 pm | Comments (18)
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Grewal in front of the possible future ice cream shop.
When Elena Grewal looks at the vacant storefront at 831 Orange St., she envisions swirling soft-serve, dollops of hot fudge, coffee and wine, and neighbor-to-neighbor conversations.
by | Jan 21, 2022 3:33 pm | Comments (5)
Lyman pies: Soon to be "made in New Haven."
Lyman VP John Lyman.
A Middlefield-based apple orchard company is moving some of its pie-baking business to New Haven, after purchasing three industrial buildings in Wooster Square and Long Wharf for $3 million.
Continue reading ‘Farm-To-City: Pie-Baking Biz Moving To Town’
by | Jan 17, 2022 10:38 am | Comments (7)
Cars lined on Butler Street for food pickup.
A crew showed up at a Shelton Avenue church not to chant prayers or hear a sermon — but to help a community stay fed and protected during a particularly tough stretch of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
by | Dec 21, 2021 11:55 am | Comments (3)
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Anita Mclean and Cedric Emery at this dream donut emporium.
Anita Mclean and Cedric Emery will ring in the new year celebrating the six-month anniversary of Many Donuts, their mom and pop donut shop nestled between Fitch and Jewell streets at the Whalley Exxon.
by | Dec 17, 2021 3:08 pm | Comments (8)
Grand Cafe Co-Owner Jose Rivera, customer Julian Welch outside bar.
Everybody knows your name at Grand Cafe — which regulars and supporters called a good thing as they appealed to preserve the Fair Haven haunt’s liquor license in the face of organized opposition by neighbors weary of gun violence, drugs, and lewd behavior on the premises.
by | Dec 3, 2021 12:07 pm | Comments (1)
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Executive chef Stephen Ross putting the finishing touches on his Jamaican jerk chicken at Jazzy’s Cabaret, a new Ninth Square nightspot which has its official kickoff this weekend.
To attain jerk status, the chicken sizzling on the grill at Jazzy’s Cabaret had spent the last 48 hours marinating in a blend of scallions, onions, and scotch bonnet peppers, with a rub of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice working their way into the meat.
“That’s for maximum flavor,” said executive chef Stephen Ross, as he turned the chicken over with a pair of tongs, a smoky aroma wafting through the brightly lit kitchen.
“And that flavor is why we make 40 of these on a given night.”
by | Dec 2, 2021 10:37 am | Comments (2)
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Steve Fontana samples the vegan option at newly opened Bulldog Hotdogs.
A pair of downtown ribbon-cuttings reflected how swiftly vegan tastes have entered the cultural mainstream, at least in New Haven.
Continue reading ‘Ribbons Cut On New Downtown Hot Dog, Vegan Smoothie Shops’
by | Nov 25, 2021 8:57 am | Comments (3)
On average, more than 480,000 people in the state of Connecticut rely on food banks each year.
Despite our reputation as one of the richest states in the richest countries in the world, there are still pockets of poverty, and many families don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Jason Jakubowski, President and CEO of Connecticut Foodshare, joined “The Municipal Voice,” a co-production of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and WNHH FM, to discuss hunger in our state, its effects, and what his organization is doing about it. (Watch the full episode in the above video.)
Continue reading ‘51,291 Turkeys Didn’t “Just Fall From The Sky”’
by | Nov 22, 2021 2:09 pm | Comments (6)
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Eshe Ward with Dee and Robin on New Haven Green.
Eshe Ward found two men on a park bench on the Green taking in the afternoon. She offered each a plate of Thanksgiving fare, a bag of hygiene products, and a pair of warm socks.
“Hot dang,” said Dee (who asked to be identified by his first name) as he opened the container. There was roasted chicken, stuffing, yams, and macaroni salad.
“This is our lucky day. What’s this from?”
by | Nov 22, 2021 9:50 am | Comments (1)
Carl Dixon waits in line to receive Thanksgiving donations.
Carl Dixon once lived on the streets. Today he resides on Salem Street right next to the Hill’s Howard Avenue police substation, where he picked up one of 56 free turkeys being handed out by NICE (New Haven Inner City Enrichment) Center on Saturday morning.
Continue reading ‘Neighbors Distribute Hundreds Of Turkeys To Needy In Time For Thanksgiving’
by | Nov 15, 2021 1:11 pm | Comments (1)
Avnah Erskine learning about Sandra’s Next Generation’s meatless chili from Sharwyn Pittman and sister Tahirah Pittman.
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Ice the Beef’s LaRhonda Walker Allick and Chaz Carmon at the Eat Up Catering’s Cookoff with Brian Burkett Thompson; Sandra’s Next Generation’s Sharwyn Pittman and Sandra Pittman; Eat Up’s Kristen Threatt.
There was the hickory-smoked chili from Bear’s Smokehouse. Chili with the tang of lime from Kady Ann Brown’s 173 Surf and Turf. An otherworldly blend of spices and peppers from Poreyah Benson’s Vegan Ahava. And one so hearty and nourishing it defied the contention of Sandra’s Next Generation’s Sharwyn Pittman that it contained no meat.
Those formidable entrants put those culinary wonders on display at the first annual Eat Up Chili Cookoff at the Omni Hotel, for a good cause.
by | Nov 12, 2021 3:02 pm | Comments (11)
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Owner Anthony Antonakis at his now-shuttered Long Wharf restaurant: “It is what it is.”
The doors are shut, the chairs are coming out, and a “for lease” sign now stands on a grassy strip of Sargent Drive — as The Greek Olive, a diner that for two decades doubled as a local political deal-making hangout, has shuttered for good.
by | Nov 5, 2021 9:37 am | Comments (10)
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Owner Chidi Onukwugha, grandniece Ke’lani, mother-in-law Elsie D. Dixon, and grandniece Kaiyden make it official.
Chidi Onukwugha, owner of Kaiyden’s Coffee, wanted to set the record straight.
Continue reading ‘Ribbon Cut At Kaiyden’s Coffee, As Wooster Square Gets Its Caffeine Fix Back’
by | Nov 4, 2021 5:38 pm | Comments (8)
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Fair Haven neighbors “occupy” Grand Cafe’s lot in September.
A month and a half after “occupying” the lot in front of a problem bar, Fair Haveners showed up in force yet again to try to solve the social ills emanating from Grand Cafe — this time online, through over three hours of testimony urging the state to pull the venue’s liquor permit.
by | Nov 3, 2021 11:18 am | Comments (37)
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The one that got away: Planned brewery … now in West Haven.
After announcing earlier this year plans to relocate to a “forever home” by Fair Haven’s industrial waterfront, New England Brewing Co. took a big step this week towards building a new brewery — in West Haven instead.
by | Oct 27, 2021 1:36 pm | Comments (14)
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The Contois Tavern cheeseburger.
Fresh ground beef. Grilled onions. Tomato. American cheese. Poppy seed bun.
No spices or seasoning or special sauce. No breadcrumbs. No meat thermometer needlessly complicating the process.
Continue reading ‘Today’s Special: Billy Contois’ Cheeseburger’
by | Oct 26, 2021 12:48 pm | Comments (8)
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Public schools officials are scrambling to reconfigure cafeteria menus due to nationwide food shortages and price increases.
Continue reading ‘Hamburger Hunt Is On, As Schools Wrestle With Food Shortages’
by | Oct 25, 2021 10:15 am | Comments (2)
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Katalina Riegelmann at Sunday’s party.
Katalina’s Bakery and Coffee Shop celebrated its 10-year anniversary on Sunday afternoon with a birthday party open to family and friends.
Continue reading ‘Woven Into Community, Katalina’s Cupcake Spot Celebrates 10th Anniversary’
by | Oct 20, 2021 3:05 pm | Comments (10)
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Sean Scanlon and Andrea Corazzini down Tweed-bound brew.
Sean Scanlon tried his first-ever cup of coffee Wednesday — after toasting a deal to bring an outpost of New Haven’s popular G Cafe to the growing airport he oversees.
by | Sep 30, 2021 8:14 am | Comments (25)
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Former Bigelow factory, now cleared for small brewery and taproom.
Downtown Management Team Chair Ian Dunn: Follow the movie studio’s money.
A contentious hours-long public hearing ended with a craft brewer winning his final needed city approval to set up shop on River Street— and a host of questions raised about a movie studio that tried to box him out.