There’s a bar I’ve really fallen for. She’s beautiful, confident and an expert in her field. Though Michelin guides tend to give me a terrible case of the eye rolls, I’ve always secretly appreciated their 3-star standard: “exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey.” Which, in my opinion, is the most economical way to describe The […]
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Airport Bar
There’s a handsome and desolate stretch of road between downtown Stratford and its coastal neighborhood of Lordship. It’s bounded on either side by protected wetlands and runways for the largely forgotten Sikorsky Memorial Airport. And though untold airfields have similar adjacencies, few if any can boast about being neighbors with the likes of the Windsock […]
Sip ’n’ Slide
Good places to drink usually give you something to set your eyes on—an interesting crowd or a view of the water. They also tend to privilege conversation—a quiet booth to catch up with an old friend, the comforting din of others doing the same. More romantically, they offer possibility, the potential for something unexpected. There’s […]
Dual Respect
The Quail & Ale in Derby contains more than a few seeming contradictions. I’d be tempted to call it confusing if I didn’t like just about everything it’s doing. (more…)
Eastern Exposure
My interest was piqued when I started hearing a drumbeat of suggestions to head to The Best Liquor Store in Milford. But it was the recommendation of Skurnik sake expert Janine Sacco, who touted the shop as having the most extensive Asian inventory around, that finally convinced me to check it out for myself. Located […]
Maiden Voyage
Experiencing Sea Chantey Night at the Griswold Inn had been on my list for so long that I’d allowed it take on mythic proportions. Like seeing a game at Fenway or finding the perfect lobster roll, the goal was simple enough to attain, but a certain reverence felt required. I had to be prepared. And […]
TV Networking
There’s a difference between a sports bar and a TV bar. In the process of trying to please as many fanbases as possible, the former tends to silo its TVs and therefore its patrons into city-states entirely disinterested in one another. I prefer a TV bar. A good one has only a few screens carrying […]
Chester Bump
I try not to fall too hard for tourist towns. Even the good ones can leave me feeling a little used or hoodwinked, with that slightly sour “…and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” aftertaste. I try (more…)
Irish Hello
As far as I’m concerned, any place with meat loaf on the menu is worth a look. Institutional investment in a meal as simple and satisfying as a good, hand-formed block of baked beef bespeaks the kind of joint that might just invest in me. Tommy Sullivan’s in Branford (map) serves a slice about the […]
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