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Looking Up

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Even in the high-achieving culinary capital of Connecticut, meals tend to happen close to the ground. You can count on one hand the rooftop spots to dine or drink—Elm City Social, High George, Goodfellas—and still have two fingers left for the city’s tallest options: John Davenport’s and Bar 19, now open for limited service on […]

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Hot Spots

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Last Saturday afternoon, the thermometer hovered in the high 80s, and despite a cooling breeze off the Long Island Sound, the sidewalks of downtown New Haven radiated heat. (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (December 10 – 16)

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From haiku to Harry Potter cosplay to dog and cat (and maybe lizard) photos with Santa, you can do it yourself this week, albeit with helping hands.  (more…)

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This Week in New Haven (October 22 – 28)

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Trick or treat! Halloween isn’t here yet, but the weekend before Halloween is.  (more…)

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Warm and Fuzzy

Hot Spiced Wine at Cave à Vin, New Haven, CT

It isn’t officially winter yet, but it should still feel more like winter than it does. Even Saturday’s snowfall was followed by a melty, muggy day. Fortunately, local watering holes have proceeded on schedule (more…)

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See-Food

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“You eat with your eyes first,” chefs on TV like to say. As a metaphor, it seems basically right, though it doesn’t quite square with the fact that your nose often beats your eyes to the punch.  (more…)

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Hot and Cold

New Haven snowy alley downtown

It’s beginning to feel a lot like winter. Yesterday we got dusted like a fancy old-fashioned dessert (see above). Today’s forecast is in the 20s and teens, feeling lower thanks to wind gusts up to 40 (more…)

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Tequila, Guacamole, and a Nice Ass

Cucos at Geronimo

Cucos the donkey was tired. It had been a long night for the celebrity beast of burden; saddled with a blanket and a decorative tequila cask, he’d been the “it” quadruped of the party, and everyone wanted to have their picture taken with him. So many cameras flashing! So much ear-petting and neck-hugging! Where’s the […]

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