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Lena’s Cafe and Confections

Rolling with the Brunches

Lena’s Cafe and Confections sits right in the center of Westville, where Central Avenue meets Whalley, so it’s a good place for getting together. Especially on sunny Sundays, Lena’s buzzes...

Rolling with the Brunches

Lena’s Cafe and Confections sits right in the center of Westville, where Central Avenue meets Whalley, so it’s a good place for getting together. Especially on sunny Sundays, Lena’s buzzes...

Foxon Park White Birch Soda and Hamburger with Cheese at Louis’ Lunch

Long Lunch

Two things New Haveners must know: one, Louis’ Lunch, established by Louis Lassen in 1895, served the first hamburger; two, don’t ask for ketchup at the small, squat brick sandwich...

Long Lunch

Two things New Haveners must know: one, Louis’ Lunch, established by Louis Lassen in 1895, served the first hamburger; two, don’t ask for ketchup at the small, squat brick sandwich...

The Special at Zuppardi’s

Apizza of the Pie

New Haveners are spoiled: we have some of the best pizza in the country, maybe in the world, and we have options for where to get it. “Apizza,” “thin-crust” and...

Apizza of the Pie

New Haveners are spoiled: we have some of the best pizza in the country, maybe in the world, and we have options for where to get it. “Apizza,” “thin-crust” and...

Cedar Street Lunch Carts

Cart Blanche

Watching the lunch carts of Cedar Street roll in late-morning on a weekday is like attending a seminar on advanced teamwork. Vans pull up curbside with dented, well-worn carts in...

Cart Blanche

Watching the lunch carts of Cedar Street roll in late-morning on a weekday is like attending a seminar on advanced teamwork. Vans pull up curbside with dented, well-worn carts in...

Michael Sayers at Consiglio’s Restaurant

Restaurant Revue

If you’ve never ventured into Consiglio’s Restaurant on Wooster Street, now is a particularly dramatic time to do so. For the past three years, the restaurant—family-owned for 75 years and...

Restaurant Revue

If you’ve never ventured into Consiglio’s Restaurant on Wooster Street, now is a particularly dramatic time to do so. For the past three years, the restaurant—family-owned for 75 years and...

Jonathan Gibbons, owner of Fryborg

Lord of the Fries

One look at the cute angular cartons heaping with glistening, golden-brown “frites” (Belgian-style fries) or the Grilled Fluffernutter with Bacon sandwiches in the hands of blissful customers, and it’s clear...

Lord of the Fries

One look at the cute angular cartons heaping with glistening, golden-brown “frites” (Belgian-style fries) or the Grilled Fluffernutter with Bacon sandwiches in the hands of blissful customers, and it’s clear...