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An Indie Gem

Scene from a video store: A young woman steps up to the counter. “Where can I find Cape Fear? I thought it would be in ‘Best of Best,’ but…” “There’s...

An Indie Gem

Scene from a video store: A young woman steps up to the counter. “Where can I find Cape Fear? I thought it would be in ‘Best of Best,’ but…” “There’s...

Georgie’s Diner

The Diner Things

Georgette Anthis grew up in a diner. “I spent more time there than at home,” she says of what is now Georgie’s Diner in West Haven, named after her father,...

The Diner Things

Georgette Anthis grew up in a diner. “I spent more time there than at home,” she says of what is now Georgie’s Diner in West Haven, named after her father,...

A grilled cheese sandwich from The Cheese Truck

Dairy Tale

The scientific principles that apply to the process of gently heating two pieces of bread coated in butter and filled with cheese seem so simplistic when compared to the emotional...

Dairy Tale

The scientific principles that apply to the process of gently heating two pieces of bread coated in butter and filled with cheese seem so simplistic when compared to the emotional...

MiKro Beer Bar

A Fine Brewmance

When Mike Fox answered a job posting on Craigslist calling for a chef at a new restaurant in Hamden, he interviewed at a bare-bones space in a plaza on Route...

A Fine Brewmance

When Mike Fox answered a job posting on Craigslist calling for a chef at a new restaurant in Hamden, he interviewed at a bare-bones space in a plaza on Route...

The Owl Shop

It’s a Hoot

The door opens on a dark, wood-paneled room. What seems like a thousand liquor bottles neatly line the shelves behind the bartender. Smiling patrons relax with cigars in leather chairs...

It’s a Hoot

The door opens on a dark, wood-paneled room. What seems like a thousand liquor bottles neatly line the shelves behind the bartender. Smiling patrons relax with cigars in leather chairs...

Brenda DePonte and Carol Vollono of Sugar Bakery

How Sweet It Is

When you’re in the food business and Food Network calls, you answer. In June 2010, the mother/daughter team Carol Vollono and Brenda DePonte at Sugar Bakery in East Haven received...

How Sweet It Is

When you’re in the food business and Food Network calls, you answer. In June 2010, the mother/daughter team Carol Vollono and Brenda DePonte at Sugar Bakery in East Haven received...