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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...

New Haven Meatball House

Having a Ball

“Four types of meatballs, four kinds of sauces and three ways to eat them.” That’s the simple (yet genius) core concept of New Haven Meatball House, the newest eatery opened...

Having a Ball

“Four types of meatballs, four kinds of sauces and three ways to eat them.” That’s the simple (yet genius) core concept of New Haven Meatball House, the newest eatery opened...

Taste of New Haven tour outside Louis’ Lunch

Tour of Foodie

“We control the weather!” proclaims Colin Caplan, founder and president of Taste of New Haven food and drink tours. Two dozen eager tour participants cluster in Temple Plaza at high...

Tour of Foodie

“We control the weather!” proclaims Colin Caplan, founder and president of Taste of New Haven food and drink tours. Two dozen eager tour participants cluster in Temple Plaza at high...

Cave à Vin Wine Bar

Between the Wines

Pick a number, but not just any number. “I would hate to have someone just pick blindly and not love it,” owner Linda Fitzpatrick says of her customers and their...

Between the Wines

Pick a number, but not just any number. “I would hate to have someone just pick blindly and not love it,” owner Linda Fitzpatrick says of her customers and their...

Jessica Hazen

Soup Upped

After years spent roasting, chopping and simmering in rented kitchen spaces and ladling on-the-go from a silver truck, Jessica Hazen, a.k.a. The Soup Girl, knew that opening a storefront was...

Soup Upped

After years spent roasting, chopping and simmering in rented kitchen spaces and ladling on-the-go from a silver truck, Jessica Hazen, a.k.a. The Soup Girl, knew that opening a storefront was...