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Picnic Dates

Picnic Dates

“I did all the work so you wouldn’t have to do anything,” Tim Cabral, owner of the downtown tavern Ordinary, told a crowd lolling in Temple Plaza one Friday afternoon...

Picnic Dates

“I did all the work so you wouldn’t have to do anything,” Tim Cabral, owner of the downtown tavern Ordinary, told a crowd lolling in Temple Plaza one Friday afternoon...

Beer We Go

Beer We Go

Since it opened in 2018, The Beeracks, a collaborative beer brewery in East Haven, has flown under the radar. The name, a play on “barracks,” is a little puzzling, and...

Beer We Go

Since it opened in 2018, The Beeracks, a collaborative beer brewery in East Haven, has flown under the radar. The name, a play on “barracks,” is a little puzzling, and...

Market Outlook

Market Outlook

Romeo and Cesare’s Gourmet Shoppe, one of a few beloved neighborhood markets on upper Orange Street, was an East Rock institution for over 30 years. Neighbors were sad to see...

Market Outlook

Romeo and Cesare’s Gourmet Shoppe, one of a few beloved neighborhood markets on upper Orange Street, was an East Rock institution for over 30 years. Neighbors were sad to see...

Coming Back

Coming Back

When I arrived a little after 4:30 p.m. yesterday, rows of CRT monitors were flashing, and Journey’s “Any Way You Want It” was blasting, and, as Barcade reopened its doors...

Coming Back

When I arrived a little after 4:30 p.m. yesterday, rows of CRT monitors were flashing, and Journey’s “Any Way You Want It” was blasting, and, as Barcade reopened its doors...

Growth Mindset

Growth Mindset

Olmo’s handmade bagels, produced in very small batches to start, have sold like hotcakes since the restaurant’s opening in late 2018. Demand for them only increased during the pandemic, when...

Growth Mindset

Olmo’s handmade bagels, produced in very small batches to start, have sold like hotcakes since the restaurant’s opening in late 2018. Demand for them only increased during the pandemic, when...

Berried Treasure

Berried Treasure

With a berry from South America and a bowl from California by way of Hawaii, Nutmeggers Jonathan Bone and Justin McLaughlin have built their business, Life Bowls, by wedding healthy...

Berried Treasure

With a berry from South America and a bowl from California by way of Hawaii, Nutmeggers Jonathan Bone and Justin McLaughlin have built their business, Life Bowls, by wedding healthy...