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Anna Liffey’s interior

Just for Kicks

A couple descends the staircase inside Anna Liffey’s on Whitney Avenue. Carl has a hankering for a pint of Smithwick’s; Gabbie just wants Irish food, like when she and Carl...

Just for Kicks

A couple descends the staircase inside Anna Liffey’s on Whitney Avenue. Carl has a hankering for a pint of Smithwick’s; Gabbie just wants Irish food, like when she and Carl...

Bill Contois and son

Speak Easy

The corner of Nicoll and Eagle Streets in East Rock seems mostly unremarkable, occupied by a tidy, old brick building, the upstairs levels respectfully residential. But intrigue peeks out streetside,...

Speak Easy

The corner of Nicoll and Eagle Streets in East Rock seems mostly unremarkable, occupied by a tidy, old brick building, the upstairs levels respectfully residential. But intrigue peeks out streetside,...

Hull’s beer bottle

Fermenting Evolution

Humanity’s love for beer traces back many thousands of years ago to Mesopotamia, when malts and barley became fermented in water and brave individuals dared consume the result. New Haven’s...

Fermenting Evolution

Humanity’s love for beer traces back many thousands of years ago to Mesopotamia, when malts and barley became fermented in water and brave individuals dared consume the result. New Haven’s...

A custom cake at Sweet Mary’s

Sweet Spot

Missy Antonelli is an artist, but she doesn’t work in oils or watercolors or clay, and you won’t see her creations hanging in galleries or museums. Her tools are whisks...

Sweet Spot

Missy Antonelli is an artist, but she doesn’t work in oils or watercolors or clay, and you won’t see her creations hanging in galleries or museums. Her tools are whisks...

College Street bird’s-eye view

College Education

You don’t have to go to college to learn about New Haven. Just go to College Street. Downtown, the thoroughfare runs between the first and second columns of the city’s...

College Education

You don’t have to go to college to learn about New Haven. Just go to College Street. Downtown, the thoroughfare runs between the first and second columns of the city’s...

Patrons at 168 York Street Cafe

Bar-Curious

When George Coyle began tending bar in 1971, he imagined it would be temporary—a job to work while finishing school. 40 years later, he’s behind his own bar, though he...

Bar-Curious

When George Coyle began tending bar in 1971, he imagined it would be temporary—a job to work while finishing school. 40 years later, he’s behind his own bar, though he...