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Christopher Martins

A Rock in East Rock

The early Sunday morning of June 3rd wasn’t the customary closing for Christopher Martins Restaurant and Pub. Or any restaurant for that matter. At 1:45am, an irate young man—having commandeered...

A Rock in East Rock

The early Sunday morning of June 3rd wasn’t the customary closing for Christopher Martins Restaurant and Pub. Or any restaurant for that matter. At 1:45am, an irate young man—having commandeered...

Raffael DiLauro

Peace, Love and Bench

Raffael DiLauro is showing off a photo taken in 1968. It shows several dozen people sitting outside a New Haven storefront. Some are flashing peace signs. Some are wearing fascinating...

Peace, Love and Bench

Raffael DiLauro is showing off a photo taken in 1968. It shows several dozen people sitting outside a New Haven storefront. Some are flashing peace signs. Some are wearing fascinating...

Jesus Puerto

Home-Cooked Dining Out

This is Cuban soul food. Home cooking. The meals and dishes and sides of plantains, rice, beans and stewed meat someone’s grandmother used to make, back when. In this case,...

Home-Cooked Dining Out

This is Cuban soul food. Home cooking. The meals and dishes and sides of plantains, rice, beans and stewed meat someone’s grandmother used to make, back when. In this case,...

Nona Hendryx

This Week in New Haven (July 16 - 22)

Lots of music and rhythm in special places this week—in libraries, in parks, and in a historic 18th-century homestead. Monday, July 16 Mark Zarillo presents a Family Drumming Circle and...

This Week in New Haven (July 16 - 22)

Lots of music and rhythm in special places this week—in libraries, in parks, and in a historic 18th-century homestead. Monday, July 16 Mark Zarillo presents a Family Drumming Circle and...

Orangeside Luncheonette

A Square Deal

At 2:30 a.m., when most of the Elm City is fast asleep, a “secret blend” of ingredients begins churning in a pair of 30- and 40-quart stand mixers in the...

A Square Deal

At 2:30 a.m., when most of the Elm City is fast asleep, a “secret blend” of ingredients begins churning in a pair of 30- and 40-quart stand mixers in the...

Splash park outside the Rose Center

Cool It!

After a tepid winter and long spring, summer is here with a vengeance. (In fact, 2012 is shaping up to be the hottest on record.) Here are ten Elm-centric ways...

Cool It!

After a tepid winter and long spring, summer is here with a vengeance. (In fact, 2012 is shaping up to be the hottest on record.) Here are ten Elm-centric ways...