All mocktails are mock cocktails, but only a few, in my experience, are good enough to mock cocktails. Three of those can be found in downtown New Haven (more…)
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Forward March
Here’s some March Madness for you: Yale is out, but UConn is so in that they just embarrassed the team that embarrassed Yale. For fans who root for both the Bulldogs and the Huskies, it’s a kind of revenge. But it’s also a sign of how dominant the UConn men’s basketball team are this year. […]
Well Done
Though it has a good name for a dive bar, The Well is not a dive bar. It’s a wine (and beer) bar with dive bar prices, a circular pad burrowed into the lower level of Yale’s still-new Schwarzman Center. (more…)
Natural Selection
Being natural is messy. B-Natural eats clean. The restaurant offers bowls, sandwiches, wraps, salads, smoothies, juices and all-day breakfast, with an open kitchen in back where, during a recent visit, made-to-order components sizzled and simmered. As I placed my order, the cafe’s calm, cool playlist shifted to a smooth Latin cover of Madonna’s “Like A […]
Items of Import
According to The Japan Times, “zakka” emerged in postwar Japan as a catch-all term for “everyday tools and objects such as kettles, brooms and buckets.” In 2001, the International Herald Tribune noted that latter-day Japan had elevated it to something else (more…)
Like Fine Wine
I trust the proprietors of Hamden’s Mt. Carmel Wine & Spirits Co. more than I trust my doctor. In decades of frequenting the store, the suggestions I’ve gotten, no matter the price, have never disappointed. The staff—currently including Bob Feinn, the owner for more than 50 years; his nephew Fred, son of Bob’s late brother […]
Past Experience
It looked like a little home library, with parlor chairs, bookshelves and a Christmas tree. Then I found the slot where I was supposed to give the password (more…)
Z Food
For New Year’s Eve, VivaZ Cantina planned quite the fiesta. The Mexican restaurant’s four-course prix fixe menu (at $65 per person) featured (more…)
Wine List
During the holiday season, the last of the last-minute purchases is too often the wine (more…)
Bar Kept
I think of Delaney’s as Westville’s Cheers. It’s a friendly neighborhood bar with a notable history, low-key vibe, steady stream of regulars and (more…)
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