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TV Networking

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There’s a difference between a sports bar and a TV bar. In the process of trying to please as many fanbases as possible, the former tends to silo its TVs and therefore its patrons into city-states entirely disinterested in one …

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Chester Bump

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I try not to fall too hard for tourist towns. Even the good ones can leave me feeling a little used or hoodwinked, with that slightly sour “…and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” aftertaste. I try…

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Irish Hello

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As far as I’m concerned, any place with meat loaf on the menu is worth a look. Institutional investment in a meal as simple and satisfying as a good, hand-formed block of baked beef bespeaks the kind of joint that …

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Eel Repute

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There’s something refreshing about a bar that doesn’t care if it’s discoverable on Google Maps. …

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Tight Ship

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Docked on the eastern bank of its namesake, tucked behind an ear of the Grand Avenue Bridge, the Q River Grill, hard-opened in January, is a commercial island in a residential neighborhood, a place you’re only likely to find …

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Bar Bet

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Despite its Modernist credentials, colorful horse-and-jockey murals and promise of a unique experience, Sports Haven is a place New Haveners tend to avoid. Punctuating the stark commercial zone rounding the top of New Haven Harbor, our local off-track betting …

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Whiskeyed Away

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Picking up where ROÌA left off, the bar at The Luke (map) is amber-gold and dark-wooded, marble-topped and mirror-backed, with curvy chairs and crystal glasses. The finely tiled white floor with its preserved cracks and fissures conjures ancient …

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Barfly on the Wall

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Sheppard’s Tavern in Guilford (map) is a place of spoken rules and unspoken corollaries. …

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Ports in a Storm

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When it rains, it needn’t pour. Light rain all day is just as effective. …

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Rising Tide

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In a neighborhood where, for untold centuries, people could simply wade out into the water and return with a meal of oysters, a young upscale restaurant is bringing back the pride, if not the rustic tradition.

Arriving at the Quinnipiac

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