Armada Brewing is on a quest. After five years docked at The Beeracks, a collaborative brewery in East Haven, the company has found new harbor at 190 River Street, in part of the historic Bigelow boiler factory. Armada’s …
New Leaves

When I stopped by Savvy Tea Gourmet in Madison, I had a feeling my tea-drinking was headed for a paradigm shift. …
Beer in Mind

“We started off four years ago with about thirty-five hundred bucks each in our bank accounts and a dream of making some beer,” Hoax Brewing co-founder Sean Ricci says. As bartenders and drinkers, he and business partner Austin Scott had …
Up the Road

Walking into Crossroads, an eco-conscious coffeehouse and bakery in North Haven, the smell of coffee welcomed me as sunlight poured across a wall of framed mirrors. A painted map in back had Crossroads at its center, and real and faux …
Mix and Matcha

“Don’t Teas’ Me,” pleads a neon sign inside Looseleaf Boba Company, but the menu will do just that. …
Young Wine

Summer ease was on Stappa Vineyard’s menu last Saturday even as Hurricane Henri loomed offshore. …