It isn’t officially winter yet, but it should still feel more like winter than it does. Even Saturday’s snowfall was followed by a melty, muggy day. Fortunately, local watering holes have proceeded on schedule (more…)
Tag Archives: cocktails
With a Twist
Harry Singh, the co-owner of House of Naan, says his new restaurant is an attempt to modernize Indian cuisine. (more…)
Spring Mix
Springtime—when what came in like a lion and went out like a lamb gives way to showers and flowers. When the sun shines longer and the wind blows warmer and color returns. And most importantly: when skinkers across the Elm City sling more tinctures and tonics starring fresh fruits and herbs, and the spice of last […]
Rum-Raisin’
As a boy, Abel Zekiel Ramirez would watch and wait. He’d watch the big cruise ships come into port at Key West, Florida, then wait for their passengers to make wishes, tossing coins into the clear (more…)
Mix and Match
Nurtured by the growing production of regional small-batch handmade spirits, the availability of local fruits, vegetables and other botanicals of all kinds and the imaginations of resourceful bartenders, the New Haven area’s craft (more…)
Wintry Mixed
Blustery winds, truncated hours of daylight and snow in the forecast make this the perfect season for homebound pleasures: curling up under a blanket with a good book or resurrecting unfinished domestic projects. But don’t get too comfortable. When it comes to New Haven’s liquid delights, fortune never favors the bold so much as in […]
Holy Oaxacamole
Is guacamole-making an art? And if it’s created tableside in a molcajete, does it qualify as performance art? At Oaxaca Kitchen, the answer is yes to both, and it isn’t the only art to be found. Deep flavor, soulful textures, imagination and composition is everywhere—on the walls, in the dining room and bar, on the […]
Will Power
When 116 Crown opened its doors in 2008, it inspired shock and awe among even the most jaded sophisticates. Writers described its retro-modern interior as “James Bond’s rumpus room” and “space-age meets the stone age;” the New York Times raved that 116 was a “chic, urban place where upscale meets pop culture.” Its kitchen produced […]
Kickin’ It Olde School
Olde School is so well named. Those two little words capture the warmth of a bistro/saloon that, although only two years old, is so comfortably broken-in, it feels as if it’s been on the New Haven map for decades. Beloved by locals and academics alike, and drawing a crowd with an astonishingly broad spectrum of […]
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