Every recreational drinker I know in New Haven seems to have a history with Firehouse 12. One friend spent their faster, younger days behind the bar, another too many evenings in front of it. It’s been a place to light a match and make one too, its social footprint palpable even three-plus years after it […]
Whiskeyed Away
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 Rome as easily as the dining room at the Taft Hotel, what it was a century ago. […]
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 […]
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 […]