Blink and you’ll probably miss Seymour’s Agave Diner, but only if you’re an out-of-towner. Seymour residents have been frequenting this prefab charmer at Route 67 and Columbus Street, skirted to the west by an elevated Route 8, since 1951, …
Glut Reaction

In my less disciplined moments, the idea of a rich vanilla milkshake topped with a moist chewy brownie and a mountain of whipped cream, cookie crumbs and drizzled chocolate syrup, served in a sundae glass coated with vanilla frosting covered …
Airport Bar

For our vacation this week, we’re traveling back to some favorite recent stories, including this grounded flight experience. …
Best of Three

If we have a Little Italy, it’s on Wooster Street. If we have a Little East, it’s on Chapel and Howe…
Sea Fare

When my foodie New Yorker boyfriend visited for the weekend and requested sushi, we followed a trail of good internet reviews to Miso, tucked away in the far corner of the Ninth Square. Deeper than it is wide, the …
Merry Time

There’s a bar I’ve really fallen for. She’s beautiful, confident and an expert in her field. Though Michelin guides tend to give me a terrible case of the eye rolls, I’ve always secretly appreciated their 3-star standard: “exceptional cuisine, worth …
Airport Bar

There’s a handsome and desolate stretch of road between downtown Stratford and its coastal neighborhood of Lordship. It’s bounded on either side by protected wetlands and runways for the largely forgotten Sikorsky Memorial Airport. And though untold airfields have similar …
Second Place

Hachiroku is on a roll, opening a second restaurant with the same name as the downtown flagship, this time at 966 State Street, on East Rock’s main drag. Unlike Orange Street’s Shokudo-style approach, this new upper State Street …
Dual Respect

The Quail & Ale in Derby contains more than a few seeming contradictions. I’d be tempted to call it confusing if I didn’t like just about everything it’s doing. …