Along Chapel Street east of Dwight Street, the sidewalk repeatedly swells over the roots of the trees someone planted there. …
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 …
Full Pockets

Opening a takeout box from Madeline’s Empanaderia was like unwrapping a birthday present. …
Early to Bread

On the discarded grounds of JoJo’s Coffee, half a block from the departed Four Flours bakery, a new location of G Café has stepped in to make sure Chapel West is both caffeinated and carbed. …
Give and Takeout

One of the most interesting takeout menus in town doesn’t come from a restaurant. …
Soup’s On

On cold winter days, nothing beats a bowl of hot soup. Here are some of our favorite local heat sources.
With a name like Ladle and Loaf, you know a soup’s on. I recently ordered the Moroccan Vegetable Soup …
Fish Out of Water

When you order an omakase box from Rockfish Sushi at East Rock Market, you’re literally telling the chef, “I leave it up to you.” …
Hot off the Griddle

In a time of rampant inflation, Bulldog Hotdogs is the rare New Haven restaurant whose entrees start at $3.50. The branding of the establishment, opened about a month ago on the Broadway median, is of course a nod to Yale. …
For Breakfast

The title of Breakfast Served Any Time All Day, a 2004 book of essays on poetry by the late US Poet Laureate and Hamden native Donald Hall, is a metaphor for the rich and comforting ways poetry can fill …
Holy Shito

At Atticus Market, P&M Market or the Wooster Square Farmers’ Market, you might come across a selection of jars shouting a colorful message: “Oh Shito!” …