Tag Archives: Italian cuisine

Top of the List

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Considering “a number of factors, including the total volume and ratings of reviews” on its site, the business directory and crowd-sourced review aggregator Yelp just named its top 25 places to eat in Connecticut—and the owner of the top spot …

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Immaculate Confection

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Saint Patrick’s Day gets most of the attention in March, but the festival day of Saint Joseph falls just two days later—a celebration of the “foster father” of Jesus, a humble carpenter descended from King David. …

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Class Action

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If you want to see Daniel Brelsford in action, you could search for the episode of Food Network’s Chopped where—spoiler alert—the Milford chef walks away with the top prize. Or…

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Gangster’s Paradise

Goodfellas Restaurant

“I don’t know nothing about the restaurant business. Nothing. All I know is how to sit down and order,” says Paul Cicero, a high-ranking mafioso, before taking a draw from his cigar. …

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Double-O

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John Brennan, the restaurateur behind Elm City Social and the new Olives and Oil, where he’s also the executive chef, says he doesn’t believe in curses. …

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Flour Power

Durante's Pasta

In a quiet residential neighborhood in West Haven, a few hundred square feet of Italy lie tucked away under a green, white and red sign that reads “Durante’s Pasta.” …

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Oil Man

Stephen J. Clemente, owner of Extra Virgin Oil Store

Tradition and modernity are like oil and vinegar—they’re not supposed to mix, but sometimes, they surprise you.

Extra Virgin Oil Store, recently opened on Chapel Street downtown, specializes in…

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Feast Your Eyes

The ceiling at ROÌA

If you feel as though you’ve stepped back in time upon entering the young downtown restaurant ROÌA, it’s because, in a sense, you have.

Before its grand opening in March, ROÌA, located in a…

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Apizza the Pie

The Special at Zuppardi's

New Haveners are spoiled: we have some of the best pizza in the country, maybe in the world, and we have options for where to get it. “Apizza,” “thin-crust” and “brick-oven” are elevated concepts elsewhere, but they’re our normal.

From …

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Restaurant Revue

Michael Sayers at Consiglio's Restaurant

If you’ve never ventured into Consiglio’s Restaurant on Wooster Street, now is a particularly dramatic time to do so.

For the past three years, the restaurant—family-owned for 75 years and now run by a third generation of the Consiglio…

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