At Prime 16, the name says it all. “Prime”: meat from young, well-fed cattle. “16”: the number of ounces in a pint. Still unclear? Check the logo: a minimalistic drawing of a bovine head, in which the face and snout together form a pint glass. The message is plain—beef and beer—even if the execution isn’t at this […]
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Kindred Soul
New Haven-born Sandra Pittman cooks food so homey, and treats her diners with a hospitality so warm, you would swear she were southern, and that’s because, in a way, she is. Pittman owns Sandra’s Next Generation, a soul food spot on Congress Avenue. One of three Connecticut soul food joints the Cooking Channel visited for […]
Taste Acquired
When they were deciding the menu that would define Junzi Kitchen, a brand-new restaurant on Broadway, founders Ming Bai, Wanting Zhang and Yong Zhao started with memories from northeast China (more…)
Sub Title
Before it was a tradition, it was just a habit. In 2002, Eric Wenzel, then a junior at Yale, started going to Alpha Delta Pizza and ordering a chicken sub customized with hot sauce. At one point, he was eating two or three of them per day. He began bringing friends with him to try the […]
Diet for a Small City
“… learning began with unlearning these powerful myths.” “I knew I couldn’t go on as I was…” “There is no change without risk.” (more…)
International Bites
In 2001, a young man named Franco Gonzales arrived in New Haven. He worked in restaurants, studied culinary arts at Gateway Community College and, when he’d saved up enough money, brought (more…)
Dive In
In 2013, fishermen Rick Seiden and Ed Turschmann, who’d sailed the Long Island Sound catching shellfish for twenty years, ran aground—and not by accident. Seiden and Turschmann had (more…)
Roll-Play
Instead of chewy, charred dough, a corn chip with vinegared rice. Instead of tomato sauce, spicy mayo. Instead of sausage, a slab of tuna. Instead of mozzarella, a four-ribbed fan of avocado. (more…)
What are the Odds?
East of Ikea on Long Wharf Drive, not far from where the Mill and Quinnipiac Rivers spill into the New Haven harbor, a semi-industrial hinterland of Interstate flyovers, oil infrastructure (more…)
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…)
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