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Gaining Flavor

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TOKA Asian Kitchen’s menu overwhelmed me at first glance. There were 22 starters alone, and none in particular stood out. The State Street restaurant offered many familiar-sounding dishes: satay, spring rolls, teriyaki, fried rice, beef and broccoli. But make no mistake: TOKA’s broad menu and generalized “Asian Kitchen” descriptor belie a delectable complexity of Indonesian […]

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Solid Oak

Chicken, Pork Belly and Yellowfin Tuna at Oak Haven Table & Bar

Albert Greenwood and Craig Hotchkiss, co-owners of the recently opened Oak Haven Table and Bar, a “farm-to-table,” oakwood-furnished, American-style gastropub in East Rock, could claim their friendship is a matter of fate. Their mothers, friends who grew up together in West Haven, later lived across the street from one another as adults. So it was […]

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