Cosmo Trips

Cosmo Trips

New Haven Is the Cultural Hotspot You Didn’t Know You Needed (Yes, in Connecticut!) The food and cocktails? Top tier. The museums? Immaculate. The people? Gorge and diverse. Now go pack your bags!   I’ve been a New Yorker for two years now, and while this city is indisputably amazing, part of the reason I […]

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New Haven welcomes 2 new businesses

New Haven welcomes 2 new businesses

  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The city of New Haven held ribbon-cutting ceremonies on Wednesday to celebrate the opening of two new businesses.   A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at Strength Haven Athletics, a new gym and fitness center located on Winchester Avenue.   An additional ceremony was held at Ay Arepa New Haven, […]

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Common Grounds Celebrates Opening of Three New Locations

Common Grounds Celebrates Opening of Three New Locations

Common Grounds Celebrates Opening of Three New Locations in Downtown New Haven with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony   New Haven, CT – Yale University Properties is excited to announce the official ribbon cutting ceremony for Common Grounds in Downtown New Haven at their 276 York Street location on Tuesday, June 6 at 3:00pm. New Haven Mayor […]

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New Haven’s Anchor Spa cocktail bar charts its own course

New Haven’s Anchor Spa cocktail bar charts its own course

Photo: Bar manager Raasikh Muhammad Joseph, shown here, and restaurateur Karl Franz Williams have charted a new course for the rechristened Anchor Spa. Lisa Nichols for Hearst CT Medi/Lisa Nichols/Hearst CT Media   CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE// FOOD + DRINK New Haven’s Anchor Spa cocktail bar charts its own course Karl Franz Williams wasn’t looking to open […]

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sweet SMELL of SUCCESS

sweet SMELL of SUCCESS

sweet SMELL of SUCCESS Store owner Francia Fortune turns soap-making hobby into a new thriving business in New Haven By Chatwan Mongkol   NEW HAVEN — Julia Lewler has been a loyal customer of Soap-edi since the day it opened in Milford last year. Now, she said she kind of turned into an “adopted daughter” […]

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More Black-Owned Businesses Are Calling New Haven Home Through Yale University’s Community Investment Program

More Black-Owned Businesses Are Calling New Haven Home Through Yale University’s Community Investment Program

By Atiya Jordan Through ongoing support, Yale University fully embraces Black ownership — a longstanding gem in the New Haven community. Established in 1996, Yale University Properties serves as part of Yale’s Office of New Haven Affairs and is responsible for the university’s commercial properties. This month, in honor of National Black Business Month, the ambitious initiative is […]

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Taking the Cake

Taking the Cake

  The day before I left New Haven for a trip to visit family, I found myself in Ives Main Library, seeking a good summer book—something satisfying, easily digestible. Perhaps I was hungry, but I took those beach-read criteria literally, wandering into the cooking section and plucking out the Claire’s Corner Copia Cookbook, published in 1994, […]

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