Organization Works to Outfit Girls with Free Prom Dresses

Project Hope CT is working to help girls find the perfect dress for free. “We established the event because we noticed that there are many adolescent teens within the city and in the state of Connecticut who were unable to attend prom because of the cost of prom dresses,” explained Khalilah Abdulrahim with Project Hope CT. Read full […]

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Moon Rocks Gourmet Cookies Opens In New Haven

Yale University Properties held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, April 2, 2018 at 3:00pm to welcome Moon Rocks Gourmet Cookies to The Shops at Yale in the Broadway Shopping District. The ceremony took place at 286 York Street, next to Blue State Coffee and Ashley’s Ice Cream. Senator Richard Blumenthal joined the ceremony. Read full […]

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8 New Connecticut Restaurants

The beloved mother-and-daughter-run cookie shop from Hamden, Moon Rocks Gourmet Cookies has opened a new location at The Shops at Yale in New Haven. The Elm City shop will feature the same assortment of handmade, flavorful, but not overly sweet, cookies that have impressed eaters in Hamden since 2015. The business takes its otherworldly name […]

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Fitness walking tours for staff will explore downtown New Haven

Staff members will have the opportunity to mingle exercise with urban exploration next month, thanks to The Shops at Yale. The retail and restaurant group is sponsoring eight fitness walking tours, the first four of which will take place in March. Shana Schneider, a physical education instructor at Payne Whitney Gymnasium, will lead the walks. […]

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Crêpes Choupette opens on Broadway

Yale students munched on crepes at the end of the first day of classes, as a new crepe kiosk on Broadway Avenue celebrated its grand opening. New Haven resident and French native Adil Chokairy opened his third eatery — Crêpes Choupette, a French creperie that already has a location on Whitney Avenue — on Tuesday […]

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Crêpes Choupette to return

Crêpes Choupette — the creperie that has won the hearts of Yale students — will soon return to campus, this time as a kiosk on the Broadway Triangle. The Crêpes Choupette food cart closed in June after the city began enforcing new zoning regulations governing food vendors in the city. But now, owner Adil Chokairy […]

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The Ultimate Holiday Date Night

If rom-coms have taught us anything, it’s that there is nothing more romantic than a horse-drawn carriage ride, especially during the holidays. If you’re looking for a good date night activity in December, The Shops at Yale will be offering rides on Sundays from Dec. 3 to 17 and on Saturday, Dec. 23 from noon […]

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Shops at Yale hold ice carving event

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH)–The Shops at Yale held a special winter event on Saturday for residents in the area. Six professional ice carvers transformed 900 pounds of ice into sculptures in under four hours. Dozens of people stopped by to cast their vote for their favorite sculpter, and enjoyed some live music. They say it was the […]

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