There’s a new restaurant in Connecticut and it’s snuggled in to a city street that’s already home to to popular eateries and shopping choices.   Nice Day Chinese held it opening celebration Tuesday, and its home is at 316 Elm St., New Haven, next to Maison B Café and Tomatillo Taco Joint in the […]

The Giggling Pig art school celebrates opening with ribbon cutting   Community members, Yale representatives and city officials gathered at the Connecticut franchise’s newest location to welcome the Giggling Pig to New Haven.   Elspeth Yeh, Contributing Photographer  On Tuesday, the local art and party studio the Giggling Pig celebrated the opening of its seventh […]

Zongozan, new African boutique, brings Ghana’s culture to New Haven’s Whalley Avenue   By Mark Zaretsky, Staff Writer June 21, 2024   NEW HAVEN — The interior of Zongozon, is a wash of bright colors and different textures, including multi-hued Ghanaian veils, African print skirts, dashikis and a wide array of gold-plated jewelry.   The […]

New Haven Register: Celebrated Italian restaurant Strega opens second location in New Haven   Strega’s second location opened quietly earlier this week in New Haven, taking over the former Basta Trattoria space at 1006 Chapel Street.   The new city restaurant by Danilo Mongillo and his wife Rosanna Merenda, with executive chef Raffaele D’Addio, joins […]

New cookie shop on Broadway has deep ties to New Haven — and Yale football coach Carm Cozza   NEW HAVEN — It’s not every new business opening in New Haven that gets a visit from Yale University bulldog mascot Handsome Dan at its grand opening celebration.   Then again, few upstart businesses are started […]

2nd Street USA coming to downtown New Haven   Yale has secured a national fashion retailer to take over space in The Shops at Yale formerly occupied by L.L. Bean.   2nd Street USA, a player in the resale, second-hand and sustainable fashion retail market, has signed a long-term lease for 7,600 square feet on […]

Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven Though the academic scene continues to imbue this coastal Connecticut city with a certain gravitas, surrounding neighborhoods are showing off their own cultural capital in the realms of art, food, music and more.   The 75-foot-long brontosaurus at the newly reopened Yale Peabody […]

  NEW HAVEN —   Hu Ping-Dolph and her husband, Jonathan Dolph, want you to know how Chinese people really eat.They also thoroughly enjoy introducing people to new experiences — and they love owning and running restaurants in New Haven.   How else could you explain the fact that they now own three totally different […]

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 […]

  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, […]