NEW HAVEN >> Four restaurants will be coming to the city in the near future on Yale University-owned sites, fitting right in with New Haven’s new designation as a top foodie destination. The City Plan Commission this week approved a special exception request from one non-conforming use (a package store) to another (a restaurant) for […]
Read More »Article by Livability.com From the soul food served at Sandra’s Next Generation to the falafels at Mamoun’s, restaurants in New Haven, Conn., cover the gamut of food genres. Students attending Yale University can get a culinary education simply by walking through downtown New Haven and sampling the cuisine found in the city’s eclectic restaurants, some […]
Read More »1. New Haven Is The Ivy League–Of Good Times Source: Flickr user: amelungc One of the top schools in the nation, Yale University attracts some brilliant people to New Haven, making the city an academic hub. But don’t let the neo-gothic architecture, the ivy on the buildings, and the smarty pants people fool you […]
Read More »
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York may be known for its pizza, but it’s a pie from New Haven, Conn. that takes home the prize as Best Pizza in America. The website The Daily Meal compiled a list of the top 101 pizzas in the nation, drawing on votes from what it describes as 46 American […]
Read More »NEW HAVEN, Conn.—This long-struggling city is finally beginning to see signs of progress from years of economic development efforts by city officials, real-estate developers and Yale University. Enlarge Image A rendering of the exterior of the former Winchester gun factory. Dimella Shaffer In the latest step, a venture of Forest City Enterprises FCEA -1.16% […]
Read More »Shen Dawei gave a brush-and-ink monumental traditional Chinese landscape painting to the city of New Haven and Mayor Toni Harp. One day soon he may try his expert hand at our own scenery, and introduce East Rock and West Rock to art lovers in China. That possibility emerged at the opening of the Silk Road Art […]
Read More »The International Festival of Arts & Ideas (June 14-28, 2014) in New Haven will host a seemingly nonstop series of music, art, lectures and conversations over the course of the 15-day festival. Many of the events are free, and attendees can see and hear some of the best musicians and other arts figures from around […]
Read More »“In bread we trust” goes the motto at Maison Mathis, New Haven’s – and Yale University’s – much touted foray into Belgian cuisine-on-the-go. Boy, do they ever. Your average carboholic’s brain (along with other internal organs) is likely to explode on contact with this menu. Brioches, baguettes, crispy rolls, focaccia, ciabatta, raisin bread, thick country […]
Read More »By Jocelyn Ruggiero, Published: January 2014, Yankee Magazine The aromas of cooking infiltrate every corner of the small apartment. Aracely Rojas carries plate after plate to the kitchen table: pozole with hominy, tamales, garlic prawns, lamb barbacoa, ceviche Veracruz, Yucatan pork with plantains. Her guest, Prasad Chirnomula, is dazzled: “I love your food,” he declares. […]
Read More »By Mark G. Auerbach, Published: February 2014, Special for PRIME You may think of New Haven, Conn., as the home of Yale University, or the last stop on MetroNorth’s Grand Central line, or the city with the closest Ikea. It’s all of the above, yet much more. Just about 65 miles down I-91 from Springfield (a […]
Read More »