Celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, Book Trader Cafe has become a New Haven institution with its wide-ranging selection of books and affordable and ambitious menu. Owner David Duda opened the business on a once-desolate block near the Yale campus in 1998 and now presides over a bustling literary and culinary center at 1140 Chapel […]

Guided walking tours, with the goal of adding extra steps and some fun activity and movement to one’s workday, are being offered to Yale staff.   Led by alumna Shana Schneider, the Fitstyle Walking tours also offer a bit of history, vouchers for stops to New Haven area vendors for special treats, and special guest […]

From engagement dinners to job interviews to parents’ weekend splurges, New Haven Union League Cafe has been serving up the city’s special occasions for a quarter-century.   As my husband says, it’s got the best room: deep green walls, white-clothed tables, scuffed wooden floorboards, coffered ceiling, massive fireplace and hushed, bow-tied service.   “To say […]

Designer Neville Wisdom has finally funked up the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA). And if a series of tightly knitted grey-and-black contrasts, black swags on red silk, and sweeping fleece staircases are any indication, he’s just getting started.   Close to 200 people attended the event, which included a mini, pre-show fashion show from […]

56 Broadway, New Haven, CT 06511, USA – Ryan Kristafer takes you on a “back-to-school” shopping adventure at The Shops at Yale in downtown New Haven, Shop, dine, and explore unique boutiques, retailers, eateries, and more in the heart of downtown New Haven.   You can experience the new L.L. Bean story, Patagonia, Fat Face, J […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – There were high fives as the line got moving when the doors opened for the newest L.L. Bean retail store in Connecticut. This one is at The Shops at Yale.   Company spokesperson Eric Smith said, “They started lining up I think at 5:00 a.m. so it’s an exciting morning here.”   The first 200 people […]

NEW HAVEN — The Bootmobile will soon be making a return visit to the city when L.L. Bean rolls out a celebration of the opening of its store on Broadway as part of a Yale University development.   The company is advertising the celebration in its newest catalogue.   It says welcoming the 9,000-square-foot store, […]

Neville Wisdom, a New Haven-based fashion designer born and raised in Jamaica, is back downtown. With Mayor Toni Harp and Yale University’s Properties team in attendance, Wisdom held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday afternoon in front of his new shop at 1090 Chapel S.   Wisdom had a store downtown in the historic Ninth Square on […]