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Fleming's Steakhouse & Wine Bar Brings Back "Small Plates, Big Pours"

A La Carte: Fleming's Steakhouse & Wine Bar Brings Back "Small Plates, Big Pours"

Fleming's Steakhouse & Wine Bar in West Hartford brings back its "Small Plates, Big Pours" offering through June 30 in the bar.

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Nothing Sloppy About This Quaint Waffle Joint

Nothing Sloppy About This Quaint Waffle Joint

The taste tease starts as soon as you get out of your car at The Sloppy Waffle, Newington's newest eatery on the Berlin Turnpike. The...

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Outdoor Dining In Connecticut

Outdoor Dining In Connecticut

Warm temps and sunny skies create perfect conditions for eating outside. Here are some options for outdoor dining in Connecticut.

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Happy Hours In Connecticut

Happy Hours In Connecticut

Looking for that much needed post-work drink, or simply discounted food at some of the best restaurants in the area? Check out our list of...

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Bun Lai, Miya's Sushi Get Star Turn on "Saturday Night Live"

A La Carte: Bun Lai, Miya's Sushi Get Star Turn on "Saturday Night Live"

If you watched this past Saturday's season finale of "SNL," one headline on the "Weekend Update" segment (with returning special guest Amy...

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Tea, Breakfast, Lunch At Petit Gourmet

Tea, Breakfast, Lunch At Petit Gourmet

Le Petit Gourmet looks likes a pleasant neighborhood bakery beneath a tasteful black awning on busy Whitney Avenue in Hamden. But it...

Chicken And Biscuits, New York Style

Chicken And Biscuits, New York Style

When you think of fried chicken, try to resist imagining the Colonel and try focusing on New York. As in, NY Chicken & Biscuit.

A Truly Happy Hour At Dish In Hartford

A Truly Happy Hour At Dish In Hartford

It's no secret that many fine-dining restaurants in Greater Hartford offer fantastic happy-hour deals, with deeply discounted food...

New Location, New Look New Menu For Tavern Downtown

New Location, New Look New Menu For Tavern Downtown

There are finally signs of spring in Hartford, so many downtown professionals will be itching to escape for a quick lunch outside of the...

Reliable Thai Taste Near Yale

Reliable Thai Taste Near Yale

It's easy for a business to get overlooked on busy Chapel Street in downtown New Haven — and if your restaurant is half below ground...

Up For A Late Night Falafel?

Up For A Late Night Falafel?

There's a stark difference between late-night dining and LATE-night dining. Mamoun's Falafel Restaurant is one of the latter. This is the...

Pho 75: Commendable Vietnamese Cuisine

Pho 75: Commendable Vietnamese Cuisine

Route 75 by Bradley International Airport could be any virtually American thoroughfare, lined with chain restaurants, chain hotels and chain...

Bartleby's Cafe: A Cozy Coffee Corner In Historic Downtown Mystic

Bartleby's Cafe: A Cozy Coffee Corner In Historic Downtown Mystic

It was 2 p.m. on the first day of spring, the sun coming through the window overlooking West Main Street was keeping me warm on the...

Playful Sweet Pea's Charms, Delights

Playful Sweet Pea's Charms, Delights

After heading out to Riverton for lunch, a friend and I found our intended destination was closed that day, so we crossed the road to...

Nexcalli Food Truck: Burritos To Change Your Life

Nexcalli Food Truck: Burritos To Change Your Life

New Haven has a reputation for its food trucks. Sitting in the shadow of I-95, Long Wharf Drive is one of the bastions of good, cheap...

Sunday Dinner At Carbone's Kitchen

Sunday Dinner At Carbone's Kitchen

The Carbone family has been in the restaurant business for more than 50 years. They are back in a familiar location in Bloomfield. The...

Gourmet Vegetarian Fare At Six Main

Gourmet Vegetarian Fare At Six Main

The food at Six Main is outstanding. And it's made almost entirely from plants. The dishes themselves sound like simple, hearty fare:...

Lunch Specials And O'Porto's Portuguese Charm

Lunch Specials And O'Porto's Portuguese Charm

What better way to forget the ubiquitous piles of snow left by the storm known as Nemo or Charlotte or just "the blizzard" than lunch in...