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Oddfellows Playhouse Presents "Food Improv: Take 2" June 6

A La Carte: Oddfellows Playhouse Presents "Food Improv: Take 2" June 6

Oddfellows Playhouse hosts Food Improv: Take 2 June 6 at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown, a celebration of local food and performing...

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Taste Of The Nation New Haven 2013

Taste Of The Nation New Haven 2013

This year's Taste Of The Nation New Haven on May 22 may have been held at a different venue (the Omni Hotel rather than Yale's Woolsey Hall)...

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Lobster Days  at Mystic Seaport May 25-27

A La Carte: Lobster Days at Mystic Seaport May 25-27

Mystic Seaport's annual "Lobster Days" kicks off Memorial Day weekend again this year. Lobster dinners "in the rough" are served up by the...

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Fleming's  Brings Back 'Small Plates, Big Pours'

A La Carte: Fleming's 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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Local Restaurant Reviews

Novel Cuisine At The Cottage

Novel Cuisine At The Cottage

The Cottage, a well-established family-run restaurant located about a quarter-mile past the Farmington/Plainville line, has long been a...

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...