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Claire’s Corner Copia Awarded AAA’s “Best Of” Title

admin2024-07-18T13:34:08+00:00AAA has named four southwestern Connecticut restaurants among the top in their rating categories. "With 59,000 Diamond Rated establishments from which to choose, AAA has unveiled a new 'Best Of' designation to give travelers another way to find great options for any trip or budget," the...

New Haven Anchor Spa is back

admin2024-07-18T13:34:10+00:00The Anchor is back — way back. The storied dive bar, a favorite of college students and townies alike, is once again the Anchor Spa, the original iteration before it was the Anchor Restaurant. New owner Karl Franz Williams has reopened it 18 months after the restaurant...

Michael Micinilio Chalk Up

admin2024-07-18T13:34:10+00:00What do a snowman with a wine bottle, a baker flying on a measuring cup and a creepy, hollow-eyed businessman all have in common? Michael Micinilio.  For the past decade and a half, Micinilio’s been illustrating New Haven chalkboards with such strange, playful characters. Patrons of BAR...

The Best New Ice Cream Shops in the U.S.

admin2024-07-18T13:34:10+00:00What do stilettos have to do with sundaes? Not much, unless you’re at Arethusa, a Connecticut farm and dairy from the 1860s that was rescued from golf course developers by Manolo Blahnik executives Tony Yurgaitis and George Malkemus....

A Review of Tarry Lodge, in New Haven

admin2024-07-18T13:34:11+00:00The metro area has few culinary A-listers to rival Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich — the restaurant-world power duo behind Manhattan venues like Babbo (winner of multiple James Beard Awards), the Michelin-starred

Connecticut Open in a roundup of “Five Top Tennis Vacations”

admin2024-07-18T13:34:13+00:00Connecticut Open, New Haven, CT, August 15-23 What to Know? The Connecticut Open is the final tournament in a string of North American women’s events before the US Open. Past champions at the Connecticut classic include Venus Williams, Steffi Graf, Justine Henin and Jennifer...