Today's Gilded Age: Gold Reflects Renewed Optimism, With Restraint
A somewhat sunnier economic outlook is ushering in a new gilded age in fashion and home design, but with a healthy measure of restraint.
View ArticleCreative Twists On Cajun And Creole Cuisine, And All That Jazz
A dining establishment that wears its music-loving heart on its sleeve is Scatz Restaurant & Jazz Lounge in Middletown. Even the "S" in its signage resembles a treble clef. Inside this restaurant...
View ArticleTwo Sides To The Russo's Bakery Story: Exceptional Pastries And Pizza
Although some bakeries keep less-than-complete hours, Russo's Bakery in Enfield is a welcome exception. Owned by Suffield residents Giovanni and Rosanna Russo, the pastry shop is open seven days a week...
View ArticleThe Mill at 2t, Tariffville
For pretty much the first five years of its existence, The Mill at 2t in Tariffville had one of Connecticut's most freewheeling kitchens. The menu changed nightly, with chef-owner Ryan Jones taking...
View ArticleFormer Castle Inn At Cornfield Point Is Now A Private Home
One structure stands out along Old Saybrook's coast: a grand, stone manse with a bright orange roof looming over Long Island Sound and the shingled cottages that surround it. The former Castle Inn at...
View ArticleExplore The Enticing Flavors Of Peru At Vista Alegre
Most Hartford-area foodies with a love of Peruvian fare are likely aware of Cora Cora in West Hartford and the Piolin restaurants in Hartford and East Hartford. But mentions of Vista Alegre usually...
View ArticleBear's Bite Is Worse Than His Bark
Bear's Smokehouse, which began a little more than a year ago on the bucolic west bank of the Farmington River in Windsor, has opened a second branch in Hartford on the decidedly metropolitan southeast...
View ArticleBack Pain Not Related to Rain
If you think the weather affects your joints or back, a study released recently says you should probably reconsider, at least when it comes to your back. It found no connection between back pain and...
View ArticleFirst Steps For Runners: Take Care of Your Feet
Mile after mile they stand — or, rather, move — between us and the pavement, absorbing tremendous force and impact. Yet often it's not until runners suffer from blisters, pain, swelling or, worse yet,...
View ArticleHot On The Trail Of Antiques In Connecticut
"Antiques are associated with the fall, but it's year-round," Fiveash said. "What we want to make sure people know is that antique shopping and antiquing is part of the whole experience when people...
View ArticleUConn Football Fans Step Up Their Tailgating Game
UConn football tailgating enthusiasts don't come much more dedicated than Richard Twilley, who graduated from the university in 1996. His car is often one of the first in the lot when Rentschler Field...
View ArticleAvoid Sabotaging Your Diet With The Holidays
The holidays can be a particularly challenging time to be on a diet — all that comfort food, all those old favorites. So, guard yourself as best you can from tripping into the usual dieting pitfalls....
View ArticleAffordable With A Creative Menu At Viron Rondo Osteria
Located just barely within the New Haven County line in Cheshire, in the space that formerly housed Luca Ristorante and Brix Restaurant before that, is eponymous Viron Rondo Osteria. The location may...
View ArticleVinted Wine Bar & Kitchen, West Hartford
When Vinted Wine Bar & Kitchen opened in West Hartford's Blue Back Square, I wasn't blown away. I could tell that its chef, Michael Presnal, was formidable, his ingredients well-sourced and his...
View ArticleHartford's Half Door Is A Holiday Sanctuary
The Christmas holidays are the traditional time for merrymaking and for making memories. And as delightful as family may be, there comes a time during everyone's visit home when they can't wait to get...
View ArticleChristmas In CT, More Then Just A Fun Old Movie
Christmas in Connecticut might conjure images straight out of a Currier and Ives lithograph for many, but for those of us who live here we know the holiday means a diversity of tradition well beyond...
View ArticleAlgarve Bar & Grill, Rocky Hill
Despite it's having been open slightly less than the three months I usually wait, I decided to review Algarve Bar & Grill in Rocky Hill because its on-line reviews were very positive and because...
View ArticleConnecticut's Latest Brewery Is In Oxford
Scholars have learned that brewing beer was a culinary art developed by the ancients on several continents. Before America's craft beer revolution that was begun by home brewers in the late 1970s and...
View ArticleOvens of France Bakery, Woodbury
Folks who live in Woodbury, or even near it, have plenty to be thankful for, given the bucolic setting and interesting restaurants and other businesses to patronize. At the north end of Sherman Village...
View ArticleGrady Tavern, Manchester
When it comes to bars, it seems most people would love to find that Cheers-like one "where everybody knows your name." Grady Tavern in Manchester could be that bar.
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