Daily Archives: July 14, 2009

Toro! Toro! Toro!

You could be forgiven if you heard the name Toro and concluded that the restaurant is a Spanish one done up on a matador theme. But just as logically, Toro in Newtown is a pan-Asian restaurant with a really good sushi bar. Its name is based on the fatty part of the tuna that isContinue Reading

Run, Run As Fast As You Can, If You Want To Catch The Ginger Man

It’s hard for me to think of two more appealing establishments to hang out with friends—drinking and dining—than the two Ginger Man restaurants. Unlike gingerbread men in a bakery display case, these Norwalk and Greenwich restaurants are not cookie-cutter twins. They’re more like cousins who share a passing family resemblance. The paterfamilias of these restaurantContinue Reading