In the Land of the Sleeping Giant, there are other restaurants that haven’t gotten their full due. That’s why we held a Hamden Restaurant Week. One of my favorites is DiMatteo’s Pizza & Restaurant. Due, perhaps, to its Hamden Plaza setting, it’s all too easy to dismiss DiMatteo’s as just another strip-mall Italian joint good… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Hamden Restaurant Week 8—Sono Bana Japanese Restaurant
Sono Bana Japanese Restaurant, formerly Hama, has been one of my favorite Connecticut restaurants for going on twenty-five years. Although the name changed a few years ago, the management has not. The self-effacing but widely respected Seisan Muto is still the man. Located at the corner of Dixwell and Putnam Avenues in an unprepossessing row… Continue Reading
Connecticut Restaurant Week, October 4 – 10
This is the big one, and it’s next week. In Connecticut, we have come to love our restaurant weeks… in New Haven, Westport, Hamden, Hartford… to name but a few. Favorite restaurants get jammed with happy diners, bustling servers, chefs and bartenders, and grinning owners. Connecticut Restaurant Week, sponsored by the Connecticut Restaurant Association, the… Continue Reading