Mickey’s Restaurant & Bar isn’t just one of my favorite Hamden restaurants but one of my favorite restaurants period. I’m known to stop there for everything from a good burger and fries to a taste of the Middle East to great pastas to contemporary American favorites like a crabmeat and mango salad, herb-rubbed hanger steak… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Hamden Restaurant Week 3—The Terrace (With WQUN’s Ray Andrewsen)
Hamden not only has some terrific restaurants but their diversity mirrors the actual makeup of its population. Hamden has a substantial Asian population (on my apartment floor there are four Asian families, counting my own) and more than a few Asian restaurants. There is a substantial Indian population in Hamden, and a rumor going around… Continue Reading
Hamden Restaurant Week 2—Eli’s On Whitney
As a Hamden Restaurant Week organizer, I feel like a proud papa seeing generous and intriguing prix-fixe menus developed by the participating restaurants and enthusiastic crowds responding to them. Restaurant Weeks are all about offering excitement and value, so people will break from their routines and try something different. The only thing I ask of… Continue Reading