Monthly Archives: November 2013

The Big Connect Welcomes Several Area Restaurants To Oakdale Theatre

November 21st was The Big Connect, an annual networking event held at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, one of Connecticut’s best entertainment venues. There were all sorts of seminars and vendors to draw a great cross-section of the business community. Multiple senior care living facilities were represented, including Mary Ann Tursi for The Village atContinue Reading

Feng Asian Bistro In Hartford Throws A Party As Executive Chef Jared Calderone Returns

In early November, Feng Asian Bistro in downtown Hartford threw a party to which I was fortunate enough to be invited. I’m not sure whether the occasion was the return of former and current executive chef Jared Calderone, who went to work for Abigail’s in Simsbury for a stretch, but it certainly seemed to coincideContinue Reading

Roomba Menu Resurfaces At Tacuba Taco Bar In Branford

Many still mourn the loss of Roomba in New Haven. The extraordinarily popular Nuevo Latino restaurant closed in 2007 when its owners, Arturo “Franco” and Suzette Franco-Camacho, were unable to reach accommodation with Yale University on a new lease. The Franco-Camachos went on to purchase a building on College Street and opened Bespoke, a fineContinue Reading