Monthly Archives: February 2014

Bread & Chocolate Bakery/Café In Hamden Delights

If our tough winter brings out the wolf in you, perhaps the place to satisfy your snarling appetite is Bread & Chocolate Bakery/Café in Hamden. Place an order with owner Alejandra Quintero or her lovely daughter Tiani, then take it to go or enjoy it immediately in the spacious café area. Order from the regularContinue Reading

Beach + Barn Bar & Bistro In Branford Beckons

If you’re a fan of Arturo “Franco” and Suzette Franco-Camacho—and if you’re a lover of great food you should be—then Beach + Barn Bar & Bistro in Branford is beckoning to you. Yes, you! Because despite being among Greater New Haven’s most beloved and popular restaurateurs, the Franco-Camachos have struggled to find the concept toContinue Reading

Cask Republic In Stamford Is Already Going Great Guns

My dining companion, Carrol, and I headed to Stamford to see if the recently opened Cask Republic could maintain the high standards set by its older New Haven sibling. The Cask Republics are part of the Skål Restaurant Group that also includes The Ginger Man in Norwalk and its Greenwich sibling. Situated in a backContinue Reading