Author Archives: Bob DeZinno, Publisher

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, theContinue Reading

Hartford-Area Restaurants Step Up To Aid Manchester Shooting Victims

Here’s a way to help the victims of the Hartford Distributors, Inc. tragedy.  During the month of August, several Hartford area establishments that we know of will donate 50 cents from every tall beer sold to the Hartford Distributors Memorial Fund. The restaurants include all CT Max Restaurant Group restaurants (Max Downtown, Max Fish, Max’sContinue Reading

La Tavola’s Nick Mancini Buys Mushrooms From A “Farm” In Waterbury… Yes, Waterbury!

Chef Nicola’s most recent blog post tells of a mushroom farm, deep in the cellar of an old factory building, that’s growing some of the most beautiful colored oyster mushrooms anywhere. Conecticut Chefs, take note! read » » »Continue Reading