Author Archives: Frank Cohen

Union League Café In New Haven Goes Beautifully With Theater (See Review Of Long Wharf Theatre’s Macbeth 1969)

Understandably, Union League Café in New Haven is a favorite with theater-goers. It’s highly accessible to patrons of the Schubert Theater, the Yale Repertory Theatre, and the handful of other downtown venues, but workable even with plays showing at Long Wharf Theatre (thanks especially to the Church Street Bridge built in 2003 to link LongContinue Reading

A Taste Of Hartford Visit To Burger Baby

Running from Monday, January 23rd to Sunday, February 5th, the Taste of Hartford is in the midst of its winter 2012 edition. This is genuine cause for celebration—and participation! The organizers of Taste of Hartford never seem to forget that the primary goal of a restaurant week is not to maximize immediate profit but toContinue Reading

Qu’est-ce que c’est, Kess’ Café? [Now Closed]

I had spotted cleverly named Kess’ Café in Plantsville while scouting Southington’s rapidly evolving dining scene a few months ago. And now, on a January day that nine inches of snow fell in my Hamden hometown, I drove carefully to Plantsville with two friends to dine at the quirky, eclectic café. “Il fait froid, mesContinue Reading