Author Archives: Frank Cohen

Connecticut Restaurant Week, October 2011 (7C)—The Scorpion Bar At Foxwoods

After great visits to Shrine and High Rollers, our final Connecticut Restaurant Week visit was to The Scorpion Bar at Foxwoods Resort & Casino. As it gets later in the evening, the excitement level at each of these venues ratchets up several notches. There were times at The Scorpion Bar when we felt a littleContinue Reading

Connecticut Restaurant Week, October 2011 (7B)—High Rollers At Foxwoods

After a great visit to Shrine at Foxwoods, my friend and I felt a little like the Jetsons as we took a combination of corridors, escalators and people movers to High Rollers Luxury Lanes & Lounge, the second of our three Connecticut Restaurant Week visits planned for that evening (all of which were represented onContinue Reading

Connecticut Restaurant Week, October 2011 (7A)—Shrine At Foxwoods

The participation in Connecticut Restaurant Week of three intriguing eateries at Foxwoods Resort & Casino sent me off to the eastern corner of the state. I’d heard great things about Shrine—a 225-seat pan-Asian restaurant located in the MGM Grand—so I was eager to try it. My friend and I found the restaurant easily enough, enjoyingContinue Reading