Author Archives: Frank Cohen

A Connecticut Restaurant Week Visit To Mill On The River In South Windsor

Another restaurant that offered enough appearance of value and an intriguing enough menu to draw me out during Connecticut Restaurant Week was Mill on the River in South Windsor. One of these days, I’ll visit this restaurant during broad daylight, and properly enjoy its surroundings. Still, judicious use of lights illuminates its mill waterfall, itsContinue Reading

A Connecticut Restaurant Week Visit To The Hawthorne Inn In Berlin

In the rush to the new and exciting, food writers tend to overlook established restaurants that have been pleasing customers for a long time. Restaurant Weeks are good chances not only to discover new places but to reconnect with old favorites. I was drawn to the Hawthorne Inn by the menu it posted on theContinue Reading

Hamden Restaurant Week 14—And Back To Ibiza Tapas & Wine Bar Twice (Plus Mayoral Wrap-Up)

Because there were thirteen participating food purveyors and fourteen lunch-and-dinner time slots during Hamden Restaurant Week, I was able to return to Ibiza Tapas & Wine Bar to try the remaining eight tapas that I had missed on the first pass. I came late on Sunday evening, when the last rush had passed. My wifeContinue Reading