Some town’s Restaurant Weeks fail to ignite much interest because the participating restaurants aren’t great, or because there isn’t sufficient appearance of value to attract the public, or because restaurateurs skimp on portions or quality ingredients or play to the lowest common denominator, or because organizers fail to impose enough discipline to get everybody on… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Frank Cohen
Hamden Restaurant Week 9—DiMatteo’s Pizza & Restaurant
In the Land of the Sleeping Giant, there are other restaurants that haven’t gotten their full due. That’s why we held a Hamden Restaurant Week. One of my favorites is DiMatteo’s Pizza & Restaurant. Due, perhaps, to its Hamden Plaza setting, it’s all too easy to dismiss DiMatteo’s as just another strip-mall Italian joint good… Continue Reading
Hamden Restaurant Week 8—Sono Bana Japanese Restaurant
Sono Bana Japanese Restaurant, formerly Hama, has been one of my favorite Connecticut restaurants for going on twenty-five years. Although the name changed a few years ago, the management has not. The self-effacing but widely respected Seisan Muto is still the man. Located at the corner of Dixwell and Putnam Avenues in an unprepossessing row… Continue Reading