Author Archives: Frank Cohen

The Huntington Street Café In Shelton Offers Good Food, Music, Camaraderie & Even Steamed Cheeseburgers

Located across the road from Huntington Fire Co. No. 3 in Shelton, the Huntington Street Café has a few tables in front as well as on the back porch overlooking Means Brook. Inside the cafe, customers order at the counter off the blackboard menus (click on photos to enlarge). Other products of interest are onContinue Reading

Haywire Burger Bar Opens In Westbrook With Some Of Connecticut’s Best Hamburgers

You’re going to see a lot of burger coverage on RestaurantsCT.com, because one dining trend we’re not unhappy to see is the public’s increasing infatuation with gourmet burgers. We believe that upscale burger joints like Haywire Burger Bar, which opened Monday in Westbrook, are filling an ever-growing appetite for upgraded hamburgers, and therefore, are hereContinue Reading

121 Restaurant Bar At Oxford Airport Offers Sophisticated Dining, Great Burgers & Rainbow Sunsets

My experiences with airport dining have generally been disappointing ones. Captive audiences don’t generally lead to dining excellence. But when I heard that the 121 Restaurant Group was behind the much-talked-up restaurant at Oxford Airport, I wanted to check it out. Years ago, as a Westchester County restaurant critic, I had reviewed 121 Restaurant inContinue Reading