Category Archives: Editor’s Journal

What our Executive Editor, Frank Cohen, has been up to this week.

Gifford’s Offers Imaginative Fare To The Good Folk Of Kent

James Neunzig and Michael Moriarty, the folks behind J.P. Gifford Market & Catering Company in Kent, decided to open a New American restaurant called Gifford’s, prompting us to take a bite of the old apple. Once inside, we loved the cute little bar. There was a nice fire “burning” in the fireplace. We were seatedContinue Reading

Engine Room In Mystic Offers Great Hamburgers & Other Creative Fare

Many readers may remember the childhood rhyme: Engine, engine number nine Going down Chicago line If the engine jumps the track Will I get my money back? Well, Engine Room, a casual offshoot of popular Oyster Club located in the remodeled Riverwalk space in Mystic, never goes off track and no one ever wants hisContinue Reading

Vote For Jeffrey Lizotte Of ON20 For Food & Wine’s Best New Chef

After a nationwide search, Food & Wine has announced its nominees for the fourth annual The People’s Best New Chef Award. Mega-talent Jeffrey Lizotte, executive chef of ON20 in Hartford, is Connecticut’s only nominee. His nomination comes as no surprise to me, as I was quite active in pushing for it. No one from ConnecticutContinue Reading