Category Archives: Editor’s Journal

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

World-Famous Pepe’s Pizza Celebrates 85 Years!

Eighty-five years ago, Frank Pepe began selling his popular “tomato pies” in New Haven, and that simple venture grew to become the world famous Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana on Wooster Street. A few years back, the Pepe family began to recreate the exact recipe, coal ovens and baking methods in Fairfield, Manchester, Mohegan Sun, and Yonkers,Continue Reading

Fourth Annual Stages Wine Dinner Held At Waterbury’s Palace Theater

Waterbury is home not only to the RestaurantsCT.com offices but to the magnificent Palace Theater. On Thursday, June 3rd, the Fourth Annual Stages Wine Dinner was held at the historic institution. It was my first visit to this impressive community resource, so I took many pictures. Posted on either side of the entrance were postersContinue Reading

Original SoupMan Of Seinfeld Fame Slinging More Than Soup At Mohegan Sun

The Original SoupMan hosted a private tasting party for the media at Mohegan Sun earlier this spring. This Original SoupMan location opened back in November of 2009 in the recently revamped Food Court called Fidelia’s Market in the Winter Entrance of Mohegan Sun. The Original SoupMan enjoys a prominent location opposite Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana.Continue Reading