Cavey’s in Manchester is one of my favorite restaurants. Well, actually, Cavey’s is two of my favorite restaurants, a choice presenting itself to eager diners the moment they walk in, whether to proceed to the hostess station for the delightful Italian restaurant situated upstairs or plunge down the steps to the luxuries of its fine… Continue Reading
Connecticut Restaurant Week, October 2011 (4)—Carbone’s Ristorante In Hartford
One of the things I greatly admire about Carbone’s Ristorante in Hartford is the success that the restaurant’s third generation has had in transitioning Hartford’s oldest surviving restaurant into modernity. Unlike some of New Haven’s Wooster Street restaurants, which remain frozen snapshots in time providing as much of a tourist as a dining experience, Carbone’s… Continue Reading
Connecticut Restaurant Week, October 2011 (3)—Crave In Ansonia
As a restaurant critic and food writer of 17 years, I have visited many of the significant restaurants in the Nutmeg State. A goodly number still manage to elude me, however. I eat out virtually every night, but there are still only 365 days in most years. One of the great aspects of an event… Continue Reading