April 2010

Front Row: Dave Brubeck

by Patricia Grandjean

Nicholas Roberts, Norwalk

On Main Street, two minutes south of the intersection of the Post Road and the old Route 7 in Norwalk, Nicholas Roberts Gourmet Bistro couldn’t be more prominently located. Still, it’s amazingly easy to miss, in part because you have to enter the building through the parking lot, and because until recently there was no sign that you could see from the road. There’s a sign now, but the interior lighting is pleasantly subdued so what catches your eye as you drive by is the pizza place next door ablaze with light. Talk about hidden in plain sight!

by Elise Maclay

La Belle Aurore, Niantic

Hmm, a small storefront restaurant named for the Roman goddess of dawn in a 1950s strip mall in Niantic? Now that’s interesting. What’s cooking? Ethereal morsels for discriminating mortals?

by Elise Maclay

Eating Our Way Through ... Foxwoods

Eight diners, 20 restaurants, 10 hours. The assignment was extreme but the rewards many as we explored the cornucopia of dining pleasure at Foxwoods and MGM Grand.

Examining the Evidence

Solving crimes with science at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory in Meriden.

by Ray Bendici