Reviews
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Winvian, MorrisRemember Red Rover, king of the hill, hide-and-seek and "let's pretend"? The magic of childhood drifts away, eludes us when we seek to recapture it. But not at Winvian, where a tree house 35 feet above the forest floor invites us to climb up and spend the night. A cottage called Beaver Lodge on a reed-fringed pond looks as if Toad and his Wind in the Willows pals will arrive any minute. As for an edifice called Secret Society, it's a total mystery. |
May 2009 |
Heirloom at The Study at Yale, New HavenWe drive by New Haven's Study at Yale Hotel three times before I realize that it is not, as I thought, near the old Colony Inn. It is the old Colony Inn. Wow! If that tacky, tired, frequently face-lifted retread could be turned into this sleek, chic, urbane edifice, anything is possible. We might even find a parking place. |
May 2009 | |
Shrine, LedyardHow many in your party? Two, four, five, nine? The more the merrier if you're headed for Shrine in the MGM Grand tower at Foxwoods Casino. Shrine is Party Central by design and in modus operandi. Fun with fun food, Pan-Asia at play. |
April 2009 | |
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116 Crown, New HavenIf 116 Crown were a car instead of a bar, it would be the 2009 Aston Martin DBS. |
April 2009 |
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La Tavola, WaterburyNotwithstanding its Hollywoodesque name, Faces was an Italian neighborhood restaurant dear to the hearts of the residents of the Town Plot section of Waterbury. Sorely missed when it closed, the place reopened in 2008 with new owners, a new chef and a more appropriate name, La Tavola, which in Italian means The Table. |
March 2009 |
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Morello Bistro, GreenwichNew Italian restaurants are fun to explore because, while they speak the same culinary language, they do so with different accents. Some try to be as Old World as possible, others reshape authenticity to accommodate au courant food trends. Morello Bistro, where Gaia used to be, does the latter, with considerable verve and panache. |
March 2009 |
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The Mill on the River, South WindsorIt's Sunday night, usually the second-slowest night of the week for a special-occasion, scenic-destination restaurant, especially in the off-season, yet the Mill on the River's parking lot is full and because we are early for our reservation we have to wait for a table. |
February 2009 |
Nini's Bistro, New HavenNini's Bistro is one of the colorful chips that make up the eclectic mosaic that is New Haven. A storefront café in the Ninth District, with a Chinese restaurant next door, an Indian place on the corner and a Japanese one across the street, it looks and feels like one of those wonderful little mom-and-pop bistros that used to be all over Paris but are now getting hard to find. |
February 2009 | |
Rizzuto's Wood-Fired Kitchen & Bar, West HartfordIt's the American dream. Neighborhood pizza joint adds salads, pasta dishes, Nonna's to-die-for panna cotta, moves into big fancy digs and takes off like a rocket. |
December 2008 | |
The Capital Grille, StamfordTake a look at the crowd at The Capital Grille in Stamford on a Tuesday night. Obviously, the place is doing something right. |
December 2008 |
