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New Haven Among Best Places To Live In America, Brand-New Ranking Says
Hartford – No. 148. U.S. News & World Report said it took new data into consideration for its 2024 ranking, shifting its focus from metropolitan areas as a whole to data based on specific cities. “The incorporation of city-based data further localizes the Best Places to Live rankings, empowering...
Italian Restaurant In New Haven Is Backdrop For New Mafia Movie
A New Haven, Connecticut restaurant is backdrop for a new action film coming out in late 2024, early 2025. The Italian restaurant and bar Portofino’s New Haven has served as a backup for a movie scene in the mafia movie Nadia’s Request. Located at 937 State Street in the pizza capitol of the world, New Haven. With more than 20 years experience the owner at Portofino's embraced the Hollywood experience of having a movie filmed on their premisis, but are still dedicated to creating their delicious Italian cuisine for all their loyal patrons.
Barstool Sports Media Mogul Does New Round of CT Pizza Reviews
Barstool Sports founder/media mogul Dave Portnoy has made pizza reviews tolerable. Instead of watching Youtube episodes that run 48 minutes and include a lot of rear-end smooching, Portnoy boils it down to the bare bones and provides ratings that people respect. Portnoy's one-bite pizza reviews have become appointment viewing on...
This Sandy Hook Hidden Gem Blew My Expectations Out of the Water
I don't remember how many articles I've written over the years about 'New' and/or 'Best Of' restaurants throughout Connecticut. This past Friday morning, after hearing rave reviews, Mindy and I sat down for breakfast at The Sandy Hook Cafe, located at 3 Glen Road in Sandy Hook. In our 45...
Share the shore with nesting birds this summer at the beach
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection reminded beachgoers and others recreating on the shoreline this summer to share the shore with nesting birds. As public use of Connecticut’s beaches grows, DEEP said in a release on Tuesday that there are fewer locations for shorebirds...
Connecticut Restaurant Makes List of Most Beautiful in the Country
'Most Beautiful' isn't something you hear a lot when people are comparing restaurants, but I do feel it's something people don't look past. The way a restaurant looks can absolutely make or break someone's choice when choosing where they want to dine out for the night. Just recently, People came out with a list of The 50 Most Beautiful Restaurants in America and a restaurant not too far from Danbury landed on the list. They had the help of OpenTable and they looked for "super-stylish stunners that deliver unforgettable dining experiences."
Cellar Shows How To Rock A Monday
New Haven-based artist Michael Miglietta has a visual style that leans into the surreal and the cosmic, creating dizzying, shape-shifting images with bold linework and vivid color. Under the moniker Parlay Droner, he’s also an experimental musician, exploring the harsher edges of sound. For a show of his artwork at the Cellar on Treadwell in Hamden, however, he faced a more pragmatic problem: “What do I have to do to get people to see a great band from Ireland on a Monday night?”
It’s a marvelous mix of metal, melody and magic this week in CT arts
From magical (Penn & Teller) to fabulous (“Kinky Boots”) to “Fun, Fun, Fun” (The Beach Boys), it’s a week of flights of fancy on Connecticut stages. Consider this the unofficial start of the escapist summer concert season. Loud wild shows this week cover over a generation of metal, from Sebastian Bach to Fuming Mouth. On the calmer side, one of the all-time great American singer/songwriters, ...
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