Dinner by Italian imports
On a recent Friday evening, Jackie Ruby’s kitchen was filled with fresh ingredients from Arthur Avenue, along with decanted wine and two Valentinos in…
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Sense and sensibility at Hudson Garden Grill
Photographs by Danielle Brody After spending an afternoon amid a breathtaking display of daffodils, tulips and orchids (courtesy of “Orchidelirium”) at the New York…
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The Old Greenwich Social Club serves up comfort food and more
Everyone’s welcome at The Old Greenwich Social Club. Previously an Irish pub called Mackenzie’s, “OG Social” maintains a community atmosphere, serving comfort food that…
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Noir, a Stamford newcomer
Noir is a French restaurant that knows how to let loose. It’s a self-proclaimed “bistronomie” — a blend of “bistro” and “gastronomy,” offering a…
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Chinese gets an update
Nouvelle restaurant Wuji gives you a reason to leave home for Chinese. With beautifully presented food, modern décor and signature dishes, this growing restaurant…
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Green grocer takes on new meaning for DeCicco & Sons
DeCicco & Sons is one of the last remaining family-owned grocery stores, yet the business is anything but old fashioned. Its brand new Larchmont…
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Italian dining with family
At Rosa’s La Scarbitta Ristorante, the chef of the self-named restaurant, is the host at every dinner. She doesn’t just cook the food, she…
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Mediterranean meets Mount Kisco
Chef Constantine Kalandris has staked his claim at yet another address. The chef-owner of 8 North Broadway in Nyack and 273 Kitchen in Harrison…
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A local taste of land and sea
Like a trip through a farmers market, Greenwich’s Mill Street Bar & Table offers a diverse sampling of what Connecticut has to offer. Executive…
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Eating well to do good
Photographs by Danielle Brody. Not many restaurants are like Infusion in Pelham. The founding partners have backgrounds in human services, not food, and they…
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Scarsdale’s Wuji offers Chinese dine-in (and takeout, too)
Italian restaurant Savona is out. Chinese restaurant Wuji is in. Scarsdale diners might miss the former tenant on the corner of Chase and Popham…
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Farm-fresh food in good fashion
Photographs by Danielle Brody ABC Kitchen, a farm-to-table restaurant in Manhattan, has good taste — in every sense of that expression. The ABC…
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Celebrity chef Aarón Sánchez dishes on the dock
Photographs by Danielle Brody. The reputation of Aarón Sánchez, celebrity chef (“Chopped”) and co-owner of Paloma, might draw you to the Stamford restaurant,…
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Say cheese at The Fairfield & Greenwich Cheese Co.
Photographs courtesy Fairfield & Greenwich Cheese Co. Laura Downey is a certified cheese expert, but she doesn’t make a big stink about it. She…
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Globetrotting chef now with David’s Soundview Catering
Chef François Kwaku-Dongo has made his way around the globe, including the Fairfield County restaurant scene. WAG last spoke with Kwaku-Dongo for its August…
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Tipsy Cones spikes a classic treat
Brooke Santagata-Albers, a former bartender, has traded the bar for a truck and cups for cones. The self-proclaimed “insane ice cream lady” creates original…
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A Connecticut anomaly draws an international crowd
Amid the large traditional country dwellings along a quiet residential street in New Canaan sits The Glass House, once the residence of its creator,…
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A decade of dance with Marissa Salemi-Giacobbe
Marissa Salemi-Giacobbe, owner of the Breaking Ground Dance Center, guides the dancers in its Petite Company. Photographs by Danielle Brody. On a recent…
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