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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…