Whether as places to eat on the way to a destination or as epicurean destinations in themselves, Connecticut’s cafés offer homemade dishes and delicacies of all varieties, enough to please any palate. And while each has its own, unique story, the love and enthusiasm that the proprietors have for both their work and their customers is a defining, common thread. They share a passion not only for locally sourced ingredients, but also for the important role that small eateries play in community building, and every vegan, vegetarian, and omnivore is invited to dine.
Mountainside Café: Healing Through Food
Most restaurants do a good job of quieting a customer’s appetite, but there may not be another eatery that will both delight a diner’s palate and fill his heart as well as Mountainside Café,...
Meraki
From the servers’ hospitality to Patty and Martin’s playful dialogue with each other, everyone here embodies the spirit of meraki, a Greek word that is a not easily translated, but the essence of...
Claire's Corner Copia
There are few things in New Haven that rival Yale as an institution, but Claire’s Corner Copia, located at the edge of campus, is one of them. A vegetarian restaurant, Claire’s Corner Copia has...
Café Xpresso
What do a husband and wife do for their next act after her job is downsized and he sells his business? Open a restaurant, of course. For Café Xpresso owners Marie and Bob Schlump, who have been...
Baldanza Café
Although easily missed, accessed via a brick-lined alley that hides it from the clamor of New Canaan’s busy Elm Street, BALDANZA Cafe is bustling.
