Bearly Beer The Stack/Black Hog Brewing at Bear’s Smokehouse, New Haven June 2019 I was trying to sort something out for this page and came across the perfect Yelp! Review: Bear's Smokehouse New Haven or The Stack, which is it? Cafeteria-style service or waited tables, which is it? Should I get a drink at … [Read more...]
Handsome Dan
Dead Dan First College Mascot in the United States New Haven I toured some buildings on the Yale campus once, including the incredible Payne Whitney Gym. It's such an incredible gym, I called it a museum and wrote about it. And notably, no one called me an idiot for doing so. In the lobby of the massive … [Read more...]
New Haven Looks Like a Wallaby
New Haven Looks Like a Wallaby New Haven really does look like a wallaby. And a reader alerted me to a graphic designer who figured out that New Haven looks like a wallaby as well. Shout out to HayHay Design in New Haven. Which looks like a wallaby. … [Read more...]
254. Payne Whitney Gym
Poola-Poola New Haven (Google Maps location) October 12, 2013 You know what? I’m not going to do what I always do on pages like this and spend two paragraphs weakly explaining why I consider a certain place a museum when it is clearly not a museum. This is a gym on the Yale campus in New Haven that I’m including … [Read more...]
Erector Brewing at NOLO (Closed)
Erector, All Set Erector Brewing at NOLO May 2019 Erector hasn't brewed anything at this location since right around my visit - and I was never 100% convinced the beers discussed below were even brewed here. The pandemic appears to have officially put the nail in the coffin. The brewer went to Vermont for a while … [Read more...]
Gather New Haven
Gather New Haven New Haven It’s tough to be an urban land trust. For obvious reasons, obviously. Because Connecticut’s cities are so geographically small, very few have much in the way of greenspace. New Haven benefits from its location – not only being a coastal city, but three rivers course through town to the … [Read more...]
New Haven’s Town Trails
New Haven’s Town Trails New Haven has it all. The best university, some of the best museums, some of the best restaurants, and some of the best cultural events in the state. As if that weren’t enough, New Haven is home to some great parkland as well. When it comes to my absurd goal of “completing” every one … [Read more...]
BruRm @ BAR
Grazing the BAR BruRm @ BAR, New Haven April 2019 If you weren't reading a page about the horribly named BruRm @ BAR right now and I asked you, "hey, what's the longest running brewery under the same ownership in the same space in 2019 Connecticut?" what would you guess? Don't even front and tell me you'd say … [Read more...]
242. Yale Center for British Art
Right, Then. Jolly Good. New Haven (Google Maps location) November 9, 2012 The Yale Center for British Art is a Connecticut Art Trail site. Spoiler Alert: When coupled with the neighboring Yale University Art Gallery, you simply can’t find a better day of art in Connecticut. Oh yeah, both are F-R-E-E, free, … [Read more...]
Pizza at Sally’s Apizza
The Best Pizza on Earth Sally’s Apizza, New Haven June 2015 Disclaimer: I love Sally’s. I love them more than I love Pepe’s and Modern and every other pretender to the exalted throne that lords over the Connecticut pizza kingdom. Unapologetically. (And you thought that disclaimer was going to be one … [Read more...]
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