Connecticut's best cure for seasonal affective disorder. The interior, light colored wood, linen and soft concrete, is exquisite. One of the country's most unique buildings.
Free parking in attached garage, great produce, look for the special prices for co-op members. Before or after, check out the dozens of top-notch restaurants & cafes that dot surrounding streets.
Bike it all the way to Northampton, MA. Leave at 8am and you'll have time to get there, grab dinner, and take your bike back on a Greyhound bus to New Haven.
Sit out on the patio on a nice day, grab an espresso, and watch the constant stream of families, joggers, cyclists, and dogs passing by.
Try the Challah French Toast. One particularly good version is stuffed w/ Peanut Butter, roasted peanuts & caramelized bananas in Rum Maple syrup. Brunch menu changes each weekend, check the website.
Try the tres leches, puff pastries with fresh fruit, harvest (vegetable) muffins, and tortilla espanola.
New Haven's best view. When the leaves fall, there's a 300 degree view of the surrounding area.
Always go, your first time, on a sunny dayyou"ll know why once inside :)
Go to the top of the park in the evening and watch a sunset there. There's seating for small picnics too.
Owner John Ginnetti offers the most impressive selection of offbeat cocktails in Connecticut. Try to secure a seat on the comfy "Pads" and order juleps garnished with mint from his personal garden. Read more.
Hello SCSY delegates! I'm impressed you made it out this far from the Yale campus - now you're in for a treat! Pizza was pretty much invented here! Read more.
According to the Yale tour, the original cemetery was here. When they relocated, they left the bodies underground and just moved the headstones. Good to know in advance of the zombie apocalypse!
"Modern Apizza is one of my favorite graduate school haunts!" --Adam Richman, Man v Food Nation
