A blog about New Haven
By now, you’ve heard the great news: Trinity Bar is back. You’ve already heard the facts. The fire which broke out nearly two years ago. The struggles with cleanup and renovations. The fear that customers would not return. The triumphant return. But I want to talk about something else: I want to talk about family. … Read more
New Haven has many great neighborhoods, but perhaps none contain all the allure of living downtown in the heart of the Elm City. The glitz. The glamour. The pulsing sound of sirens. It’s got it all. via GIPHY But is living Downtown all it’s cracked up to be? Is it worth the hassle to be … Read more
Note: The following appeared on the /r/newhaven subreddit. It was posted by a Brazilian from São Paulo (pop: 12.18 million) and reprinted with their permission. The author is a postgraduate associate at the Yale School of Medicine who arrived in New Haven June 2018. They prefer to remain anonymous. I’ve come from Brazil to work … Read more
Last May, a wall-to-wall crowd of dancing bodies filled Stella Blues as DJ outfit Sunken Disco performed for their last time in New Haven. Bringing funk, house, trance, and techno to New Haven, the Sunken Disco events were wildly popular. The last one, I could barely find room to dance. Unfortunately, Sunken Disco consisted entirely … Read more
Four years ago, buoyed by a few dozen friends, I stood on stage at Joker’s Wild Comedy Club downtown and tried my hand at telling jokes on stage. I still don’t know what my intent was. To scratch something off my bucket list? To try my hand at something I’d been thinking about for years, … Read more
After living in New Haven for 20 years, I can confirm that this is the greatest city in America (and possibly the world). That’s right. You can keep your grubby New York and your smoggy Los Angeles, your Chi-towns and your Big Easies. I know for a fact that New Haven has them all beat. … Read more
This week, I wanted to do something a little different, and rather than look towards the future, I wanted to reflect on New Haven’s past, and especially, all of the places which have come and gone from the Elm City. But in order to do that, I needed the community’s help. After all, I’ve only … Read more
Happy Snow Day, Everyone Except People With Mean Bosses Or Important Jobs! Welcome to the WORLD OF TOMORROW, where we only use Bitcoins. Here from 2018, we can properly reflect on all of the GREAT and not so great things which happened in 2017. In this article, I’ll present a list of totally random awards … Read more
I don’t remember the first time I went to Anna Liffey’s, which is no surprise. The cozy little basement bar wasn’t exactly the most obvious New Haven hang out. You had to crane your neck up to watch sports on the TV’s, and when it got crowded, as it often did, you couldn’t hear yourself … Read more
It’s Wednesday night and you’ve got this itch to do something. But you don’t feel like going to the usual bars and staring vacantly into your iPhone. Yet tucked away in an unassuming Italian restaurant, something magical is happening. Hips are swaying. Women are twirling around, their vibrant dresses glittering under the lights. Men, dressed in … Read more
