Allegro Café
← Restaurants Allegro Cafe Breakfast is one of the three greatest meals of the day, and the breakfast at Allegro’s is spectacular. “This place. THIS PLACE!!! I ordered the broccoli and cheese omelet with homefries and YUM! It was cooked with light salt which I always love because then you can just add on your […]
First & Last Tavern
← Restaurants First & Last Tavern This place is a Hartford institution. The atmosphere is boisterous without being too loud or rowdy. The food is awesome, old-school Italian. First date? Perfect spot. Out of town guests? Bring them to First and Last. Young kids? Absolutely. Grandparents in town? Bring ‘em over. TRIVIA: Open since 1936, […]
Spigot Café
← Bars Spigot Café The Spigot Café is a real favorite. And not just a Hartford.com favorite. A perennial, there might be something wrong with you if you don’t appreciate its simplicity, 50 year favorite. It is just a bar. Pure and simple. Nothing fancy or gimmicky. Just a solid bar with the best beer […]
Mo’s Midtown Restaurant
← Restaurants Mo’s Midtown Restaurant This is one of those line-out-the-door on the weekends breakfast spots. The line moves pretty fast, and it’s always fun to see the mix of neighborhood folks and hungover law and music students all milling about together waiting to mainline coffee in an effort to right themselves for the day […]
Parrilla Y Sabores
← Restaurants Parrilla Y Sabores Parrailla Y Sabores: Lo mejor de la Cocina Colombiana en Hartford. There’s a Yelp review for Parrilla Y Sabores that deserves to be quoted here. Dianna L wrote, “Disclaimer: the only things I have eaten from Parrilla y Sabores are their empanadas… but those babies alone deserve like 7 stars […]
LaRosa Marketplace
← Restaurants LaRosa Marketplace LaRosa’s is legendary in Hartford. Since 1930, four generations of LaRosas have been providing the best house-made Italian sausage (mild, medium or hot) than you’ve ever had in your entire life. Their chicken parmesan sandwich will pretty much ruin all other chicken parm sandwiches for you forever. If you’re there for […]
The Capital Grille
← Bars / Restaurants The Capital Grille The Capital Grille’s website states that “It is our sole desire that everything, and we mean everything, that arrives at your table at The Capital Grille delights you. To ensure that experience, we use only the finest, freshest ingredients, artfully prepared in recipes designed to engage all of […]
Fire N Spice Vegan Restaurant
← Restaurants Fire-N-Spice The Jamaican heritage of the owners of Fire & Spice Vegan Restaurant might not directly influence their love of raw food, but it certainly informs some of their vegan and vegetarian recipes. Eastern-inspired red lentil dahl, hearty tempeh burgers, delicately barbecued tofu- is your mouth watering yet? Outside of the fire-kissed specialties, […]
Monte Alban Restaurant
← Restaurants Monte Alban Emily C. opens her Yelp review of Monte Alban with a prayer to the guacamole gods: “Holy mole mole mole mole. No. Seriously. Mole.” Emily C. is correct. Holy mole indeed. But also holy guacamole, holy enchilada, holy tortilla soup, holy homemade hot sauce, and holy delicious magic corn cake thing […]
Take Five Cookery
← Restaurants Take Five Cookery Take Five Cookery is part cafeteria, part sanctuary (very little cell service), and wholly delicious. All items are made from scratch in Take Five’s own kitchen. They have a hot food bar, a sandwich bar, a salad bar, daily blackboard specials and daily soups. They update their website with their […]