Viva Zapata

A bigger contributing factor might be that they dump ranch dressing all over their pizza :(

New haven is weird bc u get people in living in very different income brackets living in very close quarters with one another.

At times living there it felt a bit like some sort of dystopian fantasy setting.

I would say it's a great place to be if you're going right from college with a well paying job.

It's not a great place to be if you're young, making less than 6 figures.

I bartended on crown and college for a while - financially speaking I was fine - nonetheless waiting on Yale students and affiliates made me bitter to no end. My blood boils still just thinking about it.

Most of the under 30s do not know true suffering and it shows.

Not worth it. Left the city and moved back to Boston where I grew up.

Tldr I had a hard time making friends

Olives & Oil or Owl Shop are gonna have your best whisky selection by far. Barcade is a short walk away if you’re into retro arcade games. Best beer selection too. Want a quick snack? Snag a hot dog from OhK-Dog. The venue has some awesome food from Geronimo and a decent beer selection. Prices are reasonable too. Enjoy!

Three Sheets. If need a little closer, Old Heidelberg.

Fair Haven Oyster is much better.

I’m too late, but these always impress guests: The Luke, Rockfish, Nolo, Tavern on State, Fair Haven Oyster, Camacho, Hachiroku.

Agreed. So expensive and so inconsistent and underwhelming.

Humble them bring them somewhere bad

This list is tragic

BAR Pizza is around the corner - they have an in-house brewery and good pizza.

Grab a spicy margarita and some tacos from Te Amo, go up the street for a nice cocktail at Ordinary and you’ll be 200ft from the venue. Also Insomnia cookies is right outside for after the show gets out.

Lovely restaurant.

Absolute facts

Lol Fair… Very fair point. Is the pizza there, all it’s cracked up to be

Much more expensive than Sherkaan though

Definitely a lot more expensive than sherkaan

I've had more bad meals than good at shell and bones

Tavern, Union League, Olea no particular order.

I hear The Luke is phenomenal

This is interesting! I may try as well

Tavern on state is our favorite restaurant! Camacho garage is a fun atmosphere and the food is good. Adriana’s is delicious and classic New Haven

It ain’t it my dawg. At all.
I moved from pvd and it’s so much more dead in every respect.

I would go to Boston/Newport often and the casinos every once in a while from pvd (we had the mall for movies and the playhouses + other pts of mass and ri for concerts et Al. On my way thru the middle states, I’d do nyc.

that said…there is that from New Haven. Nyc. it’s a completely different vibe of course as you’d well know. we do have a couple of movie houses, yale rep, and the Schubert. But yeah. Food +everything else is subpar to Boston.

I agree. Shell and bones (and the rest of their restaurants) has great ambiance, but their food should be much better, especially considering how expensive it is

Supposedly it’s the minerals in the water that influence the dough, might not taste the same in Ohio.