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		<title>Westport Restaurant Week 7—Rizzuto’s Wood-Fired Kitchen &amp; Bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seventh Westport eatery I visited was Rizzuto’s Wood-Fired Kitchen &#38; Bar, where my companion and I took an early lunch.


The weather had become so nice that our thoughts turned toward the patio space.


The main entrance foyer was attractive,

but we wanted to check out the take-out entrance

and the products that were available.


We proceeded to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westport Restaurant Week 6—Da Pietro’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sixth Westport eatery I visited was the almost legendary Da Pietro’s.

Namesake Pietro Scotti was very much in evidence.

His good humor and scrupulous attention to detail manifest themselves in the comportment of his staff. Shown here are manager Mohamed Jder with his arm around server Claudio.

My dining companion, Amy Torbert, and I were seated near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westport Restaurant Week 5—Tarantino Restaurant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fifth Westport eatery I visited was Tarantino Restaurant,

a favorite of mine for years. I still have fond memories of my last visit, when I attended a truffle dinner that even included truffle ice cream. For those who don’t know, Tarantino is a sibling of Applausi Osteria in Old Greenwich and Columbus Park Trattoria in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westport Restaurant Week 4—Acqua Ristorante Mediterraneo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fourth Westport restaurant I visited was Acqua Ristorante Mediterraneo,

which wore its Restaurant Week heart on its sleeve.

Most restaurants I visited were good about posting Restaurant Week signs and making sure that the special menus were included among the materials left with diners when they were seated.
My wife and I proceeded past the downstairs bar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westport Restaurant Week 3—Matsu Sushi</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My third Westport Restaurant Week visit found me taking lunch at Matsu Sushi.

A beautiful sunny day, lately the exception rather than the rule, highlighted this view of the Saugatuck River being flooded by a rising tide.

At Matsu Sushi, a warm welcome is guaranteed whoever is manning the phone or hostess station.


Arriving on the early end, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbone&#8217;s, Hartford&#8211;Classic, Timeless… And The &#8220;Roman Dinner&#8221; Is Back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob DeZinno, Publisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an e-mail blast from Carbone&#8217;s on Friday announcing the return of their once-famous &#8220;Seven Course Roman Dinner.&#8221; It was a mainstay at Carbone&#8217;s for years, when the Carl Carbone/Gaetano Carbone generation was at the helm&#8230; and now Vincent Carbone has decided to bring it back. I had promised Chef Noel Jones of Hartford&#8217;s Polytechnic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westport Restaurant Week 2—Tavern On Main</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second Westport restaurant we visited was handsome and historic Tavern on Main.

I have always found its bar area warm and welcoming.

But I usually wind up in the attractive dining room that faces onto the street,

with its fireplace,

its mantle,

and its photograph of the building from the 1950s.

My dining companion was my friend Martha,

who forgave my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westport Restaurant Week 1—Bombay Bar &amp; Grill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We decided to cover the first edition of Westport Restaurant Week, because of the quality and diversity of participating restaurants. In the 2009/10 edition of the Zagat Survey, Westport boasts sixteen restaurants that scored 20 out of 30 or higher for food, topping off with Da Pietro’s 26. These numbers are impressive for a town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geronimo Hosts Veuve Clicquot Champagne Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In late January, I was fortunate enough to attend a Veuve Clicquot Champagne Dinner at Geronimo Tequila Bar &#38; Southwest Grill in New Haven.

My companion and I passed up the front steps and across the patio

to the hostess station, from which we were directed to the rear dining area. There we found the bubbly free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westport Playhouse Hosts Press Event To Announce Westport-Weston Restaurant Week From February 28th to March 6th</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The way things are going, every town in Connecticut with more than a dozen restaurants of note will soon be having its own Restaurant Week. The towns I am aware of that have Restaurant Weeks include Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Norwalk and Guilford. Not to mention lightly publicized Connecticut Restaurant Week. Can Greenwich, Fairfield, New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WINTER 2010 TASTE OF HARTFORD—OUR EDITORIAL AWARDS</title>
		<link>http://www.restaurantsct.com/blog/winter-2010-taste-of-hartford%e2%80%94our-editorial-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editor's Journal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The best move the organizers of the Taste of Hartford ever made was in 2006, when it changed the event from a single-day tasting usually held in Constitution Plaza to a week-long and/or two-week-long event held at the restaurants themselves, adopting the template New York City implemented eighteen years ago.
This time around, to illustrate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sun Winefest—What You Might Have Missed!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut’s largest food and wine show is the annual Sun Winefest. The 2010 edition was held January 30th and 31st in Mohegan Sun’s convention center.
To get there, my wife and I parked and ambled through the Casino of the Sky. On our way, we passed the geyser-like Dale Chihuly glass sculpture and the tumbling waterfall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2010 Taste Of Hartford 10—VIVO Seasonal Trattoria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My tenth, and final, Taste of Hartford visit took me to VIVO Seasonal Trattoria in the Marriott Hotel. As you can see from the spots on the photo, there were still a few scattered raindrops.

We passed through the Hartford Marriott’s handsome foyer

with its attractive reception desk

and striking inlaid marble floor.

Soon we progressed to VIVO’s entrance,

and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2010 Taste Of Hartford 9—Hook &amp; Ladder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My ninth Taste of Hartford visit found me at Hook &#38; Ladder on a cold, misty, Scotland Yard kind of night. You can see the raindrops in the photo.

There was ample parking in the back of the building, a real bonus in Hartford.

The restaurant’s entrance was located off an attractive corridor that bisected the building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2010 Taste Of Hartford 8—Mayor Mike’s Bistro</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My eighth Taste of Hartford visit brought me to Mayor Mike’s Bistro. A few years before, I had reviewed the eponymous restaurant, finding former mayor Mike Peters a most congenial and helpful gentleman, even though I was undercover and he had no idea that he was being written about.
There were a number of people milling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2010 Taste Of Hartford 7—Hot Tomato’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My seventh Taste of Hartford visit delivered me to Hot Tomato’s doorstep.

There was hotness aplenty at the hostess station, thanks to Zenani and Katie.

For those few individuals who have never set foot inside Hot Tomato’s, this restaurant wears its love of the bright red fruit and its pop-art heart on its sleeve.

Its lower dining area,

with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2010 Taste Of Hartford 6—Bin 228 Panini &amp; Wine Bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sixth Taste of Hartford visit found me at Bin 228 Panini &#38; Wine Bar.

The joint was certainly jumping.



My dining companion, Monica, and I took a small table near the window. On one wall were paintings of young women,


on the other paintings of sheep.


I was already a fan of this charming little eatery, having taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2010 Taste Of Hartford 5—J Restaurant/Bar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My fifth Taste of Hartford visit took me to J Restaurant/Bar on Washington Street near Hartford Hospital. I couldn’t wait to try it. Of all the restaurants that I was scheduled to visit on this go-around, J Restaurant was the one about which I knew the least and had the most curiosity. A glance at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2010 Taste Of Hartford 4—Wood-n-Tap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My fourth Taste of Hartford visit found me still on Sisson Avenue at Wood-n-Tap.

Although I had driven by the restaurant countless times, I had only visited the Farmington outlet of this restaurant group. Southington, Rocky Hill and Vernon remain unexplored.
Once inside, we were greeted by this good-looking youth, who identified himself as the host.

Wood-n-Tap’s bar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter 2010 Taste Of Hartford 3—The Half Door</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editor's Journal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My third Taste of Hartford visit found me at The Half Door on Sisson Avenue.

Ensconced in a comfortable, slightly raised booth, my companion Martha

and I looked out over an oasis of warmth and conviviality.




That warmth emanated equally from gracious general manager Spiro Koulouris

and our sweet waitress, Ally.

I wandered around The Half Door before our food [...]]]></description>
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