As a current New Haven area resident, I couldn’t resist telling you about the article New York Magazine published on March 29, 2009, written by Adam Graham that mentioned how New Haven (CT) is for foodies!

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FOR FOODIES: New Haven, Connecticut
95 Minutes by Car
The college town’s burgers and pizza are justifiably famous (just check out the customer logjams at Louis’ Lunch and Pepe’s Pizza). Less known are its bounty of locavore restaurants, which have gained steam alongside Yale’s Sustainable Food Project championed by Alice Waters (a former Yale mom). Start at the cozy new fromagerie, Caseus, where $14 gets you four local cheeses served with artisanal breads and preserves. Chef Denise Appel whisks up farmer’s-market creations like smoked-duck nachos at Zinc. Desserts like the brown-sugar crème brûlée and ginger-spice cake are a main draw at Heirloom, housed in the new Study at Yale (from $269), a boutique hotel with bookshelves stocked with hardbacks penned by

Yale alums.