Love the new Vivas! The old Vivas literally put American cheese on the nachos.

Sort of fancy Mexican fusion. Good food, but not a traditional Mexican restaurant.

I don't understand the attraction. Everything is swimming in cheese and sauce. It's not very Mexican.

Mazorca is our jam. Probably my favorite Mexican in the area. Tried Orale a couple times and didn't love it.

Ibiza Tapas in Hamden is excellent and somewhat unique for this area. Not a lot of traditional Tapas bars around here.

Thank you for your service.

You complain a lot.

This is an important point about getting it to go. Like driving a new car off the dealership lot, a pizza loses much of its value as soon as the lid closes on the box.

Zuppardi's is excellent pie and always worthy of mention in these discussions. But if you're coming in from out of town you should really go to one of the big 3.

It's very good. Just not New Haven style.

New ownership, yes. Downhill, nope. Still amazing.

Nor do they have the manpower to watch every intersection. If they capture a photo of the driver, there may be a way to track the car owner. Or whatever. Some people are going to circumvent the system, but at the risk of a significantly higher penalty. They will catch a lot of reckless bastards with the cameras.

I'm really sorry to read this. One thing I love about makehaven is that is has a very open and diverse community that breaks traditional gender norms. If you and others are not feeling comfortable there, by all means let the staff know so we don't erode this community.

This is solid advice. Wait until the quads and dirt bikes hit the streets in the spring. For $4k/month they could get a nice place in Branford by the shore.

While I sympathize with your situation, this "toddler has no rules" statement is absurd. Have you ever met a toddler? They don't understand the problem. Even if the parents are world class child psychologists, it takes time to teach a child anything, especially one who may understand a dozen words. Definitely a good call for you to move.

Thank you. I thought there might be other schools open, but it makes sense to just have the one in the winter.

You want to get this right. I have done maybe a dozen closings (including refis). More often than not, the big banks are calling me or my employer a day before closing to ask for docs that could have been provided weeks before. I take the morning off work, no closing, delayed a few days. It's a nightmare and especially frustrating if you're trying to move into a house.

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Sure but college students make up maybe 10-15% of the population. Not 50-75% like some places.

Average age is 31, which is younger than NYC or Boston (a little surprisingly to me). It can be considered a college town, but it's a relatively small college. This is not like Gainesville or Penn State where the population is outnumbered. Plenty to do outside of the university bubble. Also lots of great stuff here because of the university. It's a great balance, IMHO. As a "pub guy" you will find many places to go that are not overrun by students. Unless you're looking for that - you can find plenty of those too!

I was going to post about the public schools. Several have pools. Conte West Hills and Career High both had open swim a few years back, maybe worth checking if these are closer to you. I would call the number below and ask which schools offer swimming and how you can get a schedule. They don't advertise widely.

https://www.newhavenct.gov/government/departments-divisions/youth-and-recreation-department/programs-initiatives/sports-recreation

Contact

Youth & Recreation

720 Edgewood Avenue

New Haven, CT 06515

(203) 946-8020

I'm not sure I understand your perspective. You may be missing a word or two in your post.

They're building a new one on Universal in front of the movie theater.

Bummer

If you want a quiet co-working office environment, I would suggest the space above Koffee? on Audubon. It's $8/day and a very nice environment. The coffee shop itself has free WiFi and some desk spaces but it often gets crowded.

Did they ever open that cafe? It was closed for COVID.