New Haven Restaurant Week - Fall 2017

New Haven Restaurant Week for Fall 2017

Fall, food, fun, feast, and prix fixe - it all comes together for one week in the Elm City when New Haven launches their delicious RESTAURANT WEEK!

For one week - participating New Haven Restaurants throw open their doors and offer some amazing deals and menu items! Some for lunch specials, some for dinner specials, some for both! There are some prix fixe specials that you simply must try!

Running Sunday, November 5th through Friday, November 10th - treat yourself to a fab meal during New Haven Restaurant Week at one or more of over thirty participating restaurants!

Participating New Haven Restaurant Week Restaurants:

116 Crown (203) 777-3116 http://www.116crown.com

Adrianna’s  (203) 865-6474 http://www.adrianasnewhaven.com

Atelier Florian  (203) 859-5999 http://atelierflorian.net

Barcelona (203) 848-3000 http://www.barcelonawinebar.com/location/new-haven/
Read about my 2013 Restaurant Week visit to Barcelona HERE

Basta Trattoria (203) 772-1715 http://www.bastatrattoria.com

Caffé Bravo  (203) 772-2728 http://www.caffebravo.com

Caseus Fromagerie Bistro (203) 624-3373 http://caseusnewhaven.com

Cask Republic (475) 238-8335 http://caskrepublic.com 
Read about my 2012 dinner at Stamford's Cask Republic HERE

Christopher Martin’s (203) 776-8835 http://www.christophermartins.com
Read about my 2013 Restaurant Week visit  to Christopher Martin's HERE

Elm City Social (475) 441-7436 https://elmcitysocial.com

Fornarelli’s Ristorante (203) 745-5677 http://fornarellisristorante.com

Goodfellas (203) 785-8722 http://www.goodfellasrestaurant.com

Harvest Wine Bar & Restaurant (203) 777-2500 http://harvestwinebar.com
Read about my 2015 Restaurant Week visit to Harvest HERE

Heirloom (203) 503-3919 http://www.heirloomnewhaven.com

John Davenport’s (203) 974-6858 http://www.johndavenports.com/enews/index.html

L’Orcio (203) 777-6670  https://lorcio.com

Lenny and Joe’s Fish Tale  (203) 691-6619 http://ljfishtale.com/page/19694-New-Haven-Lunch-Specials

Mecha Noodle Bar  (203) 691-9671 https://mechanoodlebar.com 
Read about my 2016 visit to Mecha for dinner HERE

Miya’s Sushi (203) 777-9760 http://www.miyassushi.com

New Haven’s Taste of China (203) 745-5872 http://www.tasteofchinaus.com/newhaven/

Olea (203) 780-8925 http://www.oleanewhaven.com

Olives and Oil (203) 891-5870 https://www.olivesandoil.com

Pacifico (203) 772-4002 http://pacificonewhaven.com

Prime 16  (203) 782-1616 http://prime16.com

Roía (203) 200-7045 http://roiarestaurant.com

Shell and Bones (203) 787-3466 http://shellandbones.com/restaurant-week
Read about my 2016 visit to Shell & Bones for Restaurant Week HERE

 Soul de Cuba Cafe  (203) 498-2822 http://souldecuba.com

Tarry Lodge  (203) 672-0765 http://newhaven.tarrylodge.com
Read about my 2017 visit to Tarry Lodge for Restaurant Week HERE

Tre Scalini  (203) 777-3373 http://www.trescalinirestaurant.com
Read about my 2012 visit to Tre Scalini for lunch HERE

Union League Cafe (203) 562-4299 http://unionleaguecafe.com/menu-new/

Zinc (203) 624-0507 http://unionleaguecafe.com/menu-new/

Make sure if you visit one of the participating restaurants during restaurant week that you tag #NHVeats and #CTRW and follow the hashtags for some looks at some amazing fare!

New Haven Restaurant Week at Tarry Lodge - Spring 2017

Spring 2017 New Haven Restaurant Week at Tarry Lodge

I love that so many towns hold restaurant weeks twice a year, especially when it's in the spring when the days get longer and your mood elevates with all the sunshine to come! This spring, the 2017 New Haven Restaurant Week returned from Sunday April 2nd through Friday April 7th.

This year over 30 of downtown New Haven's ethnically diverse restaurants featured a two course $17 for lunch and a three course $34 prix fixe menu for dinner.

Tarry Lodge 2017 Spring "Restaurant Week" Menu

Restaurants that participated offered a  multi-course, prix fixe menu. For lunch it was an appetizer and an entree and for dinner it typically consisted of an appetizer, entrée and dessert. Great idea for a two course lunch (instead of the usual 3-course lunch) because three courses for lunch can be a bit too much, especially when you have to return for the afternoon work day!

The year we had a pretty hectic week at work so I couldn't break away for an off-campus lunch with work mates, and the cowboy and I couldn't coordinate a night earlier in the week so, Gayle and I decided to get together for a girls night and make reservations for Friday night at Tarry Lodge. This was actually my first time dining at Tarry Lodge, in spite of the fact that both Gayle and I used to baby sit for the Executive Chef, Sam (Samantha) Moore -- AND we had stopped there multiple times for New Haven's Wine Crawl - Flights of Fancy!

Tarry Lodge Interior
Note: This picture is from a different date -
the night we stopped for New Haven Restaurant Week it was PACKED

It was great going downtown on a Friday night - and I was pleasantly surprised to see A LOT of traffic and busy restaurants - a great sign that our New Haven community is alive and well and booming!

Tarry Lodge serves classic Italian fare and is operated by the Batali / Bastianich group. Yep, that one, consisting of Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich, Andy Nusser and Nancy Selzer– the team behind the VERY successful Tarry Lodge Restaurants in Westport CT and Port Chester NY.

Cozy seating, a bit too cozy for me with close seating to maximize square footage, and ambient lighting, the restaurant pays homage to Yale's New Haven roots with a bronze bulldog statue of Handsome Dan, the Yale mascot.

Handsome Dan - Yale Bulldog Mascot

Tarry Lodge offers an impressive wine list and menu that includes house-made pasta, fritti and meats cooked over a grill. The restaurant’s pizza bar is wrapped around an oven crafted by Valoriani, the storied family operation that has constructed ovens outside of Florence since 1890. (Tarry Lodge, 2017, About Us)

We settled in at our table and began to peruse the menu over a deliciously tart Bellini

Bellini

Oh, and the bread! Tarry Lodge serves up some delicious peasant bread with olive oil for dipping.

Now let's move on to our Prix Fixe dining!

First Course: Antipasti at Tarry Lodge New Haven

Gayle went with the Tarry Greens with White Bean Vinaigrette and I selected the Funghi Arancini with Truffle Aioli. 

Funghi Arancini with Truffle Aioli at Tarry Lodge

Tarry Greens with White Bean Vinaigrette

Entree Course: Secondi at Tarry Lodge New Haven

For our entree's Gayle selected the Eggplant alla Parmigiana and I went with the Black Fettuccine with Rock Shrimp and Chorizo Sausage. 

Tarry Lodge
Eggplant Parmigiana
Black Fettuccine 

Both were equally delicious, the eggplant had just a hint of crispness and the the Fettuccine had a nice heat from the chorizo sausage.

Black Fettuccine with Rock Shrimp and Chrorizo Sausage

Third Course: Dolci

Believe it or not we had room for dessert. Gayle went for the Butterscotch Budino, a custard like rum pudding with a deep butterscotch flavor that hit your taste buds amazingly well and lingered on for a delicious way to end the night! I went with the Olive Oil Soft Serve Ice Cream drizzled with Honey and Candied Pistachios, equally delicious! 

Tarry Lodge - Desserts
Budino Top Left - Soft Serve Bottom Right

Don't let the sound of Olive Oil soft serve 'scare' you off, it's a delicate rich addition to the soft serve ice cream that actually enhances the vanilla flavor of the dish.

Tarry Lodge - Olive Oil Soft Serve

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Tarry Lodge! Chef Sam was able to come out and say hello for a moment and gifted us with some 'babysitter' biscotti to take home!  Thanks Sam!! 

Take advantage of the special menus at a restaurant week in your town soon and look for the next restaurant week coming in fall of 2017 to New Haven where you can enjoy similar specials like those we sampled at Tarry Lodge!

Tarry Lodge - New Haven location

278 Park Street

New Haven, CT 06511

Tel: 203 672 0765

http://newhaven.tarrylodge.com/