Real Hartford

Hello Bistro 942

The Euro Cafe (wedged between Dunkin Donuts and City Steam Brewery) closed in January. My first reaction was basically surprise that they had been open as long as they were. Their food was excellent, but their pricing a bit steep and their service was terrible. I’m going to qualify all of that. They did reach out to the college by offering discounts to students and faculty/staff, but that was not enough to make it affordable to many of the students. The poison of choice for CCC students is Dunkin Donuts, and you’ve gotta be real convincing to break them of that addiction.

If the owners were in, the service was great. They would make sure that the customers were happy, and they wouldn’t treat you weird for asking for that discount. Continue reading Hello Bistro 942…

A City Without Food

Bliss Market will not be moving into downtown afterall.

Where will all of the hip new downtown residents be able to do their grocery shopping, you ask? Well, where they’ve been able to do so for a few years now– Rose Gourmet, a small shop on Pratt that is stocked with everything from organic snacks to fruit to soap.

And pray tell, where is this store in relation to Hartford 21, where Bliss Market was intended to go? Pratt Street is just across the street from the Civic Center. The H21 plan to put some grocery store of their own inside their building anyway.

FNB is Back!

After a brief hiatus, Food Not Bombs will once again be serving free vegetarian food on both Saturdays and Sundays in Bushnell Park!

we are pleased to announce that as of this weekend (7/21/07), hartford food not bombs will start sharing saturday meals again. in order to sustain this group we need the assistance of dedicated volunteers like you, so please come out and help! as always, we could also use some helping hands on sundays too.

if you’d like to get involved, come by the charter oak cultural center (21 charter oak ave in hartford) any saturday or sunday @ 1pm or call 860.978.3562.   for more info check out myspace.com/hartfordfnb or www.foodnotbombs.net

Food Not Bombs is not exactly a soup kitchen. There are FNB chapters worldwide, many of which also hand out political pamphlets and books with meals.

Farmers’ Market Season

Today marks the opening of the West End Farmers’ Market for this season. It’s held on Tuesdays and Fridays from 4-7pm at the United Methodist Church on Farmington Avenue. There is usually live jazz to go with your shopping.

The Hartford Regional Market over by the airport  is open year round from 5-9am. The Downtown Farmers’ Market held at the Old State House has been running for a few weeks now, MWF, 9-2pm.

Still to open– Capitol Avenue Farmers’ Market (July 9) at the First Presbyterian Church on Mondays from 10am-1pm; Park Street Farmers’ Market (July 9) at the Walgreens on corner of Park and Washington on Mondays from 930am-1pm; and the Farmers’ Market at Billings Forge (July 5) 11am-3pm on Thursdays, located at 559 Broad Street.

For a complete listing of farmers’ markets in other towns in Connecticut, go to ctgrown.gov.