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Chris Ravlin: Local brewery has me steamed...
Brewpubs beware! If you can't serve up the goods properly, ScowlZine's gonna call you on it. This time, Chris takes on City Steam Brewery, a Hartford Brewpub with a great reputation but, in retrospect, inconsistent and poor product. Even if you're not a Connecticut Native, this [...]

Jim Covaleski: Su Casa is Mi Casa
In Search of Chocolate Chicken
A Review of Su Casa [...]

Jim Covaleski: Romano's Macaroni Grille, Manchester CT

If you are a regular visitor to this space, you know that I've had some problems in the past with taking my family to restaurant chains that I've enjoyed previously (notably the Rainforest Cafe.) So it was with apprehension that I recently walked through the door of Romano's Macaroni Grille [...]

Jim Covaleski: Vito's by the Park, Hartford CT
The ScowlZine Writers Bash... 5 writers, a couple of pies and a waiter named Serge... [...]

Jim Covaleski: The Occidental Man Meets Oriental Cuisine
Jim takes a culinary trip to the subcontinent and the land of the rising sun... [...]

Jim Covaleski: The Old Mill, Southington CT

There are a few "perks" that come with my regular full-time job(as opposed to being a correspondent for ScowlZine) and that is the occasional "shmooze" lunch with vendors. See, the vendors in the data industry have finally caught on that it's better to kiss up to the [...]

Jim Covaleski: Pub 99, Wallingford CT

After my recent disgust with Rainforest Café, it was with some minor trepidation that I stepped into Pub 99 in Wallingford. Here again was one of the many "Themed Steakhouses" that seem to be popping up EVERYWHERE of late. I had been there once before and had a perfectly [...]

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