Guidebook for New Haven

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Guidebook for New Haven

Food Scene

Tasty and inexpensive Chinese food!
Basil Restaurant
142 Howe St
Tasty and inexpensive Chinese food!
Fantastic fusion sushi. Miya's tends to be on the pricier side, but if you're careful you can leave with a full and happy belly, and not spend a crazy amount of money.
27 locals recommend
Miya’s Sushi
68 Howe St
27 locals recommend
Fantastic fusion sushi. Miya's tends to be on the pricier side, but if you're careful you can leave with a full and happy belly, and not spend a crazy amount of money.
This is a little neighbourhood gem. It's a mix of Moroccan restaurant, coffee/tea shop, concert venue, and also has a dressmaking/tailoring section. Their garden is eccentrically beautiful.
Kasbah Garden Cafe
105 Howe St
This is a little neighbourhood gem. It's a mix of Moroccan restaurant, coffee/tea shop, concert venue, and also has a dressmaking/tailoring section. Their garden is eccentrically beautiful.
Because it seems some people like donuts.
Dunkin' Donuts
105 Derby Ave
Because it seems some people like donuts.
Bagels, breakfast, free WiFi.
Chap's Grille
1174 Chapel St
Bagels, breakfast, free WiFi.
Pizza until 2am!
Est Est Est Pizza & Restaurant
1176 Chapel St
Pizza until 2am!
Felafel, kebabs, etc. Mamoun's is open late.
19 locals recommend
Mamoun's Falafel Restaurant
85 Howe St
19 locals recommend
Felafel, kebabs, etc. Mamoun's is open late.
Pretty great Indian restaurant housed in a shiny, insane-looking diner.
Tandoor New Haven
1226 Chapel St
Pretty great Indian restaurant housed in a shiny, insane-looking diner.
Good, fresh noodles.
York St Noodle House
1150 Chapel St
Good, fresh noodles.
Good coffee and a nice little greenhouse room or outdoor area to drink it in. They also sell and buy books, and have free WiFi.
17 locals recommend
Book Trader Cafe
1140 Chapel St
17 locals recommend
Good coffee and a nice little greenhouse room or outdoor area to drink it in. They also sell and buy books, and have free WiFi.
Same ol' Starbucks.
19 locals recommend
Starbucks
1068-1070 Chapel St
19 locals recommend
Same ol' Starbucks.
Atticus is a great bookstore/coffee shop on Chapel. Try their soup + sandwich combo deal! All their deserts and sweets are fantastically delicious.
28 locals recommend
Atticus Bookstore Cafe
1082 Chapel St
28 locals recommend
Atticus is a great bookstore/coffee shop on Chapel. Try their soup + sandwich combo deal! All their deserts and sweets are fantastically delicious.
Willoughby's is a local chain - they're laid-back, have cheap coffee and free WiFi.
12 locals recommend
Willoughby's Coffee & Tea
194 York St
12 locals recommend
Willoughby's is a local chain - they're laid-back, have cheap coffee and free WiFi.
Decent noodles, but I'd still recommend York St. noodles over this place.
6 locals recommend
Ivy Wok
316 Elm St
6 locals recommend
Decent noodles, but I'd still recommend York St. noodles over this place.
Come here for a large burger with fries! Or a fry-up breakfast. It's a bit of a greasy spoon, but kind of great in its own way.
Educated Burgher Inc
53 Broadway
Come here for a large burger with fries! Or a fry-up breakfast. It's a bit of a greasy spoon, but kind of great in its own way.
Coffee shop, kind of standard college town style - couches, people on macs, etc. Free WiFi.
28 locals recommend
Blue State Coffee
84 Wall St
28 locals recommend
Coffee shop, kind of standard college town style - couches, people on macs, etc. Free WiFi.
This is our favourite contender in New Haven's pizza wars. Their hot chili pepper pizza is divine.
Modern Services LLC
This is our favourite contender in New Haven's pizza wars. Their hot chili pepper pizza is divine.
Personally not my favourite - the wait is long outside and in, but some people swear by Sally's.
72 locals recommend
Sally's Apizza
237 Wooster St
72 locals recommend
Personally not my favourite - the wait is long outside and in, but some people swear by Sally's.
Pepe's does a great clam pizza, but the wait outside is often long and arduous. However, once you're through the door, your food arrives quickly and the service is pretty efficient.
170 locals recommend
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
157 Wooster St
170 locals recommend
Pepe's does a great clam pizza, but the wait outside is often long and arduous. However, once you're through the door, your food arrives quickly and the service is pretty efficient.
Ostensibly the home of the original burger. If you come here, don't ask for ketchup.
43 locals recommend
Louis' Lunch
261 Crown St
43 locals recommend
Ostensibly the home of the original burger. If you come here, don't ask for ketchup.

Drinks & Nightlife

Rudy's moved here from their old haunt about 2 blocks away. They're known for their great Belgian beers and their frites. Ask for the samurai sauce.
30 locals recommend
Rudy's
1227 Chapel St
30 locals recommend
Rudy's moved here from their old haunt about 2 blocks away. They're known for their great Belgian beers and their frites. Ask for the samurai sauce.
LGBT bar. Pool tables in the back!
Partners Cafe
365 Crown St
LGBT bar. Pool tables in the back!
Unpretentious and relaxed Mexican-themed bar/restaurant. The food could be better (read: don't get food there), but the bar itself is a great local hangout. And they salt their Tecate cans!
Viva Zapata
161 Park St
Unpretentious and relaxed Mexican-themed bar/restaurant. The food could be better (read: don't get food there), but the bar itself is a great local hangout. And they salt their Tecate cans!
Fantastic bar with really nice beers at decent prices. They have a small performance/recording studio upstairs and regularly have jazz concerts.
16 locals recommend
Firehouse 12
45 Crown St
16 locals recommend
Fantastic bar with really nice beers at decent prices. They have a small performance/recording studio upstairs and regularly have jazz concerts.
Lovely bar with jukebox and White Russians. They also have good food.
11 locals recommend
Anchor Spa
272 College St
11 locals recommend
Lovely bar with jukebox and White Russians. They also have good food.
If you like your tobacco, this is the place.
23 locals recommend
The Owl Shop
268 College St
23 locals recommend
If you like your tobacco, this is the place.

Everything Else

The neighbourhood liquor store.
Chapel West Liquor Shop
1183 Chapel St
The neighbourhood liquor store.
The neighbourhood comic book store!
Alternate Universe
1181 Chapel St
The neighbourhood comic book store!
Car rentals.
7 locals recommend
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
408 Crown St
7 locals recommend
Car rentals.
The CBA is another building designed by Louis Kahn. Their permanent exhibit is great, and they frequently have lunchtime concerts.
73 locals recommend
Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel St
73 locals recommend
The CBA is another building designed by Louis Kahn. Their permanent exhibit is great, and they frequently have lunchtime concerts.
This should be on your list of places to visit.
25 locals recommend
Sterling Memorial Library
120 High St
25 locals recommend
This should be on your list of places to visit.
Sterling is worth a visit. You're actually able to access most of the library without having to register, so you should definitely explore all the different reading rooms!
Bass Library
110 Wall St
Sterling is worth a visit. You're actually able to access most of the library without having to register, so you should definitely explore all the different reading rooms!
Trains to NYC and beyond.
45 locals recommend
Union Station
50 Union Ave
45 locals recommend
Trains to NYC and beyond.
Great for a walk/jog/drive. The view from the top is really beautiful.
103 locals recommend
East Rock Park
41 Cold Spring St
103 locals recommend
Great for a walk/jog/drive. The view from the top is really beautiful.
Walgreens 24hrs store + pharmacy.
21 locals recommend
Walgreens
88 York St
21 locals recommend
Walgreens 24hrs store + pharmacy.
Offering tours and info. Mon-Fri tours @ 10.30 and 2p. Sat-Sun tours @ 1.30p. If you can't make their tour times, they also have downloadable mp3 files for you to use on your own tour.
149 Elm St
149 Elm Street
Offering tours and info. Mon-Fri tours @ 10.30 and 2p. Sat-Sun tours @ 1.30p. If you can't make their tour times, they also have downloadable mp3 files for you to use on your own tour.

Shopping

Great little deli. They also have prepared food for take away.
J & B Deli
1147 Chapel St
Great little deli. They also have prepared food for take away.
If you need a sweater. In a pinch.
Salvation Army
301 George St
If you need a sweater. In a pinch.
If you need a local SIM card.
RadioShack
906 Chapel St
If you need a local SIM card.

Essentials

Our local Stop & Shop.
108 locals recommend
Stop & Shop
150 Whalley Ave
108 locals recommend
Our local Stop & Shop.
Organic, health food type supermarket.
34 locals recommend
Edge of the Woods Market
379 Whalley Ave
34 locals recommend
Organic, health food type supermarket.
This is a great coop supermarket in downtown New Haven. Sometimes pricey, but almost always worth it.
360 State St
360 State Street
This is a great coop supermarket in downtown New Haven. Sometimes pricey, but almost always worth it.

Arts & Culture

Beautiful gallery designed by Louis Kahn.
171 locals recommend
Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel St
171 locals recommend
Beautiful gallery designed by Louis Kahn.
The School of Architecture has a public gallery with great free exhibits and public lectures.
Loria Center
190 York Street
The School of Architecture has a public gallery with great free exhibits and public lectures.