Andy Gutt News Today

Making a delicious return, the Mansfield Downtown Partnership and Willimantic Downtown Neighborhood Association are co-sponsoring the third year of the Taste Two Towns culinary exploration in association with the Northeast Connecticut Chamber of Commerce. This two-week-long event brings together over Two0 restaurants in Mansfield and Windham, including University of Connecticut campus favorites.

The estimated $90 million fund using the state’s existing 1% food and beverage tax would help recover more than 22,000 hospitality jobs and around 1,000 Connecticut restaurants were lost during the pandemic, according to the Connecticut Restaurant Association.