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By Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror The young host promptly greeted the lunchtime patron to the Sitting Duck Tavern in Oxford. But the customer, a tall man in a black T-shirt with a helicopter logo, didn’t want a table, not without looking first. He scanned the restaurant, then left.  Flat-screen televisions played above a polished copper-topped bar, where no one sat. The main dining room was sparsely furnished, just a half-dozen tables spaced at least six feet apart, a requirement to offer indoor dining in the time of COVID-19. Whatever the man saw or didn’t see, it passed muster...

6 new Connecticut restaurants to try Hearst's food writer takes a look at some new eateries from around the state. FacebookTwitterEmail This article originally appeared in Connecticut Magazine. Citizen Chicken & Donuts Winter Caplanson Hell’s Kitchen chef Van Hurd is the face of this new project from Hartford Baking Co.’s founders, with a menu of doughnuts, egg sandwiches and coffee in the morning that gives way to fried chicken, chicken sandwiches and hearty sides for lunch and dinner.  You can Capuli Westport Eggplant Polenta Napoleon at ...

Official: Expect $3B+ in CT business aid under newest federal program Alexander Soule FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Gov. Ned Lamont in late November 2020 in Danbury, Conn. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/TNS)Brad Horrigan / TNSShow MoreShow Less 2of3 State Sen. Joan Hartley, D-Waterbury, left, and State Rep. Caroline Simmons, D-Stamford, in August 2019 in Stamford, Conn.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 As Connecticut restaurants and other businesses cash in checks for up to $20,000 from the state, Gov. Ned Lamont’s economic development chief said Tuesday he expec...

One Hartford store owner shared an emotional story about how the pandemic has devastated her business and said she was so grateful when she found out she got the grant. A Hartford store owner shared her emotional story of the toll the pandemic has taken on her business as well as downtown Hartford and sheds light on just what help from a grant means. Note: This is sound only. Jody Morneault has a clothing shop in downtown Hartford and said she and her husband have been living on savings and credit cards because they don't want to close the store.