Guidebook for Hamden

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Guidebook for Hamden

Food Scene

Popular, inexpensive diner. If there's a line try Coffee Pedaler or Marjolaine nearby
31 locals recommend
Pantry
2 Mechanic St
31 locals recommend
Popular, inexpensive diner. If there's a line try Coffee Pedaler or Marjolaine nearby
Cheese, everything cheese. Also has a storefront for cheese.
42 locals recommend
Caseus
42 locals recommend
Cheese, everything cheese. Also has a storefront for cheese.
Cheap, great lunch: Kati rolls or rice salads.
11 locals recommend
Tikkaway Grill
135 Orange St
11 locals recommend
Cheap, great lunch: Kati rolls or rice salads.
High quality Ethiopian food (though slow service). Lunch Buffet pretty good and inexpensive. The tomato salad and Veggie sampler platter are our favorites
7 locals recommend
Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
176 Temple St
7 locals recommend
High quality Ethiopian food (though slow service). Lunch Buffet pretty good and inexpensive. The tomato salad and Veggie sampler platter are our favorites
Best coffee in town. Pour-overs and fancy beans.
23 locals recommend
The Coffee Pedaler
605 East St
23 locals recommend
Best coffee in town. Pour-overs and fancy beans.

Everything Else

Black bean soup or "Stix" (smaller baguette sandwiches) = easy lunch. Good small book selection too.
28 locals recommend
Atticus Bookstore Cafe
1082 Chapel St
28 locals recommend
Black bean soup or "Stix" (smaller baguette sandwiches) = easy lunch. Good small book selection too.
Food trucks here, at corner of Prospect and Sachem. The Thai place has a fantastic Green Papaya salad.
73 Sachem St
73 Sachem Street
Food trucks here, at corner of Prospect and Sachem. The Thai place has a fantastic Green Papaya salad.
Red Diamond trail has fun climbing, great views of old quarries, rock faces, etc. You can park for free on Tuttle Ave (north side of park) just east of Whitney.
90 locals recommend
Sleeping Giant State Park
200 Mount Carmel Avenue
90 locals recommend
Red Diamond trail has fun climbing, great views of old quarries, rock faces, etc. You can park for free on Tuttle Ave (north side of park) just east of Whitney.
Mummies! Samurai! Dinosaurs! Melissa volunteers here at the discovery room. Especially good for kids.
122 locals recommend
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
170 Whitney Ave
122 locals recommend
Mummies! Samurai! Dinosaurs! Melissa volunteers here at the discovery room. Especially good for kids.
Fantastic views of New Haven from the top. Nice hiking along the water as well (park where Orange St. meets the park).
103 locals recommend
East Rock Park
41 Cold Spring St
103 locals recommend
Fantastic views of New Haven from the top. Nice hiking along the water as well (park where Orange St. meets the park).

Drinks & Nightlife

Closest best food + very excellent tap selection.
11 locals recommend
Mikro Beer Bar
0 Depot Avenue
11 locals recommend
Closest best food + very excellent tap selection.
Local crowd, great tap selection, and surprisingly good seafood
13 locals recommend
Three Sheets
372 Elm St
13 locals recommend
Local crowd, great tap selection, and surprisingly good seafood