Even the complete reformation of Russia is not enough progress for Walesa., the Nobel Prize-winning founder of Solidarity who headed Poland in the early 1990s.
Customers poured through the doors of Bear’s Smokehouse for a 90-minute lunch break during the Mary Kay cosmetics convention at the nearby Connecticut Convention Center in March.
“We had three to four hundred come in that hour-and-a-half,” said Tyler Burrill, director of operations for the restaurant. “This place was packed.”
That’s a refreshing difference from the past couple years, when COVID-19 shut down entertainment venues that fed restaurants and shops in the Front Street District.
The Courant's arts picks for May 1-7 include a Michael Bolton appearance at Mohegan Sun, a night with Trey Songz at Foxwoods, Cinco de Mayo celebrations and the Meriden Daffodil Festival.