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Image Michael Cantor Shari Cantor is a CPA and the mayor of West Hartford, leading one of the wealthiest and most in-demand towns in Greater Hartford. She’s spent much of the last year dealing with fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and helped launch a successful outdoor dining scene in West Hartford Center last summer that not only helped restaurants survive but thrive. Michael Cantor is co-managing partner of Hartford intellectual property law firm Cantor Colburn LLP, and board chair of Connecticut Innovations, the state s quasi-public venture capital arm. As public and private actors in the state work toward boosting entrepreneurship in Connecticut, Cantor has become a central player bringing both worlds together. He’s also a major Hartford cheerleader. ....
Despite the pandemic, West Hartford in the past year has grown its tax base, added dozens of new businesses and landed awards for being a desirable community to live in, Mayor Shari Cantor said in a video presentation Thursday. ....
Richard Rosenthal and the managing partners of Max Restaurant Group used to meet every Tuesday at one of the group’s 10 eateries, driving for hours at times to sample each restaurant’s specialties and talk business. Since the pandemic, however, the weekly meeting happens on Zoom, and Rosenthal knows that’s bad for his business. Image “It’s a better way of us meeting,” Rosenthal said of videoconferencing, adding that he also now allows Max office employees to work from home. Although necessary during the pandemic, remote working and online meetings have emptied downtown Hartford and cost Max Downtown and Trumbull Kitchen 90% of their weekday business. Trumbull Kitchen has been closed (temporarily) since December and Max Downtown has seen a sharp downturn. ....
Skip to main content A dozen years after Hell s Kitchen, celeb chef Van Hurd takes on fried chicken and doughnuts FacebookTwitterEmail Van Hurd, a “Hell’s Kitchen” alum who moved to Connecticut 12 years ago, is heading up Citizen Chicken and Donuts in West Hartford.Courtesy of Winter Caplanson | Connecticut Food & Farm In the 12 years since he first settled in Connecticut after his appearance on the sixth season of Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen,” Southern-raised Van Hurd has cooked cuisine he didn’t necessarily expect to prepare up north: tacos and elevated Mexican fare at Sayulita in South Glastonbury; barbecue at Taino Smokehouse in Meriden. ....