Restaurant Review: Amici Italian Grill Middletown

Located on Main Street in Middletown, Amici Italian Grill has become a staple of exceptional dining in the city. You might think at first that this is a formal restaurant but while you will feel as if you are in a fine dining establishment, the overall atmosphere is casual. My husband and I stopped by for lunch and were pretty much blown away.

The menu is quite extensive and making a choice was not easy, it all sounded so good. While we were deciding we had Foccacia bread with olive oil to stave off the hunger pains. The lunch menu has lots of appetizer choices, soup, salad, sandwiches, and entrees.

We decided to go with an entree which included a house salad. We like leftovers!! Al ordered the Chicken Milanese and I opted for a pasta dish with pappardelle and shrimp.

I have to say, I have never seen a bigger chicken cutlet than the one that Al got with his Chicken Milanese, not only was it huge, it was delicious. My shrimp dish was also delicious, it was light on a hot summer day and exactly what I was craving and I have to say, both meals warmed up wonderfully as leftovers. 

We didn't have enough room to try any of their tempting desserts but maybe next time!!

The only thing I can say about Amici Italian Grill that is not completely positive is parking. We were lucky, we got a space in front but parking on Main Street can be problematic without the Sears Garage. I am, however, not going to let it discourage me, we will be back!!

Haunted Corn Maze Nathan Hale Homestead

Haunted Corn Maze

Fri. & Sat., Sept. 28 & 29, 7 – 9 pm
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 5 & 6, 7 – 9 pm
Rain Date: Oct. 7

Start with a moderately scary walk through the corn maze brimming with spooks in the dark. This hair raising, the spine-tingling event will either be a night to remember or a nightmare you may wish to forget. Last tour leaves at 9 pm. Not recommended for children under 8.

September events at Hempsted House New London

New London’s Unpopular Abolitionists


Suggested donation of $5 per person.


Sun., Sept. 16, 2 – 4 pm

The Joshua Hempsted House tells powerful stories of slavery, resistance, freedom, & courage. Learn about the Hempstead sisters who were abolitionists & artists. Martha Hempstead was a published poet & student at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. She wrote poems about the antislavery cause & supported herself with sales of her sea moss works. Mary Hempstead was a writer & artist, writing powerful letters about abolition & illustrating children’s books. Learn how these women found comfort & inspiration from other women at a time when their ideas were quite unpopular.


Walking Tour: Ye Antientist Burial Ground – The African American Connection


$10 per person


Sat., Sept. 29, 2 – 3:30 pm



Walking tour of one of New England’s earliest graveyards, with a special focus on those of African descent who are buried there. Meet your guides Sally Ryan & Jean Jordan of the New London NAACP at the burying ground at the top of Hempstead Street. Attendees are invited to volunteer with the CT Historic Cemetery to tidy the cemetery after the tour. Registration recommended at 860.443.7949 orhempsted@ctlandmarks.org.

Main Street USA New Britain

When: Saturday, September 8, 2018
Where: Walnut Hill Park
Time: Noon-9:00 p.m.

This street-style festival will be held at Walnut Hill Park where the roadway will be filled with food, craft, and vendor booths; an adult beer garden; a “kids zone” with rides and amusement activities; stages with community performances, children’s entertainment, headlining musical acts, and more! Main Street USA is a celebration of New Britain’s melting pot of cultures. The event will take place throughout the Walnut Hill Park walking loop and band shell. 

Last year more than 60 vendors provided great food and much more. 

Victorian Tea at the Lockwood Mathew Mansion Norwalk

Victoria Tea November 4, 2018, 2-4 p.m.

The Victorian Tea at the Mansion will feature a talk entitled, Edith Wharton: Women, High Society, and Art, 1870-1920, by Dr. Emily J. Orlando, a leading expert on renowned author Edith Wharton.

Dr. Orlando is the author of, Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts, and co-editor with Meredith Goldsmith of the peer-reviewed book, Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism (2016). Dr. Orlando is currently editing Volume 6 of, The Complete Works of Edith Wharton: Writings on Architecture, Design, and Gardens for Oxford University Press.

From 2015 to 2017 Dr. Orlando was President of the Edith Wharton Society, served from 2013 to 2016 as Book Review Editor for the Edith Wharton Review, and currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Edith Wharton Review.

Dr. Orlando is Associate Professor of English at Fairfield University and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and essay collections including, American Literary Realism (1870-1910); Twentieth-Century Literature; Women’s Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Journal; Victoriographies: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century Writing, 1790-1914; New Voices on the Harlem Renaissance: Essays on Race, Gender, and Literary Discourse; Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors: Edith Wharton and Material Culture; Edith Wharton’s The Custom of the Country: A Reassessment; and Edith Wharton in Context.

The program will include a hat contest, a silent auction, and a formal traditional English tea, catered by Julyen’s Table, for anyone looking to escape everyday life surrounded by the timeless splendor of this iconic National Historic Landmark.


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