Nibble: Tasty CT Events & Food News for Week of Aug 16-23

“PHO KING” Happy Hour is back at MECHA Noodle Bar Monday-Friday 3-6PM including $5 cocktails, wine and beer and a Happy Hour menu.

Register now for the August 16th Hoodoo Brown BBQ class. Come learn from the Hoodoo Crew, as the Pit Crew takes you behind the scenes for a four hour barbecue school from 8am-12pm. This is a hands on, in-depth, full scale, no secrets BBQ program. A Wiseman once said, you can’t pass barbecue tradition if you don’t pass it down. Learn everything from trimming and seasoning, to fire control and smoke, to carving and eating.

The Lachat Farmers Market is back!! The new online ordering system will make it even easier for you to buy local - you simply sign up for a time slot and then pick up your order at Lachat between the hours of 4pm-8pm.

There’s a really exciting new project being born in West Hartford. It’s called GastroPark, and it’s a new dining venue providing curated food experience for guests featuring an innovative approach that will deliver delicious mobile food concepts from local small business owners.  GastroPark will allow entrepreneurs and small businesses the opportunity to test, launch, or scale a business in a way that is fiscally responsible as they pursue their food business dreams. The GastroPark will be a valuable venue for new and existing food trucks as well as other concepts.  We aim to provide both a launching pad for a new business as well as a proving ground for existing brick-and-mortar restaurants looking to expand their reach and revenue.

MIKU is teaming up with Tony's at the J House to launch a pop-up sushi bar later this month. Signature items like the Good 4 You Roll and Yellowtail Jalapeno from the MIKU menu will be available along with all-new options exclusively developed for the partnership at Tony's - including fresh fish from the world-famous Tokyo fish market. The epicurean pop-up will run August through October 2020. For the latest news, visit MIKU online and subscribe to the mailing (mikugreenwich.com).  

TRUCKIN is a brand new app out of CT that allows users to track down the location of their favorite Food Trucks! Check it out here.

Norwalk To-Go, a custom take-out and delivery platform designed to support Norwalk restaurants, began taking orders on Monday. Norwalk To-Go is another support component developed by local real estate collective AGW SoNo Partners, to assist their restaurant tenants with their newly developed/enhanced take-out and delivery portion of their businesses. The program is fully funded by AGW whose portfolio includes 25 properties on Washington Street Historic District and was created so their restaurant tenants no longer need to absorb the 30% fee that third party delivery companies gouge them with. Adding to the platform’s appeal, consumer delivery and service fees are practically cut in half and faster delivery is possible due to Norwalk To-Go’s private delivery company.

Want to get restaurant quality meals delivered to your doorstep, and ready for your to finish cooking at home? The Food Crate is a new local food delivery service that takes all the work out of daily meal prep, and offers discriminating eaters some killer options, i.e. Seafood Pots, Smoked BBQ, Italian Dinner, Carnivore Grill and more. We are obsessed. Check it out here.

Starting this weekend, Sugar Factory American Brasserie Foxwoods will introduce a new breakfast menu featuring limited edition Insane Double Stack Rainbow Pancakes from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.  

Join 95.9 The Fox and The SoNo Collection in the SoNo Garden for a Summer of Surprises Happy Hour. Enjoy dining and drinks made available by Bazille, Pinstripes, and Uncle Sevens.

Healthy PlanEat, a sustainable food startup based in East Lyme, Connecticut, has launched a new website where you can order food directly from local farms that use sustainable growing practices.You can easily find local farms near you on the platform’s map. The platform includes farms that are either USDA Certified Organic or have signed the Northeast Organic Farming Association Farmer’s Pledge. These farms use sustainable growing practices – no synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or GMOs. Each farm has its own page where you can learn about the farm, farmers, and order food which can be picked up either at the farm, farmers market, or pop-up pick-up location.