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The Yale Tango Fest is offered with support from the Yale Graduate and Professional Student Senate and the
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Food
New Haven boasts of diverse and quality dining options. In between your classes and milongas, you can get a taste of New Haven from the 40+ restaurants downtown.
Here we list some budget-friendly places.
All are within a few blocks of our dancing venues
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Recession Busters

We encourage you to try out one of the many New Haven food carts, featuring every imaginable flavor of international cooking (on weekdays there are as many as fifty scattered around the downtown area). $4-6 gets you a generous and tasty hot meal. Our graduate students buy lunch from them every day. Yes, it's cart food, but many are run by reputable restaurants, and most are pretty good or excellent.
We are recruiting our favorite ones to set up for business close to Fest venues at critical times. Please make it worth their while for coming out on the weekend; you save money and time, and you help the local economy.

Coffee Shops & Pastry Places

Wireless internet available here:

  • Atticus Bookstore Cafe, 1082 Chapel St. Great for brunch, dessert, lunch, open 7am – 10pm, Sun 8am - 9pm.  Free wireless Mon - Fri, but not during lunch (12-2pm).
  • Au Bon Pain, 1 Broadway. Chain that sells standard cafe fare.
  • Gourmet Heaven, 15 Broadway. 203-787-4533. Open 24/7. Large hot and cold salad bar, sandwiches, groceries.
  • Jojo's Coffee & Tea, 1177 Chapel St.  Has a very large selection of tea, espresso drinks and desserts. Internet access available. Open 7am - 10pm (Open 9am on Weekends).
  • Kasbah Garden Cafe, 105 Howe St. 203-777-5053. Coffee shop/Moroccan cuisine. Vegetarian options. Cozy, colorful decor as well as outdoor seating.
  • Publick Cup, 276 York St. 203-787-9929. Great chocolate chip cookies, lots of grad students.
  • Starbucks Coffee, 1068 Chapel St. (between College and High) and 896 Chapel St. (between Church and Temple). Internet access available but not free.
  • Willoughby's Coffee & Tea, 194 York St. (in the School of Architecture building). Great independent coffee shop. Coffee and pastries, free wireless. Open 7am-9pm (8am-9pm on Sunday).
No internet here:
  • Book Trader Cafe, 1140 Chapel St. just past York St. Excellent sandwiches, fresh OJ. Used books, outdoor seating.
  • Dunkin Donuts, 1179 Chapel St. (corner of Park & Chapel Streets, across from Af-Am) and 51 York St. (corner of York and South Frontage, near Harkness!). It's Dunkin Donuts!

Vegetarian
  • Ahimsa Restaurant and Tapas Bar, 1227 Chapel Street. 203-786-4774. Vegetarian "healthful fusion cuisine" and juice bar.
  • Claire's Corner Copia, 1000 Chapel St. Vegetarian cuisine, organic cafe with great sandwiches, salads, smoothies and other vegetarian fare as well as muffins, coffee cake and desserts. Also serves breakfast.
  • Thali Too, 65 Broadway (behind the Yale Bookstore). 203-776-1600. New Indian all-vegetarian place, awesome interior. No item over $10! Enjoyed by vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike.

American
  • Chap's Grille, 1174 Chapel St. Deli, bagels, Middle Eastern and American fare. No atmosphere, but cheap.
  • Copper Kitchen, 1008 Chapel St. Homestyle diner, very affordable prices.
  • Subway, 66 York St. One of the only things open near Harkness on the weekends. Standard sandwich offerings, nothing to write home about.
  • Temple Grill, 152 Temple St. Mid-priced fare. Burgers, pasta, salads, sandwiches, entrees.

Burgers
  • Educated Burgher, 53 Broadway. Breakfast and burgers from 7 am, decked out with Yale memorabilia.
  • Louis’ Lunch, 263 Crown St. A New Haven institution, possibly where the burger was invented, no ketchup available, old-style burger grilling.
  • Prime 16, 172 Temple St. New burger and brew pub with a fancier, dark wood and dim lighting atmosphere. Great gourmet burgers with fries for under $10, several dozen beers on tap.
  • Rudy's, 372 Elm St. A New Haven diamond in the rough, serving authentic Belgian frites with a sauce menu, burgers (meat and veg), and numerous beers on tap.

Pizza and Wings
  • A-1 Pizza, 21 Broadway. Limited seating, but open 24/7, great for post-milonga take-out, grilled cheese menu and many breakfast options.
  • BAR, 254 Crown St. Possibly the best pizza downtown, also an excellent microbrewery, good bars, pool table. (The classic mashed potato pie sounds odd but is surprisingly good.)
  • Est Est Est, 1176 Chapel St.  Affordable prices, decent pizza. One of the best options when you just want a slice or two.
  • S’Wings, 280 Crown St. Wings and shrimp with lots of sauce options, take-out and a small counter area.
  • Yorkside Pizza, 288 York St. Average pizza and Greek options, late-night milkshakes, good wings, open until 2 am but watch out for the flood of people from the nightclub next door.

Chinese
  • Ivy Noodle, corner of Elm and Park. $5 noodle soups, other dishes, eat in or take out, superfast no-frills service, tables of 6-7 available, open until 2 am Fri-Sat night, until 11pm Sunday.
  • York Street Noodle House, 166 York St. above Yalie’s Pizza. Many plates $3-7, soups and other dishes, slightly more welcoming atmosphere than Ivy Noodle, large tables available.

Ethiopian
  • Lalibela, 176 Temple St. Food is served on large platters, good for sharing, and you eat with your hands! Open Fri and Sat for dinner between 5-11pm.

Indian
  • Royal India, 140 Howe St. Probably the best money-for-value Indian downtown. Attractive parlor atmosphere, great lunch buffet.
  • Tandoor, corner of Chapel and Howe. 203-776-6620. In a vintage diner! Chicken Tikka Massala is heavenly here. Great food, plates $8-10.
  • Zaroka, 148 York St. A bit pricier, but great brunch.

Mexican
  • Bulldog Burrito, 320 Elm St. $7 point-at-ingredients custom burritos, taco salads etc., eat in or take out, open until 2 am.
  • La Cocinita, 177 Park St. 203-772-1020. A new Mexican restaurant.
  • Viva Zapata, 161 Park St. Cheap beer, margaritas and nachos in a dive-bar atmosphere.

Middle Eastern
  • Aladdin Crown Pizza, 260 Crown St. Good pizza and even better Middle Eastern. Open until 3 a.m. Closed Sundays.
  • Mamoun’s, 85 Howe St. Falafel, kebab sandwiches $3-5, plates etc. Open until 3 a.m.
  • Sahara Mediterranean Restaurant & Pizza, 170 Temple St. Open 11 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.

Sushi
  • Miya’s, 68 Howe St. American-Japanese fusion sushi. Creative combinations, many vegetarian options $8-10, seafood prices vary. Large sake selection.
  • Samurai, 230 College St. Traditional sushi offerings. Home to the great tradition of sake bombing.
  • Sushi on Chapel, 1022 Chapel St. 203-776-4200. New restaurant with great lunch deals.

Thai
  • Bangkok Gardens, 172 York St. near Chapel. Nice decor, friendly, dishes around $10, atrium in the front.
  • Indochine Pavilion, 1180 Chapel St. Pan-Asian cuisine, dirt-cheap lunch buffet.
  • Pad Thai, 1170 Chapel St. Excellent lunch deal, a few outdoor tables.
  • Thai Taste, 1151 Chapel St. below The Study Hotel. Cozy booths, large portions good for sharing, call ahead to reserve for large groups.

Other Asian Cuisine
  • Bentara, 76 Orange St. Malaysian food. Upscale but reasonably priced, meal-sized stews for around $10. Award-winning wine list.

Upscale
  • Barcelona, 155 Temple St. (next to the Omni Hotel). Tapas and wine bar.
  • Ibiza, 39 High St. Spanish, world-famous chef, expensive, incredible.
  • Istanbul Cafe, 245 Crown St. Turkish, expensive but impressive array.
  • Pacifico, 15 Orange St, 203-848-6472. Latin American, primarily seafood, great cocktails and desserts.
  • Soul de Cuba, 283 Crown St. Cuban, great menu.
  • Union League Cafe, 1032 Chapel St. French, expensive, impressive.

Dessert
  • Ashley's Ice Cream Cafe, 280 York St. Local favorite. Ice cream is made in-house and they have a variety of flavors.
  • Liberry, 45 High St. Fro-yo, including fat-free selections. Minimal seating inside.