Adieu! We're off to Chestnuts ...

Once in a great while, we like to treat ourselves to a gourmet lunch. Our favorite place? Chestnuts in New Haven on State Street.

The offerings are plentiful and decadent (sandwiches on homemade breads, fragrant soups, hearty vegetable lasagna or slices of a rich quiche ...).

And then there are the desserts - which are all made lovingly from scratch and cruelly displayed in glass cases right when you walk in the door. I basically order my sandwich and soup to get to the cookie at the end of my meal. Their chocolate brownies (my favorite) alone weighs roughly two pounds each but, boy, even your grandma never made them this good (sorry, Grams).

So if you ever happen by our office one afternoon and there is a sign swinging from our front door announcing that we are "Off for Lunch - Back Soon", you know where we are. Come by join us! We love excuses to adieu to Chestnuts ....