Print Guides to New Haven

Print guides to the area are also numerous, the list below includes the major ones that many of us locals use:

• Yale University: The Campus Guide (Princeton Architectural Press, 1999) by Patrick Pinnell. Good addition to the The Campus Guide series.

• Moon Handbooks Connecticut, 2 nd Edition (Avalon Pub, 2004) by Andrew Collins. For comprehensive and insightful, albeit sometimes idiosyncratic, travel information, the Moon series provides a great alternative to the standard travel guides.

• The Menu - New Haven Restaurant Guide by Robin S. Goldstein; Clare K. Murumba (2 nd Ed) (OffTheMap Press, 2005). An irreverent, entertainingly critical guide to over 250 restaurants in and immediately around New Haven

• New Haven: From Puritanism to the Age of Terrorism ( Arcadia Publishing, 2004) by Michael Sletcher. A good history of New Haven, written by a scholar with an entertaining style.

• New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design: 15 Illustrated Tours (Yale Press, 1976) by Elizabeth Mills Brown. New Haven is filled with award-winning architecture, some controversial.

• Connecticut Off the Beaten Path, 6 th Edition: A Guide to Unique Places by Deborah Ritchie, David Ritchie (Globe Pequot, 2005). A comprehensive guide with a good insider feel.

• Connecticut: An Explorer's Guide, Fifth Edition by Barnett D. Laschever, Andi Marie Cantele, Kim Grant (Countryman Pr, 2004) Another very comprehensive guide

• Guide to the Connecticut Shore, 4 th Edition by Doe Boyle (Globe Pequot, 2006). Includes New Haven and the rest of the Connecticut shore along the Sound.

• Food Lovers' Guide to Connecticut: Best Local Specialties, Shops, Recipes, Restaurants, Events, Lore, and More by Patricia Brooks, Lester Brooks (Globe Pequot, 2004). An interesting tour of food in New Haven and surroundings

• Connecticut Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff by Susan Campbell, Bill Heald. (Globe Pequot, 2002). Ideal guide when you are looking for something beyond what the standard tour guides (and certainly beyond what the chamber of commerce) wants you to see.

• 50 Hikes in Connecticut: Hikes and Walks from the Berkshires to the Coast, 5th Edition by David Hardy, Gerry Hardy, Sue Hardy (Backcountry Guides, 2002).