In the final days of the National League pennant race last week, a suite at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. was filled with convention planners – hosted not by the home team Washington Nationals or visiting Atlanta Braves, but by the Connecticut Convention Center.  The 17 convention planners and their guests…

Hartford’s Front Street will soon be serving up surf and turf. Nix’s, a Massachusetts seafood restaurant with locations in Boston, Plymouth and Nantucket, plans to open its fourth restaurant in the downtown Hartford development in the spring. Signs have gone up at Front Street in the space between the Capital…

You now have another fine dining option in Hartford.  The Capital Grille is now serving up lunch and dinner on Front Street. “Front Street is the perfect location to introduce The Capital Grille to Hartford,” Joseph Butler, managing partner of The Capital Grille Hartford said in a statement. “We believe The Capital…

The city’s new restaurant and entertainment cluster, Front Street, added a new name Monday: Ted. Ted Turner and his Montana Grill, that is. HB Nitkin Group, the firm busy filling Front Street with restaurants, confirmed that Ted’s Montana Grill will take up about 4,700 square feet of the development, a name…

Mike Oliver’s last bout was 20 months ago in Puerto Rico, a loss to Juan Manuel Lopez on a technical knockout in the second round. Oliver, a Hartford featherweight, needed time to recuperate from that fight. He rested his body and mind, stepping away from the sport that consumed his…

Michael Costelli, General Manager for the Connecticut Convention Center, was interviewed on TALK BUSINESS 360 regarding the state-owned facility. TALK BUSINESS 360 is a talk show that educates and entertains millions of travelers by presenting one-on-one interviews with business leaders and top executives from a variety of industries.  The broadcasts…