{"id":14129,"date":"2024-04-16T14:49:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/uncategorized\/were-on-tv-new-haven-featured-in-series-premiere-of-guy-fieris-best-bite-in-town\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T10:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:27:27","slug":"were-on-tv-new-haven-featured-in-series-premiere-of-guy-fieris-best-bite-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/who-knew-blog\/were-on-tv-new-haven-featured-in-series-premiere-of-guy-fieris-best-bite-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re On TV! New Haven Featured in Guy Fieri\u2019s Best Bite in Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chefs, start your fryers &#8211; it\u2019s time to announce the best bite in New Haven. In the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/living\/article\/best-bite-in-town-new-haven-food-network-19401090.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">series premiere <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Guy Fieri\u2019s new Food Network show, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Bite in Town<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cBite Club\u201d members Noah Cappe, Tiffani Faison, and Jet Tila searched high and low across the Elm City for what they determined to be the best bite. From there, the Bite Club submitted their dish to a panel of notorious judges hand-picked by Guy, who crowned the winner after a tantalizing public taste test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we can\u2019t recommend enough tuning into the episode yourself, we\u2019ll give you a quick rundown that will surely leave you hungry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spot 1: Munchies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noah starts the episode off strong with a visit to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/munchies_ct\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Munchies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a unique shop that offers New Haven an untraditional twist on sandwiches. Munchies owner and chef Drew Osbon introduces Noah to a jammy twist on a classic Philly Cheesesteak, the Canadian Tux, and the shop&#8217;s popular secret menu item, the chopped cheese.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spot 2: Prime 16<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s face it, New Haven <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the home of the hamburger, so of course the Best Bite Club had to try one of the city\u2019s most elevated burgers. Tiffani sinks her teeth into two of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/prime16.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime 16<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s gourmet burgers, the consistently popular Smoker, and the truly unique Belgian Bierhaus Burger, which offers the best of Europe stacked on a bun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spot 3: Haven Hot Chicken<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Haven is a city of firsts, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.havenhotchicken.com\/locations\/new-haven\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haven Hot Chicken<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is truly the first of its kind in New England. As the first hot chicken spot in New Haven, Jet knows Haven Hot Chicken will set his taste buds off when he tries THE Sandwich and Fuego Fries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spot 4: Fair Haven Oyster Company<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy knew what he was doing when he threw <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairhavenoysterco.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fair Haven Oyster Company <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the mix, after all, he\u2019s friends with the spot\u2019s owner and chef, Emily Mingrone, who won<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Guy\u2019s Grocery Games<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2019. Noah spends his time at the elevated seafood bar trying two of the restaurant\u2019s most popular dishes, the Lobster Tartine and Bone-In Skate Wing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spot 5: Madeline\u2019s Empanaderia<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her second stop, Tiffani takes a bite of a New Haven favorite, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madelinesempanadas.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madeline\u2019s Empanaderia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With the original Madeline\u2019s just a food truck back in 2015, Chef and Owner Hazel Lebron shows Tiffani that she has truly perfected two of the spot\u2019s most popular dishes, the Mofongo and Rican Jerk Empanada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spot 6: Da Lenga at Nolo<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a sourdough starter older than many of the city\u2019s college students, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jet2nolo.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Da Lenga at Nolo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows that New Haven pizza comes down to a literal science. Finally, Jet gets to try his first bite of New Haven apizza, and what\u2019s better than Da Lenga\u2019s delectable Honeypot and sweet and figgy Figura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a day full of the city\u2019s best bites, the Bite Club chose their top three dishes. The final results were as follows (drum roll please). Noah chose Fair Haven Oyster Company\u2019s Lobster Tartine, Tiffani crowned Prime 16\u2019s Belgian Bierhaus Burger, and Jet selected THE Sandwich at Haven Hot Chicken. In the end, the judges named the Best Bite in Town to be\u2026 <\/span><b>Haven Hot Chicken.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think of their choice? Watch the full mouth-watering series premiere of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Bite in Town <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/shows\/best-bite-in-town\/989542c1-2c24-40d9-9a54-aa06f00dca26\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Max <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to check out these Ivy League-caliber dishes yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chefs, start your fryers &#8211; it\u2019s time to announce the best bite in New Haven. In the series premiere of Guy Fieri\u2019s new Food Network show, Best Bite in Town, \u201cBite Club\u201d members Noah Cappe, Tiffani Faison, and Jet Tila searched high and low across the Elm City for what they determined to be the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[659,655],"tags":[805,660,618],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-14129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eat-drink","category-who-knew-blog","tag-burgers","tag-dining","tag-pizza"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Unknown-1140x445.png",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Unknown-463x348.png",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Unknown-300x186.png",300,186,true],"full":["https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Unknown.png",2114,1308,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15368,"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14129\/revisions\/15368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14129"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnh.silvermangroup-dev.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=14129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}