Business

Eugene Chun and CT Sandwich Co: Casual, Sophisticated, Ever-Evolving

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Eugene Chun fell in love with cooking, and especially casual food, as a college student pursuing an economics degree at Holy Cross. A 2007 Wilton High School graduate who’d spent plenty of his childhood in New Canaan, since his parents owned the still-operating Sanda’s Cleaners over on East Avenue, Chun took his bachelor’s degree in May 2011 and enrolled at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan six months later. “I did it because I really wanted to learn the French system, because the French system is what most restaurants use, whether they’re a Mexican place or a French bistro,” Chun said on a recent afternoon from a stool overlooking Pine Street at Connecticut Sandwich Co., the eatery he opened in October. “They use a similar system in how each person works at a station, how it’s organized and how you work. Iwanted to somehow create a casual food scene, a casual sandwich shop that still fits into the system, where it could still be executed the same way.”

He did.

Around Town

Eye Openers: New Canaan’s Best Breakfast Sandwiches

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It’s often a morning-after “cure-all” and other times simply a meal. Whatever the purpose, the breakfast sandwich has a firmly established niche in the culinary world. In New Canaan, the Deli-Bake is long-gone and we recently lost the Forest Street Deli’s legendary “Big O”. That said, we still have more than a half-dozen eateries featuring some form of breakfast sandwich on their menu. Here is a look at our five favorites:

Apple Cart Food Co. – The Mead Park Breakfast Wrap

With a menu featuring fresh salads, sandwiches and wraps, Emad Aziz’s Mead Park mainstay is a dining destination that transcends the average public park snack bar.

Business

Best Beverage in New Canaan?

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The juicing craze has taken Fairfield County by storm, as evidenced by ubiquitous franchises and independently owned juice bars in neighboring towns. New Canaan may have been a bit behind the curve—that is, until the Connecticut Sandwich Company opened its doors back in November. Better known for innovative sandwiches and gigantic breakfast wraps, the Pine Street eatery has developed what could be one of the freshest, most nutritious and tastiest beverages in town with its three varieties of freshly squeezed juices. Owner Eugene Chun said he’s always been a fan of juicing and wanted to incorporate it into his new concept. The challenge for Chun was figuring out how to balance the time-consuming process of making the juice with the time-sensitive nature of the lunch hour rush, he said.

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New Canaan Taps Social Media, Selfies to Celebrate and Encourage Family Togetherness

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Here’s some data that Kate Boyle and Jacqui D’Louhy had in mind when they thought of ways New Canaan could mark April as Alcohol Awareness Month: Families that have dinner together five to seven times per week are 33 percent less likely to abuse alcohol or drugs. Family time lowers the risk of mental health problems, substance abuse and eating disorders, said D’Louhy, youth and family services coordinator at the New Canaan Department of Human Services. Boyle works there as youth and family services specialist. So this month, the pair are launching a campaign that’s designed to document, share and celebrate family togetherness. During “30 Days of Family,” residents are encouraged to snap photos of what they’re doing with loved ones, and then to share them with the community through Boyle (details on how to do that below).