Join us on Saturday, August 2 for the last of three 2025 Downtown New Haven food and shopping crawls! This crawl features 13 stops! Proceeds from this event will benefit The Robin I. Kroogman New Haven Animal Shelter. Tickets are available for just $25 each, plus processing fees. The Shops at Yale is organizing three Appetizer & Dessert Crawls this year in April, June, and August. Visit our website for more information - https://theshopsatyale.com/appcrawl/
Appetizer & Dessert Crawl on Saturday, August 2, 2025 – 12-3 PM
Chapel Street Historic District
Book Trader Café, 1140 Chapel Street
Blondie Brownie
Claire's Corner Copia, 1000 Chapel Street
Cheddar-Jalapeño Bites with honey and agave butter drizzle
Green Bliss, 1092 Chapel Street
• Acaí Bowl – Pistachio Chocolate Dubai Bowl: acaí base, strawberry, banana, granola, pistachio cream mix, chocolate drizzle, pistachio drizzle, and crushed pistachios
• Smoothies – Spark Plug, Ginger Sunrise
Strega, 1006 Chapel Street
Gnocchi alla Carbonara – egg yolk, Romano and black pepper fondue, topped with smoked cured guanciale
Union League Café inside idiom Boutique, 1014 Chapel Street
Union League Café's chefs are finalizing their tasting menu, which will be announced soon
Villa Lulu, 230 College Street
Cacio e Pepe Arancini – Pecorino, black pepper, Calabrian aioli
Broadway Shopping District
Ashley’s Ice Cream, 280 York Street
Small cup of any flavor
Ay! Arepa Latin Fusion, 56 Broadway
Arepa with mozzarella cheese
Cookie39, 39 Broadway
Full-size Chocolate Chip Cookie
Sherkaan Indian Street Food inside Lou Lou Boutique, 23 Broadway
Makhani Mac & Cheese – cavatappi pasta, white cheddar, makhani sauce, cilantro
(V) (Contains tree nuts)
Tropical Smoothie Café, 15 Dixwell Avenue
• Detox Island Green – super green smoothie (spinach, kale, mango, pineapple, banana & fresh ginger, naturally sweetened)
• Bahama Mama – Tropical Smoothie (strawberries, pineapple, coconut & white chocolate)
• Mocha Madness – Caffeinated smoothie (chocolate, coffee, cappuccino & non-fat yogurt)
• Chia Banana Boost – Peanut butter smoothie (banana, chia seeds, almonds, peanut butter, whole-grain oats, cinnamon, dates & coconut)
• 12 oz smoothie samples.
Yamasaki Teriyaki, 9 Dixwell Avenue
Gyoza (dumplings)
Yorkside Pizza, 280 York Street
A slice of mozzarella pizza
🛍️ Each ticket holder will be given exclusive two-day-only shopping offers during check-in, plus a free cotton tote bag!
💰Proceeds from this event will be donated to The Robin I. Kroogman New Haven Animal Shelter. To date, The Shops at Yale has donated more than $25,000 to local non-profits from this event.
✅ Check-in begins at 11:30 AM on Broadway Island, across from J.Crew, and restaurants will start serving at 12:00 PM. Guests and children of all ages are required to purchase tickets as quantities are based on ticket sales.
🅿️ Free Parking! Your Appetizer & Dessert Crawl ticket purchase includes free parking at the 150 York Street Garage, aka Chapel-York Garage. Bring your ticket from the garage to check-in to be validated.
