<p>My son will attend an info session for architecture graduate school and is looking for suggestions for medium priced place to stay that is within walking distance of the architecture school. Safety and convenience are more important than price. Appreciate your suggestions.</p>
<p>I was there recently - there is a Courtyard by Marriott within easy walking distance of Yale. It was fine, but try and get a room on the back side. That front street was noisy at night.</p>
<p>Here’s a link: <a href=“http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/HVNDT[/url]”>http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/HVNDT</a></p>
<p>Yale is also spread out over New Haven, so that may affect your selection. This hotel is near the central part of campus. We walked the area during day and evening, and I ran around the area before dawn. It was fine - but avoid the area west of the hotel while on foot.</p>
<p>We stayed in the same place (Courtyard by Marriott). It was okay and very close, but, yeah, request a room in the back to get away from the street noise.</p>
<p>I stayed there when it was the Holiday Inn. I think it’s pretty much the only game in town. There’s an Omni maybe a little farther away from the A&A school, but it’s likely to be quite a bit more expensive.</p>
<p>When I worked at Yale in the late 80s we used to get great food at Claires. Is it still there? Does anybody know?</p>
<p>The Omni is about three blocks from the A school. I’ve stayed there, although I thought the room was on the small side for the price ($200/night). Great location, though, walk to everything. It also has a very good rooftop restaurant with a great view of the city and the LI Sound.</p>
<p>According to MS Streets & Trips there are two hotels on the same block as the A school–Colony Inn and Hotel Duncan–and one called Three Chimneys Inn about a block and a half away, but I don’t know anything about them.</p>
<p>claires is still there and still a very popular place!</p>
<p>We used to go in to Claires every Tuesday and watch them make her clam stew…every week we would watch another ingredient until we had most of the recipe and could make it at home…There was also this little burger joint where you absolutely couldn’t ask for ketchup…Louie’s or something like that?
Anyway, everyone going to Yale, check out Claires and the burger place and of course, the pizza places
okay I guess you can tell I’m a foodie.</p>
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<p>Louis’ Lunch on Crown St. We were just there on Parents’ Weekend. The meat is very fresh, served on buttered toast, with your choice of tomato, onion, or cheese. That’s it. Do not even utter the word ketchup once inside (although frankly I would have liked some!) It was a very friendly place, <em>very</em> tiny, and fun to go to once, since it’s such a New Haven institution. <a href=“http://www.louislunch.com/[/url]”>http://www.louislunch.com/</a></p>
<p>Booklady, that brings back memories Thanks! So stay in any old hotel but when at Yale, be sure and check out Louis’ and Claires… and the pizzas…</p>
<p>There is also the Fairfield Inn in New Haven…which is next door to the Ikea… it is not within walking distance of the campus, but it is significantly less $$$ than the Omni or the Courtyard…enough to pay for parking in a garage… or in the lot across the street from the Yale Bookstore…you can definitely get a room with a view of the sound…and it includes a continental breakfast… it is a quick ride back to the campus area…</p>
<p>the Educated Burger is a nice, low cost option for burgers…with ketchup, good onion rings…Central Steak is a great steak restaurant, (again the Fairfield Inn price difference pays for a great rib eye and glass or two of nice red wine…) and Miya’s is a nice option for Japanese food… endamame (sp?) and their Tokyo Fries are beyond compare…service has always been very inconsistent but the food is good…if you are not in a hurry…</p>
<p>hmmm…Claire’s and Pepe’s Pizza!!!</p>
<p>ABlestMom, that’s what I have been trying to think of Pepes! Gosh you are making me hungry. Stop it!</p>
<p>Pepes, Sallys, and the Spot. My husband is from New Haven (not Yale) and I’m from the midwest, so it took me a while to really understand New Haven pizza. Once I discovered white pizza it was a love affair to remember.</p>
<p>We ate at Pepe’s and it was delicious, but were told by a few different people that Modern was now considered the best.</p>
<p>be aware that at modern, the pizza dough contains lard (to the dismay of vegetarians and those who keep kosher)</p>
<p>Food Fight!!!</p>
<p>Lol…it’s worse for me cause we are only 20 minutes away and we rarely get there…dread those LONG lines!</p>
<p>OMG I forgot about The Spot too. Used to go there a lot! Yum. I will never live on the East Coast again but the food talk sure brings back memories.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone. He chose the Colony Inn both for price and location. Any of those pizza or hamburger places nearby?</p>