For any who may have missed it: Thanksgiving Arriveed Early In Fair Haven

[Lee Cruz]

A menu of pollo asado, arroz con gandules, and tres leches for dessert was the centerpiece of a joyous afternoon of gratitude, service, and community love in Fair Haven.

The scene was the annual pre-Thanksgiving lunch at the Atwater Senior Center, where about 100 older folks — regular clients of the five-day-a-week multi-service senior center on Atwater near Grand — were treated like honored holiday guests.

There was bounteous food provided by local restaurants like J & J and Apicella on Grand Avenue, and by anchoring institutions like the Mary Wade Home, where the tres leches were prepared.

The congenial volunteer food preparers and waiters included some 20 people full of a spirit of gracias — neighbors, staffers from the health and other city departments, and no fewer than a dozen police officers (many on their own time).

Several were spotted balancing plates of food from the kitchen en route to the guests and trying to emulate the waiter chops being demonstrated by their two assistant chiefs, Manmeet Bhagtana and David Zannelli...

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/thanksgiving_arrives_ea...