Little Lion Collective

10/22/2026

Meet the newest team member of Little Lion - Shelby! 🌺 Shelby is supporting Little Lion’s next phase of growth with her expertise in bartending and business operations. Bringing years of bartending experience, a quick wit, and a welcoming smile, she loves creating an atmosphere where everyone feels at home. When she’s not behind the bar, you can find her curled up with a good book, planning her next trip, or exploring Connecticut for new adventures. She values creating welcoming spaces where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves. Whether she’s mixing up a favorite cocktail or finding her next local adventure, she’s always up for a good time and great company!

10/19/2026

Despite the monsoon!!!, you all made it out for Little Lion’s 3 year anniversary / The Sonic Garden!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for supporting for the last 3 years, and for the future 7364 years. 💛🦁

10/16/2026

Little Lion Collective and Vaz House are teaming up for a serene night of jazz, coffee, cocktails, and community! We’ll be introducing the Vaz House’s newest signature drink, the Jamaican Espresso-tini, a riff on your favorite cocktail, made with Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and other Caribbean ingredients. The Vinyl Listening Party is located at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art Ely Center of Contemporary Art (ECOCA).

The Women of Jazz Vinyl Listening Party is the first of Little Lion’s three-part series celebrating brilliant and influential musicians who happen to be women. Join us in December and January for Little Lion’s Women of Rock and Women of R&B Vinyl Nights!

🔗 in bio for tickets! $10 in advance. See you Friday, Nov. 13th at 6pm. 💛🎶

10/11/2026

16 years ago, I started culinary school and they said don’t open a restaurant. You will fail. They didn’t say NOTHING about a mobile w**e and vinyl lounge though!!!! THREE YEARS BB!!! Come celebrate and get natty w**es, adult lunchables by Chef Aerin Zavory THC bubbles, and zero-proof beverages TODAY! I sourced the elderflower from the last of fairy_meadow_flowers spring batch btw 💐 🦁

10/10/2026

Diana for days!!! Come get the special Japanese edition of “An Evening with Diana Ross” before I change my mind. The Sidelot Vintage Market by The New Haven Flea is happening in the parking lot of Club Vandome today, 11am-4pm!

10/09/2026

Location change for the Sonic Garden on Monday! Little Lion’s moving indoors, in front of the original locations. It’s at the Creative Arts Workshop, 2nd floor, 80 Audubon Street, New Haven. I just added more tickets! 🔗 in bio 🌧️

A big thank you to Atticus Market, GRAILS, fairy_meadow_flowers, Possible Futures, and New England Spirits & W**e Purveyors for donating gift cards to our raffle!

Stay tuned for our menu ~ 😋

10/07/2026

🚨 SPECIAL OFFER FOR REGISTERED GUESTS OF SONIC GARDEN ‼️

Affinity is offering a coupon for $1 pre-rolls for all ticket holders! The email with the coupon will go out end of day.

10/05/2026

Part one of two - gift card raffle at Sonic Garden on Oct 11th! Each guest who comes to the event BEFORE 6:25 will receive a raffle ticket at the door! (Fence)

$25 to Possible Futures. Edgewood, New Haven.

Possible Futures is a place where people come together to understand and learn from the past, thrive and grow in the present, and imagine and build a better, more sustainable, and socially just world. Possible Futures is a community bookspace, a cross between a reading room and an independent bookstore. It welcomes you, whether you’re looking to purchase, peruse, or plan.

$50 to GRAILS. Downtown, New Haven.

The shelves at GRAILS feature thousands of near-mint originals, ultra-limited pressings, and culturally iconic reissues that have shaped generations. GRAILS is a gallery of recorded art, an emporium of music-themed curiosities, and a gathering place for those fluent in, or just discovering, the language of music.

$50 to Fairy Meadow Flowers. East Rock, New Haven

Fairy Meadow Flowers is a heartfelt, earth-informed, all-things-floral studio. The owner and operator grows flowers on a farm in Hamden, CT using no-till and chemical free growing practices, so as to disturb the soil and its inhabitants as little as possible. These gardens are full of happy earthworms, birds, butterflies, insects, humans and squirrels. 🐿️

10/01/2026

The Bottom Line: A Small Business Happy Hour Series

​Cara Santino from Little Lion Collective will walk through the basics of Profit and Loss statements, breaking down what they actually mean for your business and how to use them to make smarter decisions day to day.

​Whether you’re just getting started or have been running your business for years, this is a great chance to meet other small business owners, talk shop, and get practical, straightforward advice from others in the community.

​Snacks and mocktails will be provided! October 14th, 6-8PM. Link in bio for tickets!

09/25/2026