If you look in the Max Restaurant Group’s dictionary under hip, you’ll find a picture of its stylish restaurant, Trumbull Kitchen. Contemporary, cool and inventive, it has been fashioned by owner Richard Rosenthal and executive chef and partner, Chris Torla. Chris has created a globally eclectic menu that emphasizes intense flavors and satisfying textures. Progressive cross-cultural dishes offer variations of familiar food from around the world. Chris’s menu features a collection of tasters and tapas as well as larger plates and entrées. Items range from the Trumbull version of macaroni & cheese to steamed mussels fra diavlo or a Chinese chicken salad. Custom designed elliptical light fixtures give off a warm glow, accenting the leather-upholstered walls detailed with satin aluminum nail heads. A smaller loft dining room overlooks the restaurant and is enclosed by French glass doors. A mosaic theme is carried from the bar to the kitchen by way of a colorfully tiled floor and opaque glass wall, which provides a partial view into the kitchen. Other notable bar attributes include two communal “family style” tables and floor to ceiling mirrors behind the bar.