Connecticut Food & Drink Table of Contents Restaurants, Breweries, Wineries, Cheese! Ice Cream! & More! This page now serves as a fairly robust jumping off point for all sorts of food and drink sections of CTMQ. The state has maintained some culinary “trails” over the years and I’ve done them all. I’ve also … [Read more...]
Connecticut Food Tour of the World
The Most Difficult and Delicious Section of CTMQ CTMQ Ethnic Food/Restaurant Tour Here’s something you may not know: writing about food is very, very difficult. I can’t do it very well at all, but at least I’m friends with a few quality food writers. As I embark on these little food adventures “around the world in … [Read more...]
Connecticut Cheese Trail
There currently is no such thing as the Connecticut Cheese Trail. So I made it up a while back. In my very amateur opinion, our cheeses are better than our wines, and we do have a CT Wine Trail. Below are my visits to the cheesemakers around that state of which I'm aware. Drop me a line if you know of any other … [Read more...]
More Great Homemade Ice Cream!
How in the world do I get Hoang (and Damian - and update! now Calvin) to hop in the car with me for our Sunday adventures to who-knows-where? It's easy - if I rename them "Sundae Adventures" and hit up a top-notch ice cream joint along the way. Connecticut has a wealth of old school, real milk, real sugar, real fruit … [Read more...]
Unique and/or Historic Dining Establishments
Bon Vivarent This is another one of my infamous mish-mosh pages where I stick everything bar/restaurant related that doesn't really fit anywhere else. On the one hand, I have my “Restaurant Tour of the World” stuff, many of which would fit into here. Or at least some of them would. At least the Internet makes … [Read more...]
Connecticut Wineries and Vineyards
Whining Visits to Every Connecticut Winery December 2012 (re-edited November 2014) ................................... Jump down to my visits to the wineries Go to CTMQ's Winery Superlatives Lists ................................... I’m writing this somewhat self-contradicting essay having been to all … [Read more...]
Dubl Twister
Muito Obrigado Ice Cream at Double Twister, Danbury Danbury has a very large Brazilian population. As you’d then expect, there are a bunch of Brazilian restaurants in Danbury. (My quick research shows a distinct lack of true Brazilian waxing operations in town, however.) Dubl Twister is unique among … [Read more...]
Classic Taverns
I Don't Know Why And Not Because I'm Drunk Connecticut's Classic Taverns Years ago - probably in 2014 or so - I put together a list of Connecticut's remaining true taverns. I do not remember where I got this list from. I assume it was searching through the state's online license directory. I'm fond of this … [Read more...]
Essex Shad Bake
Don’t Be Shad Annual Shad Bake, Essex June 2, 20017 If you’re reading this, you likely know that the humble shad is Connecticut’s state fish. You’re probably aware that shad runs in the Connecticut River used to support a huge shad industry. And you may have even eaten shad or its roe. (Growing up, I think … [Read more...]
Norm’s Diner
Norm's Diner Groton January 2016 NORM! I wonder if there’s some doofus who gets his daily breakfast from Norm’s Diner and enters each morning by yelling “NORM!” Probably. And if I lived near Groton and was the type to buy my breakfast every morning, that doofus would be me. NORM! Norm’s Diner is a … [Read more...]
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