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 for me. 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 … [Read more...]
Breweries & Brewpubs & Cideries
Beer. And Lots Of It My extensive CT Beer Reviews! that some people seem to enjoy. I began this particular page in 2008 when there were four breweries in Connecticut (Cottrell, New England, Olde Burnside, and Hooker.) It was an easy list and I completed it in short order. Only one had a tasting room (Hooker) … [Read more...]
Connecticut Cheese Trail
Cheese, Fairly Glorious Cheese CTMQ's Connecticut Cheese Trail There currently is no such thing as the Connecticut Cheese Trail. So I made it up a while back in 2009 or so. In my very amateur opinion, our cheeses are pretty good. But it's cheese, so it has to be good, right? I will never not be surprised that our … [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. Stuff not on my CT Food Tour of the World, or classic diners, or other food and drink lists... though there will be some unavoidable crossover. If you have … [Read more...]
Wineries & Meaderies
Whining Connecticut Wineries and Meaderies Skip down to The Wineries Skip down to The Meaderies Skip down to The Wine-Like Cideries The Connecticut Wine Trail adopted a new slogan in 2012: “Taste the Adventure!” This didn’t particularly strike me as the best possible choice, so I asked a few people for their … [Read more...]
Olde Burnside Brewing Co. (RIP)
Olde... and Gone Olde Burnside Brewing Company, East Hartford Multiple visits over the years I wrote this in October 2017. Seventeen years after Olde Burnside became an operational brewery in Connecticut. Why? Because I thought old Olde Burnside was on the cusp of closure then. Now it's December 2018 and I don't … [Read more...]
Nod Hill Brewery
”Don’t Sleep on This Place” Nod Hill Brewery, Ridgefield May 2018 If you foolishly lurk around beer groups on social media, you’ll see the phrase “don’t sleep on this [beer/brewery]” quite often. It’s especially irksome when it’s some well-established brewery or more often, just another New England IPA that tastes … [Read more...]
Dutch Tavern
I’m in Dutch Now Dutch Tavern, New London May 2018 Finally. I’ve finally begun my journey to take a seat and have a beer at all of Connecticut’s few remaining true, classic taverns. What’s that? There are a billion bars all over the state? What differentiates these 8 or 9 particular places? Glad you … [Read more...]
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