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Hot Dog at Super Duper Weenie

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Hot Dog at Super Duper Weenie

Super Stupor? 306 Black Rock Tpke Fairfield, CT Cost: I forget, but it was something like 4 bucks for a New Englander Hot Dog It bears repeating - and will be repeated again - I am not a meat eater. I hadn't eaten a beef/pork hot dog for about 10 years before beginning this list of Roadfood's best, um, road food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails, Restaurants Tagged With: Another Freaking Hot Dog, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

*Pancakes at Gail’s… Sort of

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*Pancakes at Gail’s… Sort of

Pattycake Pattycake, Baker Steve Gail's on the Common, Ridgefield My Kitchen 2016 Update: This seems like a wholly unnecessary "update," but here goes. As you'll read, Gail's on the Common was closed before the book that contained the list I completed was published. The owner kept a sister restaurant (which had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Restaurants Tagged With: Damian, Fairfield County, Recipes, Ridgefield, RIP, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Doughnuts at Tastease

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Doughnuts at Tastease

Tasteasy Like Every Morning Tastease, 70 New Park Ave, Hartford 2016 Update: Tastease was for sale. Then it wasn't. Then it was closing. Then it wasn't. Then it went through that whole cycle again. And again. Finally, after years of threatening to do so, in March 2016 Tony and Susan sold Tastease. They … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails Tagged With: Damian, doughnuts, Hartford, Hartford County, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

*Truffle at Bridgewater Chocolates

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*Truffle at Bridgewater Chocolates

A Truffle not to be Trifled With Bridgewater Chocolates, Bridgewater (Brookfield and W Hartford retail stores) Cost: Prices vary, see website below *National best I found out the coolest thing this year; our year of frugality. The traditional sixth wedding anniversary gift is something steel and the modern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Damian, Hartford County, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, West Hartford

Hot Dogs at Capitol Lunch

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Hot Dogs at Capitol Lunch

Delicious with a "Capitol" D Capitol Lunch, 510 Main St., New Britain Cost: $1.60 per dog with everything Michael Stern, the food critic who wrote the book that has compelled me to eat certain "must eat" things around the state, sure loves hot dogs. Cripes, of the 60 or so things to eat in Connecticut alone, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails, Restaurants Tagged With: Another Freaking Hot Dog, Hartford County, Historic Restaurants, New Britain, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Roadfood’s Best-Of Lists

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Roadfood’s Best-Of Lists

Food, Glorious (Road)Food! Hot (Dogs) and Mustard! Roadfood Lists It’s completely ridiculous how much time and effort I’ve put into creating this page. From finding the 63 Connecticut entries from Jane and Michael Stern’s 2009 500 Things to Eat Before it’s Too Late, to visiting them all, to updating the list below … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Historic Restaurants, Homemade Ice Cream, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

*Dirt Bombs at Bantam Bread Co.

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*Dirt Bombs at Bantam Bread Co.

Bombs Over Ban-Tammmm! Bantam Bread Company, Bantam Cost: $1.00* per dirt bomb (in 2009) [2013: $1.50 in 2013. Which is the year I’m writing this sentence. I’ve bought dirt bombs (and other breadstuffs) from BBC many, many times since this inaugural visit below. In fact, every time I go anywhwere west of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

*Pizza at Frank Pepe’s

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*Pizza at Frank Pepe’s

How Long Would You Wait? The Original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven December 29, 2007 [Note: Pepe's is part of the 500 Thing to Eat Before it's Too Late and is ranked as THE "National Best" pizza. This report was filed before the book came out.] The Impossible Dream... We did it. We successfully … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails, Restaurants Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, national Champions, New Haven, New Haven County, Pizza, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Birthplace of the Hamburger

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Birthplace of the Hamburger

America's First Coronary Disease Louis' Lunch, New Haven 2016 Update: This page was written before I embarked on the odyssey to eat the entire Roadfood list. It was written because Louis' Lunch is an important Connecticut icon in and of itself. It was also written in 2007 when I was much younger and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails, Restaurants, Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Historic Restaurants, New Haven, New Haven County, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

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