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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods
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Ecuador: La Toquilla

December 5, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Time to Toq Up CT Food Tour of the World at La Toquilla, Manchester May 2024 I have written many times on this here website that I have no business writing about food. And I really have no business writing about foods and cultures from countries and peoples I know nothing about. Yet here I am again, at La … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: ecuador, Food Tour of the World, Manchester

Lobster, Shrimp, and Scallop Ponsinella at Roseland Apizza

November 21, 2025 by Steve 1 Comment

High Roller Derby Lobster, Shrimp, and Scallop Ponsinella at Roseland Apizza, Derby November 2024 While this isn't the Shrimp Oreganato Pizza that Roadfood included on the list I've been eating my way through, it's close enough. If you happened on this page from that list, deal with it. Sometimes you just gotta … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Damian, derby, Pizza, unique restaurants and/or food

Nigeria: Naija

February 21, 2025 by Steve 1 Comment

Taking a Poundo on the Chin-Chin CT Food Tour of the World at Naija, Newington November 2024 Straight up, this will be a difficult page to write. I cannot find a single review of this restaurant. No explanations, no experiences... nothing to help guide me. Sure, I ate there and know the names of most of what I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Ethnic Restaurants, Food Tour of the World, gray hair gang, Newington, nigeria

Triple Raven Brewing

February 14, 2025 by Steve 1 Comment

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, While I Pondered, Weak and Weary Triple Raven Brewing, Thompson November 2024 In the few years before the COVID-19 pandemic, breweries were popping up everywhere. It became a bit of a joke to say that every town in Connecticut was getting a brewery. For a while there, that seemed to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Thompson

Powdermen Spirits Company

January 30, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pow! Right in the Kisser! Powdermen Spirits Company, Simsbury January 2025 Wow. Kapow. What a wild journey to get to Powdermen Spirits to be able to properly write this page. It's entirely embarrassing on my part. I know this. But when you're the guy doing the thing where you go and do and then write about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Simsbury

Thimble Island Old Saybrook Brewpub (Closed)

January 18, 2025 by Steve 1 Comment

A Thimble of Time Thimble Island Brewpub, Old Saybrook This Thimble Island location closed in January 2025. I never visited. It's tough out there, folks. While the flagship Thimble Island Brewery is still open in an office park in Branford, this attempt at a second location in Old Saybrook lasted only nine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Old Saybrook, short stay, Thimble Island BREWING

Ethiopia: Lalibela

January 17, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lali, Lali, Lali Get Your Injera Here... CT Food Tour of the World at Lalibela, New Haven November 2024 I'm facing a crisis. And if my wife wrote about places like Lalibela like I do, she'd have the same issue. Is it an ethical issue? An existential one? I'm not sure, but it certainly won't be the first time I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Food Tour of the World, Hoang, New Haven

Stappa Vineyard

January 10, 2025 by Steve 1 Comment

Just Stahhpp Stappa Vineyard, Orange November 2024 The tasting room at Stappa Vineyard in Orange is lovely. The grounds are expansive and nice. The people working there were very friendly. Thank you for coming to my page about this winery. I really should stappa there. But you people expect more. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, New Post, Wineries Tagged With: Hoang, Orange

Wings at The Dew Drop Inn

December 13, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Putting the "Ew" in "Dew" Wacky Wings at The Dew Drop Inn, Derby February 2023 - December 2024 As you see from the dates above, this was a multi-visit, multi-year project. As such, I will split this page up into my 3 visits. Intro Visit 1: Buffalo Hot, Imperial Coffee Stout Dry Rub, Tikka Masala Peanut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: derby, unique restaurants and/or food

Tree House Brewing

November 22, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

The Magic (of) Tree House Tree House Brewing, Woodstock November 2024 The first half of this page is a cut and paste from my page about this place when it was just a cidery. Since I separate cideries from breweries, there simply must be two separate pages on CTMQ. I’m at a bit of a loss here. On the one hand, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Farms, tree house, Woodstock

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