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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods
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John Fitch Distilling Company

May 12, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Son of a Fitch John Fitch Distilling Company, South Windsor October 2022 I can't decide what the most interesting thing about this new-in-'22 distillery is. There are at least five competing ideas in my head. Most of them could be made far less interesting if the owners of this joint would spend a day beefing up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Hartford County, South Windsor

These Guys Brewing

April 7, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Guyyyyyyyyyyysssssss! These Guys Brewing, Norwich August 2017 and January 2023 These Guys Brewing is slated to move in-town to 49 Church Street, into a former Breligious school, in the summer of 2023. You know what's funny? These Guys Brewing is named "These Guys" and it's co-owned by a woman and its head … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: New London County, Norwich

Firefly Hollow Brewing (Closed)

March 10, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lights Out Firefly Hollow Brewing, Bristol The brewery announced its abrupt closure in February 2023, but offered a firefly's glimmer of hope that it will return in some new form down the road. In 2011 there were only a few standalone non-brewpub breweries in Connecticut... in Stonington, East Hartford, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Bristol, Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford County

Venezuela: Valencia Luncheria

March 3, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Va-LEN-CI-Aaaahhh Valencia Luncheria, Norwalk August 2013 & December 2022 I'm writing this in 2023, having recently enjoyed a "Venezuelan Beach Food" lunch at Valencia Luncheria in Norwalk. This may come as a surprise to some folks in a picture below, who have been waiting to read this particular page for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Fairfield County, Food Tour of the World, Norwalk, venezuela

Mortensen’s Ice Cream

February 24, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Stick to Ice Cream, Leave the Puns to Me Mortensen's Ice Cream, Newington January 2023 I'm 50 as I write this. I've lived within 10 miles of Mortensen's for decades. And I rather like good ice cream. Which is why it's really weird that this is the first time I'd ever had Mortensen's ice cream in my life. In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hartford County, Newington

BE Chocolat

February 14, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

BEautiful and BEwildering BE Chocolat, Fairfield December 2022 As you'd expect chic-chic Connecticut has its fair share of chic-chic chocolatiers. Places where you can go to buy your sweetheart a Valentines Day gift box with a fifty dollar bill and come up short. (We've also got a bunch of more affordable, yet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Fairfield, Fairfield County

Guvnor’s Brewery (Closed)

February 10, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Beer, Glorious Beer, Hot Sausage and Mustard! Guvnor's Brewery, Norwalk I never visited Guvnor's Brewery. Pictures stolen from "The Hour" I have no idea why you're reading this page. Maybe you're some weirdo Connecticut beer historian who is a glutton for punishment; reliving all the failed breweries of nutmeg … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Fairfield County, Norwalk

Connecticut Brewery Collective (Closed)

February 10, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Collective Failure Connecticut Brewery Collective, Wolcott Formerly Shebeen Brewing Company, this iteration of the brewery ceased operations in January 2022 before becoming Velvet Libations. The Connecticut Brewery Collective was probably the smartest thing the owner has done with his brewing operations during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, New Haven County, The Curse of 1 Wolcott Road, Wolcott

Hell or High Water Brewpub (Closed)

February 4, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Welp, About That Name... Hell or High Water Brewpub, Norwalk This place closed in October 2017. Pictures below were stolen from Yelp I think. I never visited Hell or High Water Brewpub. Since I began keeping track of and caring about Connecticut breweries in 2008 or so, I've visited and written about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Fairfield County, Norwalk

Velvet Libations (Closed)

February 3, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Twilight Zone Velvet Libations, Wolcott April 2022 Velvet Libations - yes, that was the actual name - closed in September 2022. 189 Days. Velvet Libations existed in our lives for 189 days. In the year 2022, from their grand opening on St. Patrick's Day until a quiet, unremarkable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, New Haven County, The Curse of 1 Wolcott Road, Wolcott

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