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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods

Steamed Cheeseburgers at The Lunch Box (Closed)

August 31, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Lunch Boxed Up and Left The Lunch Box Steamed Cheeseburgers, Meriden After many successful years in business, The Lunch Box closed in 2019. I never made it to the Lunch Box, but putting this page together allows me to drop a Mark Bittman article about the Lunch Box from the early 1980's. Crazy, right? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: closed, Meriden, Middlesex County, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

K. LaMay’s Steamed Cheeseburgers

August 31, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Oh, K. LaMay K LaMay's Steamed Cheeseburgers, Meriden August 2023 I started "completing" the Roadfood "Eat Before You Die" list in 2009 or so. I actually plowed through the 60 or so places that was still open and then Michael and Jane Stern released another version of their fun book with a slew of new-to-the-list … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Meriden, Middlesex County, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, unique restaurants and/or food

Vietnamese Night Market

August 25, 2023 by Steve 2 Comments

Ôi chúa Ôi! Vietnamese Night Market, St. Mark the Evangelist Church, West Hartford July 2023 There are only TWO Night Markets remaining in 2023. Saturdays September 2nd and 16th at 6 PM at St. Mark's The Evangelist Church in West Hartford. If you're reading this after these dates, you're going to have to search … [Read more...]

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

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

Union: Complete!

December 2, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Union: Complete! Traveler Food and Books Here is the CTMQ Guide to Union with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns already. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: book store, Calvin, Tolland County, Union, unique restaurants and/or food

Sichuan: Song

June 2, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Sing It! Song, West Hartford April 2021 I am wholly unqualified to write this page. I know, I know... I've said this many times before on this website, and especially when it comes to writing about restaurants, and especially about cuisines about which I know nothing. I am a white man. I grew up mostly in Delaware … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: China, Food Tour of the World, Hartford County, West Hartford

Al’s Hot Dog Stand

May 5, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Relish Connecticut's Bounty Al's Hot Dog Stand, Naugatuck April 2022 I started "completing" the Roadfood "Eat Before You Die" list what? a decade ago? I actually plowed through the 60 or so places that was still open and then Michael and Jane Stern released another version of their fun book with a slew of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Another Freaking Hot Dog, naugatuck, New Haven County, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Cajun: Roux

April 20, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Let's Geaux! Roux Cajun Eatery, Simsbury March 2022 A rare day off from work with the boys in school? Be still my heart. A Cajun eatery has come to Connecticut? Clog my heart's arteries. Yes, let's go eat lunch at Roux, who is "bringing Louisiana food, music & culture to New England," according to … [Read more...]

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

Tibet: Tibetan Kitchen

January 28, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

You TiBetter Believe Tibetan Kitchen, Middletown New Haven January 2016 Tibetan Kitchen closed and re-opened in New Haven Chapel Street in 2022. As I begin putting this page together, I find myself getting lost in the mountains of Tibet and the geopolitical twists and turns of the east Asian country. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Food Tour of the World, Middlesex County, Middletown, tibet

The Mayflower Dining Room

January 14, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

This Place is Money The Mayflower Dining Room, Washington November 2021 Alright look, I didn't stay a night at the Mayflower Inn. And I'm never going to. I live 45 minutes away and there's no reason for me to spend major coin to stay at a hotel. Even if it's arguably the nicest hotel in the state. Rates are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Everything Else, Food & Drink, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Hoang, Litchfield County, restaurants, Washington

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