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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods

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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods

Food, Glorious Food! CT's Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Food It’s completely ridiculous how much time and effort I’ve put into creating this page. I won't burden you with my woes, but suffice it to say that this has been 15 years in the making. There's a lot here, and restaurants are always opening and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Ethnic Restaurants, Food Tour of the World, Historic Restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Soda, unique restaurants and/or food

Al’s Hot Dog Stand

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Al’s Hot Dog Stand

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

Tibet: Tibetan Kitchen

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Tibet: Tibetan Kitchen

You TiBetter Believe Tibetan Kitchen, Middletown January 2016 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 isn't the place to pretend I know anything about the various Chinese incursions and … [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

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The Mayflower Dining Room

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

Belgium: Atelier Florian

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Belgium: Atelier Florian

Atelier Friends Atelier Florian, New Haven September 2021 I have a a love affair with Belgium. It began with being a life-long professional cycling fan and Belgium's 100+ year devotion to the sport. The Tour of Flanders is my favorite race every year and I very much look forward to being able to spend a week there … [Read more...]

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

Red Stone Pub

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Red Stone Pub

No Longer Horsing Around Red Stone Pub, Simsbury June 2018 What led me to include this place on the hallowed pages of CTMQ? Was I tipsy from the beer I had there? Did the owner berate me into doing so as a brilliant marketing ploy? Am I hoping get hooked up with a free meal next time I visit? No, no, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Hartford County, Historic Restaurants, restaurants, Simsbury

Italian Chicken Cutlet Grinder at Wethersfield Pizza House

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Italian Chicken Cutlet Grinder at Wethersfield Pizza House

Ridiculous. Just Ridiculous. Wethersfield Pizza House, Wethersfield September 2021 A couple years ago I was talking with my friend about life and parenting and kids and sports. My young son Calvin was beginning to show a greater interest in soccer and I was looking ahead at what that would me for my own selfish … [Read more...]

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Crullers at Speedy Donuts

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Crullers at Speedy Donuts

A Nice Quickie Speedy Donuts, Norwalk I have way too many pictures for what should be a quickie little page about a very specific item at Speedy Donuts in Norwalk. I like a quickie every so often, you like a quickie every so often... so let's get going. The reason I have too many pictures is because when I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, doughnuts, Fairfield County, Norwalk, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

The Blue Oar

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The Blue Oar

Eat Here... Oar Else The Blue Oar, Haddam July 2021 Lists and listicles are as much of an epidemic as the COVID pandemic. These lazy lists are endemic across online publications these days. I mostly ignore all of them - especially any about "Best Connecticut bloggers" or whatever. CTMQ has never even been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Haddam, Hoang, Middlesex County, unique restaurants and/or food

Bosnia: NY-NY Pizza

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Bosnia: NY-NY Pizza

Cevapi vapi good NY-NY Pizza, Hartford April 2021 Here we are again. Gathered around the glowing screen to read CTMQ's wholly uninformed take on... what is it this time? Bosnian food? Bosnian food. I don't know about you, but when I want to learn about Bosnian food, CTMQ is probably not where I'd go. But you … [Read more...]

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

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