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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods

Lobster Roll at Johnny Ad’s

August 25, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Eating Lobster Rolls Really Ad’s Up Johnny Ad's, Old Saybrook With each successive trip to the beach this summer, we've been trying to pick off CTMQ items. A Freedom Trail site here, a rock of interest there. But mostly, and keep my beautiful wife happy with my pursuits, we've been knocking eats off the "500 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Old Saybrook, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Cheeseburger at Shady Glen

August 11, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

I Feel Shady Eating Cow Shady Glen, Manchester As CTMQ readers may know, I don't eat dead cows (or pigs or goats for that matter). However, for the hugely important purposes of the site, I've cast aside my aversion to the meat industry (really, I don't care about the cows themselves so much) in an effort to sample … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Historic Restaurants and Bars, Manchester, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Shady Glen

Ice Cream at Shady Glen

August 11, 2009 by Steve 13 Comments

Made in the Shady Shady Glen, Manchester August 2009 Shady Glen makes a few appearances on CTMQ. One for their Unique and delicious fried cheese plate, one for their burgers being one of Roadfood's best burgers, and this one - for its ice cream being on that same Roadfood list. I'm sure I'll … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Historic Restaurants and Bars, Manchester, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Shady Glen

Polish Food at Polish National Home (Closed)

August 10, 2009 by Steve 6 Comments

ZachwycajÄ…cy! Polish National Home, Hartford June 2009 The building was sold to a church in December 2022 and no longer exists at the PNH. In researching this write-up I came across the same theme over and over. So I'll follow tradition and dispense with the mild cliché right off the bat - The Polish National … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Ethnic Restaurants, Food Tour of the World, Hartford, Historic Restaurants and Bars, Poland, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Hosmer Mountain Soda

August 7, 2009 by Steve 21 Comments

I Wonder if There's an Actual Hosmer Mountain Around Here? Hosmer Mountain Soda, Manchester/Windham Many visits over decades My title question was answered by a Hosmer employee in the comments. Yes, there is. See below. No disrespect to Manchester and Willimantic, but Hosmer Mountain Soda may be the best … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, Manchester, Soda, Windham

Knipschildt Chocolatier/Chocopologie Cafe

August 6, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

No Chocopologies Here House of Knipschildt/Knipschildt Chocolatier/Chocopologie Cafe, Norwalk June 13, 2009 Fritz Knipchildt's chocolate ventures have gone through a myriad of changes over the years and now, in 2020, the business is called The House of Knipschildt. An outpost in New Haven wasn't open long and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, Superlatives Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Norwalk, restaurants, unique restaurants and/or food

Hot Dogs at Rawley’s

July 18, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

The Word "Raw" in the Name is Sort of Weird Rawley's Drive-In Fairfield A couple museums after my earlier hot dog experience over at Super Duper Weenie, it was time for another hotdog. Whereas the SDW dog was merely a Roadfood Honorable Mention, the Rawley's dog is said to be the second best deep-fried hot dog in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Another Freaking Hot Dog, Fairfield, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Fried Cheese at Shady Glen

July 16, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

It's Cheese. And it's Fried. 'Nuff Said. Shady Glen, Manchester July 2009 This page is going into the "unique food as far as I know it" file... which is very important. That way, I'll feel better about the fact that my son and I ate several pieces of cheese - make that FRIED cheese - for the good of the website. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, Historic Restaurants and Bars, Manchester, restaurants, Shady Glen, unique restaurants and/or food

Ice Cream at Ridgefield IC Shop

July 6, 2009 by Steve 4 Comments

No Cookie Pusses Here Ridgefield Ice Cream Shop, Ridgefield July 2009 As has become my tactic, I made sure to figure out a route back from a week visiting my family in Delaware that would take in a few CTMQ sites. After hitting a museum on the way down, I figured we'd make it a little more fun - and delicious - on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, Ridgefield, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

*Fries at Super Duper Weenie

July 5, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

Super Stupor (Pt 2) Super Duper Weenie Fairfield If you read a bunch of these Roadfood's Best posts in succession, you may get the impression that I'm a bit snooty about my food and/or I think the Sterns of Roadfood are a little crazy. The truth lies somewhere in between... I like french fries, but I'm not a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Fairfield, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

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