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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods

Pizza at Frank Pepe’s

January 17, 2008 by Steve 6 Comments

How Long Would You Wait? The Original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven December 2007 Note: Pepe's is part of the Roadfood 500 Thing to Eat Before it's Too Late and is ranked as THE "National Best" pizza. This page was written well before the book came out. It was also written before Pepe’s expanded, as … [Read more...]

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Richter’s Cafe (Closed)

September 28, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Real "History of the New Haven Bar" Bar Richter's Cafe, New Haven July 21, 2007 Richter's closed June 25, 2011 but has been reopened under a different name and ownership since. After a full day of traipsing around New Haven, taking in several museums and more, friend of CTMQ RobC and I finished up at the … [Read more...]

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Hamburger Sandwich at Louis’ Lunch

July 25, 2007 by Steve 3 Comments

America's First Coronary Disease Louis' Lunch, New Haven 2016 Update: This page was written before I embarked on the odyssey to eat the entire Roadfood list. It was written because Louis' Lunch is an important Connecticut icon in and of itself. It was also written in 2007 when I was much younger and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Historic Restaurants and Bars, New Haven, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

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