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Classic Diners & True Taverns

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Classic Diners & True Taverns

Classic Diners and True Taverns in Connecticut These lists below are both difficult to maintain - and difficult to "complete." Diners and taverns are slowly disappearing for various reasons. And tha was before the COVID-19 pandemic decimated both types of establishments around the country. I can't define what a … [Read more...]

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White’s Diner

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White’s Diner

White's Diner Bridgeport January 2020 I'm pretty bummed out that White's Diner doesn't have a website. In fact, I just spent an eternity trying find something about this joint's history. After those three minutes, I found this: White's is a Bridgeport institution, in existence since 1935. I want to guess … [Read more...]

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Makris Diner

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Makris Diner

Makris Diner Wethersfield December 2019 As I pulled into the parking lot along the busy Berlin Turnpike, Calvin said, “didn’t we just go here?” Chuckling, I replied, “Sorta. But that was a different diner on the same road that serves the same food.” Calvin knows by now that I bring him to repetitive … [Read more...]

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Olympia Diner

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Olympia Diner

Olympia Diner Newington October 2019 When I first put together my list of "Classic Diners" on this website, the list consisted only of actual classic diners. For some reason, I've expanded that original idea to include a bunch of decidedly non-classic dinners in the years since. It sort of bothers me, but I've … [Read more...]

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Triple-A Diner

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Triple-A Diner

Where’s the Fonz? (AAAAaaaaaaa) AAA Diner, East Hartford May 2019 Yeah, I know. This diner sort of stretches the definition of “Classic Diner.” Except that there really is no definition of what makes a diner “classic.” The authors of Classic Diners of Connecticut are clear to say that a diner is “classic” if you … [Read more...]

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Book Review: Classic Diners of Connecticut

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Book Review: Classic Diners of Connecticut

Diners, Dives, and Drive-By's Classic Diners of Connecticut Garrison Leykam, 2013 Let's face it, diner culture is dying. Some have probably engraved the headstone already. It is for that reason that I decided to list and visit Connecticut's "classic" diners several years ago. My list has grown and shrunk over the … [Read more...]

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Dutch Tavern

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Dutch Tavern

I’m in Dutch Now Dutch Tavern, New London May 2018 Finally. I’ve finally begun my journey to take a seat and have a beer at all of Connecticut’s few remaining true, classic taverns. What’s that? There are a billion bars all over the state? What differentiates these 8 or 9 particular places? Glad you … [Read more...]

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Norm’s Diner

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Norm’s Diner

Norm's Diner Groton January 2016 NORM! I wonder if there’s some doofus who gets his daily breakfast from Norm’s Diner and enters each morning by yelling “NORM!” Probably. And if I lived near Groton and was the type to buy my breakfast every morning, that doofus would be me. NORM! Norm’s Diner is a … [Read more...]

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Skooter’s Diner

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Skooter’s Diner

Skooter's Diner Windsor Locks October 2017 As I write this, I'm still not sure it belongs on CTMQ. The original intent of the diners list was "classic diners." The O'Rourke's, Zips, Quakers, Norm's, Aeros, etc. of the Nutmeg State. Skooter's is not old and is not classic. But it was built to look classic! … [Read more...]

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Main Street Diner

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Main Street Diner

Main Street Diner Plainville February 20, 2013 If I was writing a fictional story about a town where nothing exciting happens, I'd center some of the dialogue around a local gathering place. And since the story would be an expose about the not-unexciting dark underbelly of this superficially boring town, … [Read more...]

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