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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods
CT Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails
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The White Horse Country Pub & Restaurant

July 16, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

"W(hite) Horses, Couldn't Drag Me Awayyy" The White Horse Country Pub & Restaurant, Washington October 2014 This page is more about the unique museum-like quality of The White Horse rather than the food, sorry. I will never not CTMQ (Chuckle To Myself Quietly) when Connecticut's "charming" habit of using quaint … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Historic Restaurants and Bars, Hoang, restaurants, unique restaurants and/or food, Washington

Shunock River Brewery & Village Cafe

July 9, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Awww, Shunocks Shunock River Brewery, North Stonington February 2020 I always feel it is my duty to state up front when I visit a brewery in its first month or two. I also feel that if you open a business selling beer that you make, that beer should be ready to be sold. But all the other stuff like decor and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: North Stonington

Hickory Ledges Farm Distillery

July 1, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Hickory Dickory Hickory Ledges Farm Distillery, Canton October 2015 I've written many times about the allure of Canton. I can't think of another Connecticut town which has such a developed and busy stretch of box stores, car dealerships, and strip malls that is not at all defined by that stretch of box stores … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Canton, Damian

Watercure Farm Distillery

June 25, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Friday I'm in Love Watercure Farm Distillery, Pomfret November 2020 Nice. A Connecticut distillery that is an actual Connecticut distillery. With an actual still that actually distills alcohol. I mostly gave up trying to sort out which of our distilleries are distilleries and which are "spirits producers," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Pomfret

Canton Creamery

June 22, 2021 by Steve 3 Comments

Ferreting Out the Ice Cream Canton Creamery, Canton June 2021 Yes, this is the place you drove past and did a doubletake. Yes, that building where Routes 44, 202, and 179 merge/split that sells tractors, chicken feed, hamsters, fishtanks, dog food, liquor, beer, flowers, and ice cream. Welcome to Petal & Paws in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Canton, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail

NewSylum Brewing Company

June 17, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

The Hills Are Alive NewSylum Brewing Company, Newtown November 2020 NewSylum is such a doofy name for a brewery... or any business for that matter. It wasn't the founders' original choice, but they were sort of forced into it. But we'll get to that in a bit. NewSylum was Newtown's second brewery and it opened … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Newtown

Cherry Brook Farm and Vineyard (Closed)

June 11, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cherry on Top Cherry Brook Farm and Vineyard, Canton June 2021 Cherry Brook closed in November 2021. I've always been honest about Connecticut wine. It's no secret that our climate isn't exactly perfect for varietal grape growing, and pretending otherwise is foolish. And most of our wineries don't pretend, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, New Post, Wineries Tagged With: Canton, Closed/Gone/Former

Waddicor’s Winterplace Farm and Creamery

June 10, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Just Chill Winterplace Farm and Creamery, Pomfret November 2020 Check this out: Winterplace's Pub Cheese spread was a Gold Medal Award winner in the UK World Jersey Cheese Competition as a savory spread! And to think, you've never even heard of Winterplace Farm and Creamery in Pomfet! Congratulations to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Cheese Trail, Farms, Pomfret

Brewport Brewing Company

June 3, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hot Off the Presses Brewport Brewing Company, Bridgeport July 2019 Brewport Enriches Lives with thin crust pizza, gourmet salad, and Connecticut style beers so amazingly great, that staff and guests keep coming back for more. That's Brewport's tagline. And it's really weird, right? No one is going to Brewport … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Bridgeport

Reverie Brewing Company

May 20, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Daydream Believer Reverie Brewing Company, Newtown June 2019 There is nothing wrong with Reverie Brewing. It is located right off of I-84 in an big, rectangular industrial warehouse space. Not exactly the beauty one often associates with Newtown, but typical of a brewery in early 21st century America. As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Newtown

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