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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods
CT Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails
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Norbrook Farm Brewery

May 8, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

NorstromBrook Norbrook Farm Brewery, Colebrook April 2019 & September 2024 Colebrook, Connecticut. Colebrook has a brewery. Colebrook has almost nothing else, but it has a brewery. A large, sparkling, 5,300-square foot brewery. A destination brewery that looks like it belongs in an issue of "Country Living". … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Colebrook, norbrook farm brewery

White’s Diner

April 15, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Spotty History of White's in Bridgeport 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Bridgeport, Calvin, Classic Diners, restaurants

High Nine Brewing

March 11, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

High Nine at High Noon High Nine Brewing, Deep River January 2020 “You must be high.” Why? “Because you continue to go to every podunk hole-in-the-wall corrugated steel box brewery with sloppily hung signage in Connecticut, even though every one of them is sort of the same place now, just in different … [Read more...]

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

Luppoleto Brewing Company

February 24, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Buon Giorno! Luppoleto Brewing Company, Windsor Locks November 2019 When I began writing about Connecticut breweries in 2009, only Thomas Hooker in Bloomfield was between my workplaces in Windsor and Enfield. Since then, Back East, Powder Hollow, Broad Brook v.East Windsor (now Problem Solved) all opened. Then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: luppoleto brewing company, Windsor Locks

Woodbury Brewing Company

February 12, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

A Place To Chat, Chew, and Drink Brew Woodbury Brewing Company, Woodbury June 2019 There's a formula for naming breweries and it's a pretty boring formula. One brewery began by going against that formula. Of course it would be weird if I wasn't talking about this one, Woodbury Brewing Company. Yes, this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Brewpubs, Woodbury, woodbury brewing company

Athletic Brewing Company

February 6, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

This Place Will Work Out Athletic Brewing Company, Stratford June 2019 Athletic closed their taproom at some point. Probably after reading this an wondering why they had one in the first place. With the incredible rise of the craft brewing industry over the 20-teens, many have been bought/taken over by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: athletic brewing, Stratford

Makris Diner

February 4, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Makris Makegrits? 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Classic Diners, restaurants, Wethersfield

Vanilla Bean Cafe

February 4, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Bean There, Done That Vanilla Bean Café, Pomfret June 2013 Everyone loves “The Bean,” as The Vanilla Bean Café is affectionally called in the Quiet Corner. It’s a good little restaurant and is deeply ingrained in the community. The food is good, the service is top notch, and the fact that they feature local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Everything Else, Food & Drink, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Pomfret, restaurants

Better Half Brewing (Closed)

January 29, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

What’s the Lesser Half Like? Better Half Brewing, Bristol November 2019 This brewery ceased operations on 12/31/21 after listing their equipment on the sites that sell such things for a year or so. There is a very good brewery in Bristol that brews very good beer, spanning a wide array of styles. I very much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: better half brewing, Bristol, Closed/Gone/Former

Foxon Park Beverages

January 23, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Get Your Fox On Foxon Park Beverages, East Haven Our state’s 3 soda makers are old: Foxon Park is the baby, having been founded in 1922. Hosmer Mountain (1912) and Avery’s (1904) are the elder statesmen. Having just learned their ages, I’m a bit amazed to be honest. Good for these three companies for keeping it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: East Haven, Soda

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