You Say Tomato, I Say Don’t Make Tomato Wine Joseph Preli Farm & Winery, Glastonbury July 2019 Ugh. Here we are again. In that awkward place. You know, that place with wonderful people in a beautiful setting on a gorgeous day… serving me criminally bad product. With the massive growth in the brewery, winery, … [Read more...]
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Area Two Experimental Brewing
Two Legit Area Two Experimental Brewery April 2019 Two Roads Brewery in Stratford, Connecticut prides itself on “taking the road not taken.” They are far and away the state’s largest and most successful brewery. They have far and away the widest distribution reach of any brewery in Connecticut. And apparently they … [Read more...]
J. Foster Ice Cream
Fostering Larger Waistlines J. Foster Ice Cream, Avon May 2019 The Simsbury location closed in October 2020. It’s a bit weird to me to write about something I’ve been to a dozen times already over the course of the last decade. Such is the case with J. Foster Ice Cream in Avon. They have a satellite location in … [Read more...]
The Brewery at Maple View Farm (Closed)
Reassessing Everything The Brewery at Maple View Farm May 2019 The brewery closed at the end of November 2024. I’ve been thinking about the old adage, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” While I’ve been clear in my 13 years of writing everything on this website that I sometimes … [Read more...]
Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop
Harry Caray’s Fave Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop, Newtown May 2019 Something happens to me far more infrequently than you’d believe: I visit a place for this website and wonder if I’d been there before. That has happened to me exactly once in 13 years so far and it was here, at The Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop in Newtown. … [Read more...]
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...]
Two Roads Brewing Company
Robert Frosty Mug Two Roads Brewing Co., Stratford May 2019 When I visit and write about Connecticut’s museums, I have a bad habit of procrastinating and avoiding dealing with the behemoths. Too many pictures, too much to discuss, too much history… I find them daunting to write about to say the least. I never feel … [Read more...]
Stranger Tides Brewing (Closed)
Strange Brew Stranger Tides Brewing, Colchester April 2019 I'm calling this brewery permanently closed. Closed pre-pandemic for health issues, license expired summer of 2021. I just happened to come across this picture in early 2023 which prompted me to see if there was any change in brewery status. I think it's a … [Read more...]
Forest City Brewing
Run, Forest, Run! (To? Or Away?) Forest City Brewing, Middletown March 2019 Oftentimes, when people suggest that we’re at or near the saturation point for breweries in li’l ol’ Connecticut, pro-brewery folks will chime in with the facts about brewery numbers in places like Portland, OR and San Diego and Denver. … [Read more...]
R Dee Winery
Sweet Dee R Dee Winery, Enfield March 2019 It has been almost five full years since I’ve visited a Connecticut winery. So I’m going to need some help getting back into this stuff… R Dee Winery is a family owned winery with a focus on grape to glass by utilizing grapes from regions that grow them best. Our … [Read more...]
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