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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods
CT Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails
Wineries & Meaderies
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– Hoang Drinking at CT Wineries

December 5, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Why I Love My Wife and Why You're Glad You're Not Married to Me Part 67 Congratulations on finding a "hidden" CTMQ page that I created just me for, because it makes me laugh. When I was going over my pages on our wineries I was pleased with the fact that I took the same general picture of my wife at so many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink Tagged With: Blog, Hoang

New England Brewing Company

August 10, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Go Here. It's Good. New England Brewing Company Woodbridge This page is kind of amazing. It highlights what makes writing CTMQ so difficult… and so easy. I’m writing this paragraph in December 2019 after realizing how hopelessly outdated the original 2012 NEBCO page was. I’ve done my best to remedy the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink Tagged With: New England Brewing, Woodbridge

Back East Brewing Company

July 29, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

Back to Back East Back East Brewing Company, Bloomfield Multiple visits Now that Back East is an OG brewery, they get the fancy "review over time" treatment. And no, I can't do this for every brewery as it turns eight-years-old. But Back East has gone through so many changes that I felt it was time to revisit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Back East Brewing, Bloomfield

Il Bacio

July 19, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Licensed to Il Ice Cream at Il Bacio, Danbury My first thought upon entering Il Bacio was, “since I can’t get the phrase ‘Licensed to Il’ out of my head, wouldn’t it be awesome if they had a Brass Monkey ice cream or gelato flavor?” Sadly (and expectedly), they did not. Because really, that would be kind of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Danbury, Hoang

Pizza at Pizzeria Laurentano

July 19, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

From Napoli to Bethel 291 Greenwood Ave, Bethel 16 Bucks I think This restaurant closed in 2017. Nailed it. Finally. I think we tried to get pizza here twice before over the years, only to find it closed. (Note: this is still only about 10% as frustrating as trying get pies at Pepe’s or Sally’s in New … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Bethel, Damian, Pizza, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream

July 17, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mystical Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream, Mystic July 14, 2012 It’s not often I can knock out three CTMQ-worthy food/restaurant pages in one fell swoop. (After writing that phrase, I looked at it and wondered where it came from. And it’s stuff like that that makes the Internet so great.) After dining a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Groton, Hoang, Mystic

Shore Dinner at Abbott’s Lobster in the Rough

July 17, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lobster in the Buff Shore Dinner at Abbott's Lobster in the Rough, Groton July 2012 Note: most of this intro stuff is repeated over on my page about their clam chowder, which makes the same Roadfood "Eat Before You Die" list separately. Abbott's is also on the US Best/"See Before You Die" list as well. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Calvin, Damian, Groton, Hoang, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Clam Chowder at Abbott’s Lobster in the Rough

July 15, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

Come for the Lobster, Stay for the Chowder Clam Chowder at Abbott's Lobster in the Rough Groton Note: most of this intro stuff is repeated over on my page about their shore dinner, which makes the same list separately. Abbott's is also on the US Best/"See Before You Die" list as well. I suppose "in the rough" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Calvin, Damian, Groton, Hoang, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Divine Treasures

June 11, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

The Manchester Parkade is Like a Box of Chocolates Divine Treasures, Manchester June 9, 2012 Let’s be honest here – The sprawling Manchester Parkade is a mess. Not just because some of it is being torn down, but also because it is a jumble of some seriously crappy stores mixed in with a few gems. Divine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Chocolate Trail, Damian, Hoang, Manchester

Polish Plate at Staropolska (Closed)

April 9, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Great Place to Polish off a Meal Staropolska, New Britain After 30 years, Staropolska closed in 2024. Ah, New Britski. I could write several thousand words on New Britain’s Broad Street “Little Poland” area. I don’t know why it fascinates me so much, as I’ve been to plenty of neighborhoods with fairly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Ethnic Restaurants, Food Tour of the World, New Britain, New Britski, Poland, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

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