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UConn Dairy Bar

July 24, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

I Dream of Jonathan. There. I Said It. UConn Dairy Bar, Mansfield May 24, 2009 & Other Visits CTMQ is far too big and often unwieldy. It has sprawled from being just about museums into all sorts of directions and sections. I recently began eating Jane and Michael Stern's "Eat Before You Die" Roadfood items across … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Colleges & Universities, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Mansfield, Storrs, UConn

UConn Dairy Bar Cheese

July 23, 2009 by Steve 7 Comments

Juustoleipa! Juustoleipa! Cheese at The UConn Dairy Bar, Mansfield Since Connecticut's cheese makers haven't banded together yet to create the Connecticut Cheese Trail (a la the CT Wine Trail), I'm striking out on my own. And my first strike was at my alma mater: UConn. And the moderately famous Dairy Bar to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, CT Cheese Trail, Farms, Finnish, Mansfield, Storrs, UConn

Hot Dogs at Rawley’s

July 18, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

The Word "Raw" in the Name is Sort of Weird Rawley's Drive-In Fairfield A couple museums after my earlier hot dog experience over at Super Duper Weenie, it was time for another hotdog. Whereas the SDW dog was merely a Roadfood Honorable Mention, the Rawley's dog is said to be the second best deep-fried hot dog in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Another Freaking Hot Dog, Fairfield, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Holmberg Orchards

July 17, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

What's Up, Holms Holmberg Orchards, Gales Ferry July 11, 2009 This place is in Gales Ferry. Gales Ferry? Ah yes, another of Connecticut's weird naming conventions; Gales Ferry refers both to a village within the town of Ledyard, Connecticut, and to a complex of buildings within that village at the site of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: Hard Cider, Hoang, Ledyard

Fried Cheese at Shady Glen

July 16, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

It's Cheese. And it's Fried. 'Nuff Said. Shady Glen, Manchester July 2009 This page is going into the "unique food as far as I know it" file... which is very important. That way, I'll feel better about the fact that my son and I ate several pieces of cheese - make that FRIED cheese - for the good of the website. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, Historic Restaurants and Bars, Manchester, restaurants, Shady Glen, unique restaurants and/or food

Ice Cream at Ridgefield IC Shop

July 6, 2009 by Steve 4 Comments

No Cookie Pusses Here Ridgefield Ice Cream Shop, Ridgefield July 2009 As has become my tactic, I made sure to figure out a route back from a week visiting my family in Delaware that would take in a few CTMQ sites. After hitting a museum on the way down, I figured we'd make it a little more fun - and delicious - on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, Ridgefield, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

*Fries at Super Duper Weenie

July 5, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

Super Stupor (Pt 2) Super Duper Weenie Fairfield If you read a bunch of these Roadfood's Best posts in succession, you may get the impression that I'm a bit snooty about my food and/or I think the Sterns of Roadfood are a little crazy. The truth lies somewhere in between... I like french fries, but I'm not a … [Read more...]

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

Tour Stop 12: One Last Meat Up for Soccer

June 25, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Game 19 Brazil Grille, Hartford July 8, 2006 Our last stop on the World Cup Tour 2006 was, for me, the most anticipated. I had previewed the Brazil Grill restaurant the week prior by popping my head in during the group play Japan game. Even though it was a Thursday afternoon and the game meant absolutely nothing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: brazil, Ethnic Restaurants, Hartford, restaurants, World Cup 2006

Tour Stop 11: God Save the Beckham

June 25, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Game 18 The Half Door, Hartford June 27, 2006 As with most Americans, I'm a bit of a mutt; A Germano-Scotch-English one. I suppose I'm mostly English, but I look a bit more Scottish I'm told. At any rate, I find a part of me cheering on the Brits at this point in the World Cup. We pasty white guys need to stick … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Non-CT Tagged With: Ethnic Restaurants, Hartford, ireland, restaurants, World Cup 2006

Tour Stop 9: Ed Has a Heart After All

June 25, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Game 16 Goal International Sports Bar, Hartford June 22, 2006 At this point, I'm only writing this blog entry for the sake of consistency. Because our first attempt at a "Brazilian day" was a bit of a failure. Albeit a fun and delicious failure. We opted to watch the game versus Australia on Sunday at Goal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Non-CT Tagged With: Ethnic Restaurants, Hartford, Peru, restaurants, World Cup 2006

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