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Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods
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Epicure Brewing

July 14, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Epicurio Epicure Brewing, Norwich August 2017 Summer of 2017... approaching that assumed critical mass of 50 Connecticut breweries (Epicure was the 48th to open) and how that was going to be absolute maximum that the state could support? Epicure Brewing is located right next door to These Guys Brewing - both … [Read more...]

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

Candlewood Brewing Company (Closed)

July 5, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

A Candle in the Wind Candlewood Brewing Company, New Milford July 2022 Candlewood Brewing closed in July 2022 Talk about a Bad Dream. Candlewood Brewing was one of the shortest-lived Connecticut breweries of the 21st century. It opened in late January 2021 and hung it up in early July 2022; about 16 months. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, New Milford

Almost Famous Brewing Company

June 29, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Internet Famous Almost Famous Brewing Company, East Granby April 2021 Here's an odd quirk about this brewery that looks like every other brewery in a nondescript business park in a nondescript section of a Connecticut town: It was featured on WFSB's "Something's Brewing" segment not once, not twice, not three … [Read more...]

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

Rosie’s Royal Chocolates

June 17, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Where Snacks Get the Royal Treatment Rosie's Royal Chocolates, Southington April 2022 We live in an age of repurposing empty factories. These buildings are very often hulking ugly brick structures with massive open floors and giant windows. Some have become loft apartment buildings, some now house breweries or … [Read more...]

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

Coles Road Brewing Company

June 9, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Coles Road Brewing Company, Berlin June 2021 The married couple who own and brew at Coles Road Brewing in Berlin, Paul and Lea Marchinkoski have slowly built up and improved upon a pretty well respected little central Connecticut brewery. Sure, we have other husband and wife … [Read more...]

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

Sichuan: Song

June 2, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Sing It! Song, West Hartford April 2021 I am wholly unqualified to write this page. I know, I know... I've said this many times before on this website, and especially when it comes to writing about restaurants, and especially about cuisines about which I know nothing. I am a white man. I grew up mostly in Delaware … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: China, Food Tour of the World, West Hartford

Clocktown Brewing Company

May 20, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Countrytime in Thomaston Clocktown Brewing Company, Thomaston June 2021 Tick, tick, tick... the countdown to when I will say something terrible about Clocktown. It's surely a question on many of your minds. Because surely everyone reading this is aware that I've been friends with one of the owners, Ed Daigneault … [Read more...]

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

Farmer’s Cow Calfé & Creamery

May 18, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ice Cream with Calfvin Farmer's Cow Calfé & Creamery, Mansfield March 2021 Just another typical 75-degree March day in Connecticut. After some hiking up in Chaplin, I rewarded my son with some ice cream. That's just how these outings have to work sometimes. Fortunately, there's often a new-to-me homemade ice cream … [Read more...]

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

Al’s Hot Dog Stand (Closed)

May 5, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Relish Connecticut's Bounty Al's Hot Dog Stand, Naugatuck April 2022 Al's closed in February 2024 to make way for an expanded gas station. I started "completing" the Roadfood "Eat Before You Die" list what? a decade ago? I actually plowed through the 60 or so places that was still open and then Michael and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Another Freaking Hot Dog, Closed/Gone/Former, naugatuck, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Third Place by Half Full Brewery

May 3, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

"Only Wanna Co-Work With Youuuuu" Third Place by Half Full Brewery, Stamford April 2022 In October 2024, Half Full closed their original location, leaving on this one open. Since, I guess, a little beer is brewed here, I'll keep this in the breweries list though the huge majority of Half Full beer is now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: second locations, Stamford

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