Thanks For The Memories Windsor Locks, (Google Maps location) October 2017 Because I couldn't differentiate between Memorial Hall Museum and the Edward Sobatka Civil War Museum, I've combined the two but have published two separate pages. Memorial Hall is a striking building, right in the center of Windsor … [Read more...]
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Bad Dog Brewing Company
Bad to the Bone Bad Dog Brewing Company, Torrington February 2022 There have been over 100 breweries in Connecticut for a few years as I write this in 2022. There had never been a brewery inside a museum - or a museum inside a brewery - in Connecticut before 2020. (I write that having no idea how true that … [Read more...]
Covered Bridges of Danbury Condos
Covered Bridges of Danbury Condos... County Crown Court & Covered Bridge Condo Bridges, Danbury If you can believe it - and I can't - there are two different condominium complexes in Danbury with covered bridges. They are both off of Route 37, both cross Padanaram Brook and are only about half a mile from each … [Read more...]
The Boroughs Brewing Company (Closed)
Digging Out of a Burrow The Boroughs Brewing Company, Killingly July 2022 Unceremoniously closed in December 2024. *Peeks around the corner* ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I... I can't do it. I was trying to live by the credo of "if you … [Read more...]
ARRL Heritage Museum
Go Ahead, Ham it Up ARRL Heritage Museum, Newington (Google Maps location) August 2016 Connecticut museum visit #293. Hoo boy. Here's a museum that I'm afraid I don't know much about. I clearly visited it. I clearly spent a good amount of time there. And I was clearly welcomed by the kind folks in … [Read more...]
The Ice Box (Closed)
No Scoop Til Brooklyn The Ice Box, Brooklyn July 2022 After a protracted and absurd battle against the town of Brooklyn, The Ice Box was forced to close. They plan to reopen in a different town. "We make Small Batch Ice Cream." That's it. That's all they say on their website's landing page. And really, what … [Read more...]
Danbury Dog Rock
Thalia and Melpomene... Woof Dog Rock, Intersection of Hayestown and East Hayestown Roads, Danbury Tragedy and Comedy in one dog's face. Painted on a rock. So much emotion. So much paint. Way down at the extreme southern end of Candlewood Lake - Connecticut's largest lake, by the way - very near Lakeside Pub … [Read more...]
Garden of Ideas (Closed)
It Was a Good Idea While it Lasted Garden of Ideas, Ridgefield June 2017 The Garden of Ideas Closed in September 2019. Things open. Things close. That's just the way things work in America. However, when some things close, they continue on in some way. I imagine the Garden of Ideas, nestled in a corner of … [Read more...]
Black Pond Brews
Black Swamp (Yankees) Black Pond Brews, Killingly July 2015 & July 2022 Black Pond Brews has been around since 2014. I don't know why that surprises me, but it does. I think it has something to do with the fact that they've been doing their thing out in Killingly, one of those black holes of Connecticut. They … [Read more...]
Pizza, A Love Story
(It's Sally's. The Answer is Sally's) Pizza, A Love Story (2019) This is a very important movie. Even though it took over a decade to complete and required some crowd-sourced funding, it is a movie that had to be made. Yes, it's a documentary about New Haven Pizza. Year after year, The Daily Meal ranks the top 100 … [Read more...]
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