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CTMQ > Hartford

Hog River Brewing Company

September 13, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Turning Hartford's Bathroom Into Its Living Room Hog River Brewing Company, Hartford Multiple Visits As every Hartford area resident knows, today's Park River used to be called the Hog River. (It also used to be called The Little River, which is memorialized by the nearby and awesome Little River Restoratives. If … [Read more...]

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

Hanging Hills Brewing Company (Closed)

August 29, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hanging in There Hanging Hills Brewing Company, Hartford Multiple Visits Hanging Hills closed in March 2020. Sometimes I am forced to write up a brewery after it closes. And that's never fun. Like right now. This isn't fun. Wait... lemme go grab a fresh Hanging Hills beer out of the fridge to lighten the mood a … [Read more...]

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

The Jumping Frog

August 18, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin... The Jumping Frog, Hartford Here I am in August of 2022 writing about a used bookstore that I first visited in... I'll say... 1996. And then again many, many times in the late 1990's when it was located at the corner of Prospect and Farmington Avenues in Hartford. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: book store, Hartford, Hartford County

NHL: Harriet Beecher Stowe House

August 28, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark Harriet Beecher Stowe House Hartford The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is very deserving of its landmark status, but I must mention that it also appears on a few other "trails" and such in Connecticut. It is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail, The CT Underground Railroad Trail, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: harriet beecher stowe house, Hartford, Hartford County, National Historic Landmarks

Bosnia: NY-NY Pizza

August 4, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

Cevapi vapi good NY-NY Pizza, Hartford April 2021 Here we are again. Gathered around the glowing screen to read CTMQ's wholly uninformed take on... what is it this time? Bosnian food? Bosnian food. I don't know about you, but when I want to learn about Bosnian food, CTMQ is probably not where I'd go. But you … [Read more...]

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

Hartford Flavor Company

March 31, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Flavor Flav Hartford Flavor Company, Hartford November 2017 I want Hartford Flavor Company to succeed and flourish and I hope customers remain happy and satisfied with the products and events that come out of the Arbor Street facility. It is an entrepreneurial business, owned by a woman, bringing energy and life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Distilleries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: CT Spirits Trail, Dubious Claims, Hartford, Hartford County

Guatemala: Aurora’s Bakery and Restaurant

March 24, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Aurora Campechanas Auroras Bakery and Restaurant, Hartford Winter 2021 I'm friends with former Courant and current Hearst Media food writer Leeanne Griffin. She and I rarely write about the same things, but when we do, the results go something like this: For her very rare brewery stuff, she may ask me for some … [Read more...]

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

Potsdam Cottages

March 16, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Where There's Huy, There's Hope Potsdam Cottages Hartford Aside from Fishfry Street in Hartford, my favorite street names are those down around Coltsville. The mix of Dutch and Algonquin (or similar) is trippy. Van Block, Van Dyke, Huyshope, Hendrixson, and Curcombe intersect with Warwarme, Masseek, Weehasset, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: coltsville national historic park, Cool Architecture, Hartford, Hartford County, Historic Houses

Phantom Brewing Company

February 16, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

They're Saying "Brewwww," Not "Boooo" Phantom Brewing Company, Hartford August 2020 Did you know that the Phantom Gourmet is still a thing? It is. I just checked. You know, the mysterious secret restaurant critic(s) that slip into restaurants to rate them. Just an anonymous critic with a whole cloak and dagger … [Read more...]

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

CTMQ’s Guide to Hartford

February 15, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Hartford I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Hartford CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Hartford, Hartford County

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