It's Cheese. And it's Fried. 'Nuff Said. Shady Glen, Manchester July 16, 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 … [Read more...]
Hot Dogs at Capitol Lunch
Delicious with a "Capitol" D Capitol Lunch, 510 Main St., New Britain Cost: $1.60 per dog with everything Michael Stern, the food critic who wrote the book that has compelled me to eat certain "must eat" things around the state, sure loves hot dogs. Cripes, of the 60 or so things to eat in Connecticut alone, … [Read more...]
Unique and/or Historic Dining Establishments
Bon Vivarent This is another one of my infamous mish-mosh pages where I stick everything restaurant/food related that doesn't really fit anywhere else. Stuff not on my CT Food Tour of the World, or classic diners, or other food and drink lists... though there will be some unavoidable crossover. If you have … [Read more...]
Roadfood’s Best-Of Lists
Food, Glorious (Road)Food! Hot (Dogs) and Mustard! Roadfood Lists It’s completely ridiculous how much time and effort I’ve put into creating this page. From finding the 63 Connecticut entries from Jane and Michael Stern’s 2009 500 Things to Eat Before it’s Too Late, to visiting them all, to updating the list below … [Read more...]
Red Potato Pizza at Willington Pizza
You Say Potato, I Say Delicious Willington Pizza House, Willington May 17, 2009 Way back in the 1990's, some college or college-age students used to do a thing called "dating." This was before online social made such a quaint practice obsolete among that demographic. And if you went to UConn, as I did, your … [Read more...]
Richter’s Cafe (RIP)
The Real "History of the New Haven Bar" Bar Richter's Cafe, New Haven July 21, 2007 Richter's closed June 25, 2011 but has been reopened under a different name and ownership since. After a full day of traipsing around New Haven, taking in several museums and more, friend of CTMQ RobC and I finished up at the … [Read more...]
Esquire’s Favorite Cheeseburger
Nothing Shady About This Place Shady Glen Dairy Stores, Manchester August 25, 2007 As CTMQ readers learned in my review of New Haven's Louis's Lunch (America's hamburger birthplace), I don't eat cows. For the sake of CTMQ's unparalleled integrity, I broke my personal credo and ate a cheeseburger there. I did not … [Read more...]
Hamburger Sandwich at Louis’ Lunch
America's First Coronary Disease Louis' Lunch, New Haven 2016 Update: This page was written before I embarked on the odyssey to eat the entire Roadfood list. It was written because Louis' Lunch is an important Connecticut icon in and of itself. It was also written in 2007 when I was much younger and … [Read more...]