A Good Way to Spend a Day Off Ferris Acres Creamery, Newtown August 2013 “Hey Steve, why haven’t you gone to Ferris Acres yet? Bueller? Bueller?” My answer is always the same, “Oh but I have. I just haven’t written about it yet. I'm waiting for a Ferris Day Off.” My point is that Ferris Acres commands a lot of … [Read more...]
Dairy De-Lite
Dari Delight? Dairy Delite? Dairy De-Lite, Woodbury Woodbury is quite famous for being the antiques capital of Connecticut. A drive down route 6 through town certainly bears this out. There are approximately 218 antique galleries here. Alas, I’m not into antiques and while I'm sure these shops and galleries are … [Read more...]
Dubl Twister
Muito Obrigado Ice Cream at Double Twister, Danbury Danbury has a very large Brazilian population. As you’d then expect, there are a bunch of Brazilian restaurants in Danbury. (My quick research shows a distinct lack of true Brazilian waxing operations in town, however.) Dubl Twister is unique among … [Read more...]
Quiet Corner Creamery
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Quiet Corner Creamery, Putnam August 13, 2017 For some reason, many years ago, I decided to maintain a list of "homemade ice cream joints" for this website. Which, of course, meant that I'd "have to" visit and enjoy them all. (The reason was fairly simple: I drag my lovely wife and sons … [Read more...]
Food & Drink
Restaurants, Foods, Diners, Taverns, Ice Cream, Cheese, Chocolate, Breweries, Brewpubs, Cideries, Kombucheries, Wineries, Meaderies, Distilleries, & Soda Makers This page now serves as a fairly robust jumping off point for the many food and drink sections of CTMQ. The state has maintained some culinary “trails” over … [Read more...]
Ashley’s Ice Cream
For the Dog Days of Summer Ashley's Ice Cream, New Haven (+ 4 other locations) September 9, 2014 I’ll readily admit that writing up visits to all of Connecticut's homemade ice cream joints is a bit of a slog. It’s hard. Aside from a few standout stands, the rest just pretty much... exist. But I started … [Read more...]
Grass Roots Ice Cream
Careful, They May Have a Grass and Root Vegetable Flavor Grass Roots Creamery, Granby September 2, 2014 Major 2018 update at the bottom! (Some pictures here are from 2017 in addition to the 2014 ones.) As of today, in September 2014, Grass Roots' website is the most basic of websites. It is merely one page, … [Read more...]
Micalizzi’s Italian Ice & Ice Cream
Ice C.R.E.A.M. Micalizzis, Bridgeport Bridgeport. The BPT. You know, the bankrupt and corrupt blighted city situated in the “richest county in America.” I’ve lived in Connecticut over half of my life now, and Bridgeport is perhaps the most fascinating thing about this state to me. It is a glaring example of what … [Read more...]
Tulmeadow Farm Store
Jethro Tulmeadow Tulmeadow Farm, Simsbury My title makes no sense and means absolutely nothing, but it made me chuckle quietly to myself. What’s that I say? Chuckle To Myself Quietly? Did you know that is a little used text/Twitter/etc. acronym? That being “CTMQ?” It’s true. At one time, when searching … [Read more...]
Durham Dari Serv
What's Wrong With "Dairy Serve?" Durham Dari Serv, Durham September 7, 2012 Everyone knows I hate cutesy intentional misspellings. This issue seems epidemic in the Connecticut Ice Cream scene. But let's be honest, if the ice cream is good, we can move past that issue. And fortunately for this venerable joint, it … [Read more...]