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CTMQ > CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail

Wildowsky Dairy

January 23, 2012 by Steve 10 Comments

Did the Wildowsky Eat Too Much Butterfatsky? Wildowsky Dairy Farm, Lisbon December 11, 2011 When I started putting together my "Other Great Homemade Ice Cream" list for this website, I figured every stop along the way would be delicious and wonderful. And, for the most part, that has certainly been the case. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Lisbon

Salem Valley Farms

August 2, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Ah-Salem `A-Makum My Ice Cream Salem Valley Farms, Salem July 16, 2011 I know I’m the king of clever title puns, but c’mon, this one is extra special good. Just like the ice cream down in Salem, right at the end of the current Route 11. You see what I did there? Geeze, it’s almost like I’m a real professional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Salem

Sweet Claude’s

July 25, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

I Clawed My Way Over You for Ice Cream Sweet Claude’s, Cheshire June 25, 2011 I can’t remember where I read a blurb about Sweet Claude’s, but it was pretty much at the same time I decided to seek out Connecticut’s homemade ice cream spots. I read it was great and that the ice cream was made on-premises and bam! It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Cheshire, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang

Brown Cow Café at Ekonk Turkey Farm

July 23, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments

Ekonk! If You Love Ice Cream Brown Cow Café at Ekonk Turkey Farm, Sterling March 19, 2011 All you can eat FREE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM SUNDAES? Corny food bloggers would say, "Yes please!" CTMQ says, well, I can't type the expletives here but there were some excited ones. Especially since Hoang was about 9 months … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Birds, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Sterling

Rich Farm Ice Cream

July 21, 2011 by Steve 5 Comments

You Don't Have to be Rich, To be my Swirl Rich Farm Ice Cream, Oxford November 2010 Other locations have opened in Bristol, Middlefield... and Placentia, California! As I was happily going along eating up delicious ice cream listed as “the best” by Jane and Michael Stern in their Roadfood book, I kept getting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Oxford

Collins Creamery

June 5, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

Dreamery Creamery Collins Creamery, Enfield September 2010 Collins Creamery deserves a revisit and rewrite someday. Of all the ice cream places on the "official" "Eat Before It's Too Late List" that we've eaten, as well as my list of "other" great ice creams, I think I've received the second most nudges to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Enfield, Hoang

Ice Cream at Buttonwood Farm

June 5, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

We've Buttoned Up the Ice Cream List Buttonwood Farm, Griswold August 2010 When is eating delicious ice cream a sad affair? When it's the last of the 7 Roadfood "Eat Before It's Too Late" ice cream joints on the list I'm completing. I think Hoang shed a tear. A butterfat tear. Of course, Hoang convinced me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Griswold, Hoang, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Ice Cream at Dr. Mike’s (Bethel)

September 17, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Doctor, Doctor, Gimme the Ice Cream (Pt 2) Dr. Mike's, Bethel September 2010 (Don’t expect too much different here from the other Dr. Mike’s entry if you’ve read that one - from our visit to their Monroe location.) I thought it was a good idea to hit up both Dr. Mike’s locations. My reasoning was simple: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Bethel, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Ice Cream at Dr. Mike’s v.Monroe (Closed)

July 24, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Doctor, Doctor, Gimme the Ice Cream (Pt 1) Dr. Mike’s, Monroe July 2010 (Don’t expect too much different here from the other Dr. Mike’s entry if you’ve read that one – from our visit to their Bethel location. which is a good thing, since Dr. Mike's in Monroe has closed - Bethel location is still going … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, Monroe, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Ice Cream at Timothy’s

July 21, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sweet Jesus, That’s Good Timothy's, Bridgeport July 2010 Fact: Hoang never complains or rolls her eyes when I tack on an ice cream visit after another day of museum-going or other such Saturday activity a CTMQ wife must sometimes endure. And it’s not just because the girl likes her ice cream; it’s because Damian … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Bridgeport, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

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