A Thimble of Time Thimble Island Brewpub, Old Saybrook This Thimble Island location closed in January 2025. I never visited. It's tough out there, folks. While the flagship Thimble Island Brewery is still open in an office park in Branford, this attempt at a second location in Old Saybrook lasted only nine … [Read more...]
Myrcene Ale Company
Myr Kinda Cene Myrcene Ale Company, Old Saybrook September 2022 "Oh boy, here comes mean ol' Steve again with another take down of a new Connecticut brewery not many have even heard of..." "Yeah, man, he really needs to give these new businesses that take our money for a product they produce months and months … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Old Saybrook
Everything Old Saybrook 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” Old Saybrook CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Old Saybrook’s Town Trails Intro
Old Saybrook’s Town Trails Good old Old Saybrook. Not exactly the first town one thinks of when thinking of going for a hike in Connecticut. My guess is that they think about the little borough of Fenwick and all the massive and beautiful “summer cottages” of 19th century magnates... and Katherine Hepburn. But … [Read more...]
30 Mile Brewing Company (Closed)
48.28 Kilometers 30 Mile Brewing Company, Old Saybrook March 2018 The brewery ceased operations in January 2022. It seems like only yesterday that brewery openings in Connecticut were a source of excitement. In reality, brewery openings in Connecticut were exciting from 2010-2015 or so. Sure, some newer brewery … [Read more...]
208. Fort Saybrook Monument Park
A Monumental Park Old Saybrook (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 Here's the deal: This place isn't a museum and this page isn't going to get you to hop in your car and drive there. When I originally visited in 2011, I had read/seen it somewhere that someone called this park an "outdoor museum." And it got on my … [Read more...]
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Museum
THE Kate at The Kate Old Saybrook (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 This museum expanded and improved in 2022. Who doesn't love a little museum devoted to an impressive and/or famous person? At this one, Cynthia McFadden, the ABC/NBC newswoman who graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Bowdoin … [Read more...]
Monkey Farm Cafe
Just Monkeying Around Here Monkey Farm Cafe, Old Saybrook There are something like 1800 pages on CTMQ. I've done, visited, experienced, eaten, drank, etc. every single thing on every single one of those pages. Which makes this page quite unique. For I have not actually been inside the Monkey Farm Cafe in Old … [Read more...]
Pizza Works
Where Everyone’s a Trainee Pizza Works, Old Saybrook January 18, 2014 There are approximately 7,245,900 pizza restaurants in Connecticut (+/- 7.244 million). And, as everyone knows, the best pizza in the country is made right here in Connecticut. This has been stated as the fact that it is by several prominent … [Read more...]
The Yale Boulder
Yale was first in Old Saybrook? Boulderdash? Original Site of Yale University, Old Saybrook Almost all of the links to original articles are dead and I've removed them. Sorry. This page would have had a higher word:picture ratio of any other on this entire website if I didn't take some creative liberties. … [Read more...]