"I’m Down, Du Vig?” The DuVig Beer Brewing Company, Branford DuVig closed in February 2023 and unfortunately I never got to revisit since their very early days, chronicled here. Before they closed, the brewery did expand quite a bit, both in size and beer styles. DuVig just opened a month or so before this, … [Read more...]
Owens Brook Trail (Gone)
Owens Brook Trail Simsbury Land Trust November 2013 This page is stupid, as this trail hasn't existed since maybe 2000 or so - but appeared in the first version of the Simsbury Walk Book I owned. Don't even read this page. Seriously. I went to see longtime online friend and Courant writer Peter Marteka give a … [Read more...]
World’s Most Powerful Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator (RIP)
Once You Go Dark Matter, You Never Go Latter Wright Lab, New Haven The last public visits to this thing have come and gone. Yale is dismantling the accelerator, as its usefulness has run its course. Oh well, you missed out. My final stop during the special inauguration day of Yale's 23rd president took me to … [Read more...]
(Former) National Champion: Texas Redbud
Cercis canadensis var. texensis, Texas Redbud Loomis-Chaffee School, Windsor I love this page and I love you for coming here to read it. Unfortunately, Loomis-Chaffee dug up this tree and trashed it in 2018. This National Champion tree. Shame on your Loomis. Shame. I wrote the following in 2013, before Loomis … [Read more...]
Neil’s American Dream Museum (Closed)
Neil Had a Dream West Hartford June 1, 2011 This museum is now closed as Neil has sadly passed away. RIP, buddy. Every now and then this website affords me entry into places that are beyond description. I get to meet people who might fly under most radars. It’s not that Neil Sakow or his museum were secrets … [Read more...]
Shebeen Brewing Company (Closed)
She Been Shebeen Brewing Company, Wolcott Multiple Visits Shebeen Brewing was reimagined as the Connecticut Brewery Collective in April 2019. That brewery closed in January 2022, then changed hands to become Velvet Libations in March 2022 and operations ceased for good in September 2022. Shebeen continues to live … [Read more...]
Meadow Stone Farm (Closed)
MMmmm, Cat Cheese Meadow Stone Farm, Brooklyn June 9, 2012 2014 Update: This innocuous little page, which has very little useful information on it, has become one of the stranger places on CTMQ. Much of it is hidden to you readers, but if you look at the comments, they provide some clues. I have deleted many of … [Read more...]
The Chocolate Lab (Closed)
Good Job, Dawg The Chocolate Lab, Greenwich May 25, 2013 2014 Update: I have received word that this place is closed. Re-reading this page is annoying, because I seem to have mixed up the names of the restaurant chef, the chocolate chef, and the real chocolate chef guy whom I never named. But if they are indeed … [Read more...]
J.W. Gorman’s Diving Horses (Gone)
Okay, not Flying But... Diving Horses in Niantic 100 years ago I was poking around the Niantic section of East Lyme one fine day and stopped to check out a sign which noted the highlights of the Niantic River Estuary Canoe/Kayak Trail. I can’t wait to do this paddle someday, especially as they highlighted a … [Read more...]
Thimble Island Brewery & Brewpub (Closed)
Thimble Island Brewing Company, now Brewpub, Branford The brewery/brewpub closed at the end of May 2025. Thimble Island has grown quite a bit since my initial visit in early 2013. They've changed locations and expanded to become a vastly larger brewery. Which... is what a lot of successful businesses do. And so, … [Read more...]
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