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CTMQ > Closed/Gone/Former

Owens Brook Trail (Gone)

November 6, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Simsbury

World’s Most Powerful Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator (RIP)

October 16, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Colleges & Universities, Dubious Claims, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, New Haven, Yale

(Former) National Champion: Texas Redbud

August 7, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, National Champion Trees, national Champions, Plants, Private Schools, Trees, Windsor

Neil’s American Dream Museum (Closed)

August 4, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Closed/Gone/Former, Tiny Museums, West Hartford

Shebeen Brewing Company (Closed)

July 1, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, The Curse of 1 Wolcott Road, Wolcott

Meadow Stone Farm (Closed)

May 30, 2013 by Steve 11 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Brooklyn, Closed/Gone/Former, CT Cheese Trail

The Chocolate Lab (Closed)

May 27, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Cool Architecture, CT Chocolate Trail, Greenwich, Hoang

J.W. Gorman’s Diving Horses (Gone)

April 12, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: amusement parks, Animals, Closed/Gone/Former, East Lyme

Thimble Island Brewery & Brewpub (Closed)

March 14, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink Tagged With: Branford, Closed/Gone/Former, Thimble Island BREWING

Fitch Claremont Vineyard B&B (Closed)

March 1, 2013 by Steve 7 Comments

Hi. I’m in Bozrah. Fitch Claremont Vineyard and B&B June 2011 The Bed & Breakfast ceased operations in 2020. I’m doing it. I’m really doing it! I’m writing a page about something in Bozrah! I started this website in September 2006 and it’s now March 2013. In those six and a half years, Bozrah has come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: B&B, Bozrah!, Closed/Gone/Former

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