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CTMQ > Closed/Gone/Former

The Golden Age of Trucking Museum (Closed)

September 23, 2010 by Steve 8 Comments

The Golden Age… Those Were the Days… Middlebury July 10, 2010 CT Museum Visit #173, just before it closed in July of 2010. This is a terrible writing assignment. What should be a fun museum report is now a eulogy. Worse, I knew I’d be faced with this situation even before I visited the Golden Age of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, Superlatives Tagged With: Cars and Trucks, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Defunct Museums, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hoang, Middlebury

169. Young at Heart Doll Shop and Museum (RIP)

August 21, 2010 by Steve 12 Comments

Dollpocalypse Now Preston (Google Maps location) May 22, 2010 The lovely proprietor was going to close in 2014... but didn't. But at some point in 2018 or 2019, they did close permanently. These are the museum visits I love. My journey to get inside this place was a multi-year, nearly quit-upon saga. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Creepy Dolls, Damian, Defunct Museums, Hoang, Preston

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

NorthWinds Vineyard (Closed)

July 19, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

Through Zephyrs and Rain and Damian, We Continue the Wine Trail NorthWinds Vineyard, Watertown July 10, 2010 This winery closed in 2013. This page used to begin with several paragraphs of me lamenting the shortcomings of the CT Wine Trail. Namely, the terrible website, the woefully out of date brochures, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hoang, Watertown

121. The CRRA Garbage Museum (RIP)

July 2, 2010 by Steve 4 Comments

One Word: Trashosaurus Stratford June 26, 2009 This place closed for good in late 2011. As I sit to write this I am pausing to wonder if other states have Garbage Museums. I’m sure a few do. But then I must ask a follow-up question – Do other states with Garbage Museums also have Trash Museums? Didn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Children's Museums, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Defunct Museums, Hoang, Stratford

120. Norwalk Museum

May 29, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

norWalk, norHit, norRun... Norwalk (Google Maps Location) June 13, 2009 [2016 Update: This museum closed sometime in late 2011 but has been revived. It is now the Norwalk Historical Society Museum and is located at the Lockwood House. Some of the stuff from the museum has wound up at the Norwalk Library's History … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Creepy Dolls, Defunct Museums, Free Museums, Norwalk, Town History

*Fries at Swanky Franks (Closed)

March 16, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Less Swank, More Salt Swanky Franks, Norwalk Swanky Frank's closed in 2017. I promise: I'll return to Swanky Franks someday and have a proper sit down diner experience and order these fries again. Promise. (Update: this never happened... see above.) Because this review of their fries - one of Roadfood's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hoang, Norwalk, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

126. Wilbur Cross Gallery (Gone)

February 2, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

No Need to Get Cross With Me Storrs/Mansfield (Google Maps Location) July 17, 2009 Please note that this was written in 2009 and that I am pretty sure this gallery no longer exists as it did back then. I spent four (and, ahem, a half, ahem) years and several tens of thousands of my father’s hard-earned money at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Colleges & Universities, Damian, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Storrs, UConn

Mrs. Bridges’ Pantry (Closed)

December 22, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cheerio! Have You Anything to go with my Cheerios? “A Little Slice of Britain,” Woodstock November 2009 Mrs. Bridges' closed in early 2019. I try to limit the stuff I write about in these untamed sections of the blog. I really do. The stores have to be very, very unique or interesting to make the CTMQ grade … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Everything Else, Food & Drink, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, england, Ethnic Restaurants, Hoang, Other Companies and Businesses, restaurants, Woodstock

Plane Spotting at Bradley (Closed)

December 20, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

De Plane! De Plane! Viewing Area at Bradley Int'l Airport East Granby, CT This viewing area/lot was closed off by a wall of Jersey barriers in 2015. Oh well. I know, this is silly, but I once got an email asking me if I knew if there was a place to "plane spot" in Connecticut. I guess this is what they mean; a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: airports, Aviation, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, East Granby

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