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CTMQ > Closed/Gone/Former

Windsor’s Nuclear Reactor

December 8, 2021 by Steve 13 Comments

A Glowing Review Knoll Labs Nuclear Reactor Site Windsor Connecticut is currently home to one nuclear powerplant: Millstone in Waterford. We used to have another - Connecticut Yankee in Haddam, now decommissioned - and there are, of course, nuclear submarines stationed in Groton. But there was another nuclear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford County, Other Companies and Businesses, Windsor

(Former) National Champion: Striped Maple

November 10, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Acer pensylvanicum, Striped Maple Kongscut Mountain/Meshomasic State Forest, Glastonbury Big tree fans and big tree fans alike, you might want to grab a tissue for this one. Glastonbury's former national champion striped maple tree is dead. Like, snapped near the base and lying on the forest floor dead. Dead. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Glastonbury, Hartford County, meshomasic state forest, National Champion Trees, Trees

The Blue Oar (Closed)

August 12, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Eat Here... Oar Else The Blue Oar, Haddam July 2021 The Blue Oar permanently closed in April 2023. Lists and listicles are as much of an epidemic as the COVID pandemic. These lazy lists are endemic across online publications these days. I mostly ignore all of them - especially any about "Best Connecticut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Closed/Gone/Former, Haddam, Hoang, Middlesex County, unique restaurants and/or food

Fifth Year Brewery (Closed)

July 30, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

5THYEA B EWE Y Fifth Year Brewery, West Haven And in their Fifth Year, they closed... ... Or, more accurately, in their eighth year of pretending to exist in any real or tangible way, they never opened. Say what? Am I really writing a page about a brewery that was never actually a brewery? Yeah. I am. But! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, New Haven County, West Haven

Cherry Brook Farm and Vineyard (Closed)

June 11, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cherry on Top Cherry Brook Farm and Vineyard, Canton June 2021 Cherry Brook closed in November 2021. I've always been honest about Connecticut wine. It's no secret that our climate isn't exactly perfect for varietal grape growing, and pretending otherwise is foolish. And most of our wineries don't pretend, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, New Post, Wineries Tagged With: Canton, Closed/Gone/Former, Hartford County

Hillside Sweet Shoppe (Closed)

April 14, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Hillside I'd Die On... Hillside Sweet Shoppe, East Haddam June 2016 This placed closed at some point during the pandemic. ... And what is the "Hillside I'd die on?" That it's okay for me to write about candy shops that used to be on the Connecticut Chocolate Trail just because they used to be on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, CT Chocolate Trail, Damian, East Haddam, Middlesex County

LEGO History Museum (Gone)

April 12, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

Studly LEGO History Museum, Enfield August 2018 By 2026, all Enfield LEGO business and employees will have moved to Boston. Alright, here's the deal. I worked at the LEGO North American headquarters in Enfield for a while. Just doing what I've done professionally for a long time. I was their "Consumer Insights … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, denmark, Enfield, england, Hartford County, Other Companies and Businesses, private museum

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Closed)

March 16, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Putting the Ire in Ireland Hamden (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 This museum officially closed in 2021 but not without controversy. It will be interesting what happens to the collection. This museum was part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I have a whole massive list of all the stuff in Connecticut that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Closed/Gone/Former, Colleges & Universities, Connecticut Art Trail, Hamden, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, New Haven County, quinnipiac university

O’Reilly’s Irish Gifts (Closed)

March 9, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

O-Oh-No-O’Reilly’s! O’Reilly’s Irish Gifts, Farmington January 2018 O'Reilly's closed in September 2019 after 22 years in business. Aye, lasses and laddies! It's time for another visit to one of my favorite types of things I visit for this website! Surely some of you are wondering, “why is Steve devoting such … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Dubious Claims, Farmington, Hartford County, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Other Companies and Businesses

Iron Brewing Company (Closed)

March 5, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

SoNo... So... No? Iron Brewing Company, Norwalk January 2020 I'm going to give some solid free advice to aspiring brewery operators: Do not lease the space at 136 Washington Street in Norwalk. I don't care how good you think you are. Just don't do it. In fact, I'd suggest you shy away from Norwalk altogether, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Fairfield County, Norwalk

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