Fake Stone by a Fake Creek Stony Creek Brewery at Foxwoods, Ledyard May 2019 This brewery location closed in March 2021. I am not a gambler. I don't even know how to play poker and while blackjack can be fun, it's simply not fun losing money. I've never put a dime into a slot machine. Ever. Foxwoods is … [Read more...]
Noble Jay Brewing Company (Closed)
No-bull Jay Noble Jay Brewing Company, East Lyme March 2019 Noble Jay closed in late the summer of 2020. I met Jesse Baldwin of Noble Jay Brewing in the summer of 2015. My man was hustling... We were at the first Hops for Hope Brewfest and Jesse was representing his brewery that was to open soon after that … [Read more...]
Cold War Cross (RIP)
Former Nike HA-08 Site/ Former Victory Outreach Ministries Site/ Future Slapdash Houses With No Yards Site East Winsdor I was so bummed when I drove to this site along Scantic Road to find that it has all be wiped clear to make way for new houses. I kept driving down various rutted dead-end roads hoping to find … [Read more...]
Olde Burnside Brewing Co. (Closed)
Olde... and Gone Olde Burnside Brewing Company, East Hartford Multiple visits over the years I originally wrote most of this page in October 2017. Seventeen years after Olde Burnside became an operational brewery in Connecticut. Why? Because I thought old Olde Burnside was on the cusp of closure then. Now it's … [Read more...]
WWII POW Camp (RIP)
POW! Right in the Kisser! WWII POW Camp Windsor Locks Windsor Locks is, in its own way, one of the weirder towns in Connecticut. Sure, it was once a thriving "port" city thanks to the locks along the Connecticut River that gave the town its name. Today, there stands a mile of empty factory shells that stand … [Read more...]
Parable Brewing Company (Closed)
Every Brewery Has a Story Parable Brewing Company, Manchester July 2018 Parable closed in April 2019 after a weird, confusing, and protracted situation with the landlord of their building. Parable's owner or owners, who never changed the LLC's name from Top Shelf - because he was a part-owner of Top Shelf - … [Read more...]
391. Storyteller’s Cottage (RIP)
Let Me Tell You a... Simsbury (Google Maps location) June 9, 2018 Storyteller's Cottage closed in September 2020, a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The owner will host online events, but the building is permanently closed. ... Story. The Story of why this place deserves a place on CTMQ’s hallowed list of … [Read more...]
Roost IPA
Church Owl Beer's Roost IPA 1 12 oz can, $1.50, Manchester Wine & Spirits January 2018 Horrifying. I'm writing this page not to bash the well-intentioned mind behind Church Owl or to argue that gluten-allergies are overstated or to kick a brewery when they're already kaput. But... this'll probably sound … [Read more...]
England: Tea Roses Tea Room (Closed)
"Pardon Me, Do You Have Any Earl Grey Poupon?" Tea Roses Tea Room, Cromwell November 2017 Here's how much I know about local tea room culture: When I published the "completing Cromwell" introductory page, a Ms. Peggi Camosci commented, "How about the only English-style Tea Room in the greater Central Connecticut … [Read more...]
Sacred Heart Church (Gone)
The Cement Tent Sacred Heart Church Vernon March 2019: the church has been demolished. "This is why I love writing CTMQ." I've written that phrase many times over the years and it usually turns up on pages about little-known museums that turn out to be fantastic... or on pages of totally random, … [Read more...]
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