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...]
Sub Way (Gone)
Underwater Franchisees? Sub Way and Subway, Milford Subway moved their headquarters to Shelton in October 2023 to a road named Corporate Drive. Lame. For whatever reason, people are often surprised that Subway is a Connecticut Company. Why? Every company has to start somewhere. Maybe because in Connecticut sub … [Read more...]
Stewards of the Land Brewery (Closed)
Hard to Swallow Stewards of the Land Brewery, North Branford February 2020 Closed December 2024. I visited early on, before they got a better brewer... for what it's worth. The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. In fact, it appears to have the largest natural … [Read more...]
The Blue Oar (Closed)
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...]
Fifth Year Brewery (Closed)
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...]
Cherry Brook Farm and Vineyard (Closed)
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...]
Vintage Hi-Fi Museum (Closed)
Waltzing Through Another Museum West Hartford (Google Maps location) June 2015 Connecticut museum visit #292. This place probably closed uncermoniously during the pandemic or shortly thereafter. As a West Hartford resident since 2000, I've seen the building at 485 New Park Avenue rise and fall... and rise … [Read more...]
Hillside Sweet Shoppe (Closed)
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...]
LEGO History Museum (Gone)
Studly LEGO History Museum, Enfield August 2018 CT museum visit #400, which is cause for a celebration! This museum was dismantled in 2020. 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 … [Read more...]
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Closed)
Putting the Ire in Ireland Hamden (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 This museum officially closed in 2021 but not without controversy. It may reopen in Fairfield. This museum was part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I have a whole massive list of all the stuff in Connecticut that is the oldest or largest … [Read more...]
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