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CTMQ > unique restaurants and/or food

Knipschildt Chocolatier/Chocopologie Cafe

August 6, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

No Chocopologies Here House of Knipschildt/Knipschildt Chocolatier/Chocopologie Cafe, Norwalk June 13, 2009 Fritz Knipchildt's chocolate ventures have gone through a myriad of changes over the years and now, in 2020, the business is called The House of Knipschildt. An outpost in New Haven wasn't open long and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, Superlatives Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Fairfield County, Norwalk, restaurants, unique restaurants and/or food

Fried Cheese at Shady Glen

July 16, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

It's Cheese. And it's Fried. 'Nuff Said. Shady Glen, Manchester July 16, 2009 This page is going into the "unique food as far as I know it" file... which is very important. That way, I'll feel better about the fact that my son and I ate several pieces of cheese - make that FRIED cheese - for the good of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, Hartford County, Historic Restaurants, Manchester, restaurants, Shady Glen, unique restaurants and/or food

Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods

June 8, 2009 by Steve 6 Comments

Food, Glorious Food! CT's Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Food It’s completely ridiculous how much time and effort I’ve put into creating this page. I won't burden you with my woes, but suffice it to say that this has been 15 years in the making. There's a lot here, and restaurants are always opening and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Ethnic Restaurants, Food Tour of the World, Historic Restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Soda, unique restaurants and/or food

Red Potato & Pickle Pizzas at Willington Pizza

May 19, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

You Say Potato, I Say Delicious Willington Pizza House, Willington Multiple visits Way back in the 1990's, some college or college-age students used to do a thing called "dating." This was before online social media and smartphone apps made such a quaint practice obsolete among that demographic. And if you went … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Pizza, restaurants, Tolland County, unique restaurants and/or food, Willington

The Best Free Cheesecake (Closed)

November 9, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

Two Words: Free. Cheesecake David Glass Factory, Bloomfield/South Windsor November 8, 2008 (Plus many more). [Sad Update 2010: Desserts by David Glass is closed. I guess the writing was sort of on the wall as you read below.] [Happy Update 2011: They're back! And they've moved over to South Windsor and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Bloomfield, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Hartford County, Hoang, South Windsor, unique restaurants and/or food

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