Aurora Campechanas Auroras Bakery and Restaurant, Hartford Winter 2021 I'm friends with former Courant and current Hearst Media food writer Leeanne Griffin. She and I rarely write about the same things, but when we do, the results go something like this: For her very rare brewery stuff, she may ask me for some … [Read more...]
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Iraq: Dunya Market & Deli
I'm Not Dunya Dunya Market, Waterbury March 2021 Full disclosure: I don't know anything about Iraqi cuisine. While that surely won't come as a surprise to anyone, I think that's also the fun of this Connecticut World Food Tour side project I do once in a blue moon. An alternate title for this page could … [Read more...]
Iron Brewing Company (Closed)
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...]
Phantom Brewing Company
They're Saying "Brewwww," Not "Boooo" Phantom Brewing Company, Hartford Haddam Phantom closed their tiny Hartford operation in July 2023 and moved to the Higganum section of Haddam to the space Steady Habit pretended they were moving to. Original Hartford Location August 2020 Did you know that the Phantom … [Read more...]
Lost Ruby Farm
Ruby Saturday Lost Ruby Farm, Norfolk April 2014 A few days after my younger son's third birthday, I took him and his brother out to the polar vortex of Connecticut. As my gift to him. A hike through Campbell Falls State Park to check out one of our state's finest waterfalls (that happens to be in Massachusetts), … [Read more...]
Polly & Joan’s Cordial Company (Closed)
Cordially Closed Polly & Jean Cordials, Wallingford I apologize to Polly & Jean. I apologize for never writing a page about your cold-soaked cordials when you were still in the business of cold-soaking fruit into cordials. Now, I'm not pretending that my doing so would have helped the business at all. I'm merely … [Read more...]
Paddle Creek Beer Company (Closed)
Curieux Paddle Creek Beer Company, East Hartford October 2020 The brewery closed in September 2024. There was this weird month in late 2018 when it became clear that East Hartford's venerable Olde Burnside Brewing wasn't going to make it to 2019 and that some other guys were going to start up a new brewery in … [Read more...]
Broad Brook Brewing
You Can Take the Broad out of the Brook... Broad Brook Brewing, East Windsor/Suffield October 2013 & September 2020 As I try to do with long-standing (by Connecticut standards) breweries that have changed drastically since their beginning, I will split this page into Original East Windsor Broad Brook and Fancy new … [Read more...]
Carriage House Brewing (Closed)
What is Wrong With Me? Carriage House Brewing, Canton Carriage House failed to renew their license in 2021 and are officially kaput. This is the dumbest page on this whole website. Or one of them at least. I'm not even going to tell anyone I've written it. So if you've found yourself here of your own … [Read more...]
Ericit Brewing Company
Take the L Ericit Brewing Company, Manchester December 2019 Let's get the important stuff out of the way first. Ericit inhabits the massive space formerly occupied by Adams Mill Restaurant. Everyone in central Connecticut went to Adams Mill at least once - and hopefully on your birthday. For Adams Mill gave you a … [Read more...]
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