Me and My Girl Take a Whirl to the Swirl The Sea Swirl, Stonington You may find this surprising, so sit tight. As anyone who knows me knows, I love seafood. All of it, cooked or raw. However, fried seafood is definitely at the bottom of my list. Also, there is ONE thing from the sea I can think of that I just … [Read more...]
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Saltwater Farm Vineyard
It's Now Official: Stonington Wins Saltwater Farm Vineyard, Stonington May 22, 2010 I’d been looking forward to Saltwater Farm for over a year. Once I learned of its existence, I was intrigued. After 23 vineyards of relative sameness with regards to design and décor, Saltwater Farm, located on a marsh in coastal … [Read more...]
NorthWinds Vineyard (Closed)
Through Zephyrs and Rain and Damian, We Continue the Wine Trail NorthWinds Vineyard, Watertown July 10, 2010 This winery closed in 2013. This page used to begin with several paragraphs of me lamenting the shortcomings of the CT Wine Trail. Namely, the terrible website, the woefully out of date brochures, the … [Read more...]
Beltane Farm (Closed)
I Got the Vapors From the Vespers Beltane Farm, Lebanon May 16, 2010 Beltane ceased commercial cheese-making in September 2018. They still exist and offer goat care classes and other farm-related stuff, just no more cheese... which is a bummer. I’ll do the world a favor and start off with a PSA: If you plan on … [Read more...]
Donut Bread Pudding at Dottie’s Diner
Just Stick With the Doughnuts Dottie's Diner, Woodbury, CT Since this page was written, Dottie’s has moved. They now have a bigger and better space on the same road, slightly south of the original location. Here in New England, DD is the shortened name for Dunkin’ Donuts. And here in New England, one can find a … [Read more...]
Chicken Pot Pie at Dottie’s Diner
Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot Piiiiiiiiiiiiie Dottie's Diner, Woodbury Since this page was written, Dottie's has moved. They now have a bigger and better space on the same road, slightly south of the original location. We don’t exactly live near Woodbury. It’s not on the way to anywhere we go with … [Read more...]
Jones Family Winery
Keeping up With the Joneses Jones Family Winery, Shelton October 17, 2009 This was bound to happen. I write bits and pieces for CTMQ on two different laptops as well as during breaks at work once in a while and then load them onto the main iMac with the downloaded pictures and edit the pieces there. It gets a … [Read more...]
A Wiener in Mianus
I Had to Have a Wiener in Mianus [With apologies to Jackass and others who have previously documented this same experience.] I just spent an entire day with my friend Rob C doing CTMQ things in Greenwich and Stamford. We saw a bunch of museums and several other types of things you’ve come to expect from this … [Read more...]
Ice Cream at Big Dipper Ice Cream Factory
Prospecting For Deliciousness Big Dipper Ice Cream Factory, Prospect May 2010 This is getting tricky. Hitting places “on a list,” which has become sort of a CTMQ household joke, to spice up the drives back up from visiting my family in Delaware is starting to become more difficult. For obvious reasons, each time … [Read more...]
Classic Diners & True Taverns*
Classic Diners and True Taverns in Connecticut These lists below are both difficult to maintain - and difficult to "complete." Diners and taverns are slowly disappearing for various reasons. And that was before the COVID-19 pandemic decimated both types of establishments around the country. I can't define what a … [Read more...]
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