"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...]
Breakaway Brew Haus (Closed)
Breaking Away From All Accepted Norms of the Brewing Industry Breakaway Brew Haus, Bolton Mid-2017 In 2021, BBH announced they are moving to an actual commercial space nearby. But nothing has happened in two years, so I'm calling them closed.) I am writing this in late October 2017. At this moment, there are … [Read more...]
Bakerwoods Farm (Closed)
It’s... Interesting Bakerwoods Farm, Ashford May 2017 Bakerwoods Farm permanently closed in 2021. Look, if you’ve been reading this site for a while you not only know the style in which I write, you also know my feelings about certain things. You should also know that almost all of what I write comes from a … [Read more...]
Sacred Heart Church (Gone)
The Cement Tent Sacred Heart Church Vernon The church was demolished in 2019. "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, happened-upon … [Read more...]
New England Jukebox and Collectibles (Closed)
A Real Juke Joint New England Jukebox and Collectibles Vernon This store closed in the fall of 2021 and reopened as Paul's Boutique Records, which no longer has jukeboxes or pinball machines, and therefore is no longer CTMQ-worthy. Longtime readers know by now that I have a rather loose definition of what a … [Read more...]
Dehn Gallery (Closed)
DEHN-DEH-DEHHHHHNNNN! Manchester (Google Maps location) December 10, 2016 MCC's Dehn Gallery closed in 2019. The space was converted to Work_Space, a co-working and meeting space which also contains three tiny art galleries if you care to check that out. I don't. Upon reflection, I should have saved the Dehn … [Read more...]
The Ashford Oak
”This Place is Dead Anyway” The Ashford Oak January 2017 This is a Joshua's Trust property. There’s a line in 1996’s Swingers that my wife and I love so much we use it anytime we can. The boys in the film are at an absolutely packed LA club and a suggestion is made to leave and go to a party in the … [Read more...]
Tidal River Brewing (Closed)
Tidal River Brewing Canton January 2016-October 2016 Ok, look. I don’t need to write up this page and if you’re reading this, you are among select company. In today’s tsunami of new breweries, new beers, newly distributed brands to our state, the news of one of Connecticut’s smallest breweries closing barely … [Read more...]
Onyx Spirits (Closed)
BACDAFUCUP Onyx Spirits Company, East Hartford January 2016 Onyx closed this location in May 2018 with stated plans of reopening “somewhere.” That was likely never a realistic plan at all and Onyx has disappeared entirely. This is one of those pages that I’ve been waffling on how to write it. I’m very … [Read more...]
New England Muscle Bicycle Museum (Closed)
This Place is Bananas! Bloomfield (Closed) May 7, 2011 Since I can only assume you've all read the hundreds of other museum visit pages that I've written, I want to let you know at the outset here that this one will be a bit different than most of the others. For one, this museum no longer exists as it did in … [Read more...]
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