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This Middle-Of-Nowhere Connecticut Country Barn Serves The State’s Most Incredible Steaks

Nobody ever looked at a barn and thought, “That’s where I’m having the best meal of my life,” and yet here we are. The Steak Loft in Mystic, Connecticut is exactly that barn, and it’s been proving people wrong about barns for a long time.

Connecticut · 7d
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Connecticut ice cream shop ranked No. 2 in the world by Beli

The popular creamery is closed for the season, but will reopen in May.

Newtown, CT · 1d

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This Connecticut Seafood Shack Serves Endless Fish And Chips With Chowder Folks Drive For

Fish and chips sounds like a simple order until someone puts a really generous portion in front of you. Suddenly, your plans for a light lunch seem completely unrealistic. And then you remember there’s chowder, too. One Connecticut seafood spot attracts attention for its fish and chips alongside comforting...

Connecticut · 4d
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Tucked In Ivoryton, The Copper Beech Inn Serves Candlelit Dinners Worth The Drive

Some Connecticut villages are so small that you can miss them with one blink, and Ivoryton is one of them. Yet this quiet corner near the lower Connecticut River holds a stately country inn where dinner by the fireplace has pulled couples off the highway for years. Theater fans come...

Connecticut · 3d
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Eight Waterbury eateries, including a bowling alley, cited for serious health violations in August

Health department inspectors visited 37 Waterbury establishments that serve or sell food in August and cited eight for serious violations.

Waterbury, CT · 8d

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You Won’t Believe The 8-Foot Lobster Roll Served At This Connecticut Seafood Shack

There’s a seafood shack in Madison, Connecticut that’s serving a lobster roll so large it could double as a piece of furniture. Donahue’s Clam Castle is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you ever wasted time eating anywhere else. Time to get the most...

Madison, CT · 9d

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This Connecticut Diner Is Famous For Its Massive Portions And Wildly Creative Comfort Food

Ever ordered breakfast and watched a plate arrive that made you wonder if the kitchen accidentally prepared food for an entire family?. Well, imagine that same plate showing up with a completely unexpected twist. One Connecticut diner has built a reputation for enormous portions and wildly creative comfort food that...

Norwalk, CT · 3d

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You’d Never Guess This Modest Connecticut Restaurant Serves The Best Food In The State

Somewhere in Wallingford, Connecticut, there’s a little gray building with picnic tables out front that is quietly making people rethink everything they thought they knew about great food. Backyard Drive-In doesn’t look like the kind of place that changes lives, but then again, neither does a winning lottery ticket...

Wallingford, CT · 2d

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Locals Can’t Get Enough of the Homestyle Breakfasts at This Small-Town Connecticut Diner

There are places you stumble into by accident, and there are places that feel like the universe personally escorted you through the front door. That Breakfast Place in Willimantic, Connecticut falls firmly into the second category, and once you’ve been, you’ll completely understand why locals keep coming back like it’s their second home.

Willimantic, CT · 6d

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9 Rhode Island Seafood Restaurants Serving Chowder, Clam Cakes And Fried Calamari

Fried dough for lunch and fried dough for dessert, in the same order? Around here, that counts as a balanced meal. At one seafood shack, sugar-coated doughboys slide through a walk-up window right next to the clam cakes and chowder. The oldest spot in the lineup has served classic coastal...

Rhode Island · 3d

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You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Tried The 1-Pound Lobster Roll At This Connecticut Seafood Shack

There are places you visit, and then there are places that quietly rearrange your understanding of what a meal can be. Abbott’s Lobster in the Rough, sitting right on the water in the tiny village of Noank, Connecticut, belongs firmly in the second category. Most people in Connecticut have...

Connecticut · 2d

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You’ll Need Both Hands For The 10-Inch Hot Dogs At This Cash-Only Connecticut Drive-In

There’s a place in Middlefield, Connecticut where a hot dog isn’t just a hot dog, it’s a full commitment. Guida’s Restaurant is the kind of place that makes you question every food decision you’ve ever made before discovering it. Let’s start with the obvious.

Middlefield, CT · 11d

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6 Stop & Shop Habits That Cost Rhode Islanders Every Week

A Stop & Shop delivery order between $60 and $199.99 comes with a $9.95 fee. Split your groceries into two orders, and you could pay it twice. Here are the Stop & Shop habits that cost Rhode Islanders every week. 1. Letting Points Expire. Stop & Shop’s GO Rewards program...

Rhode Island · 1d

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Connecticut pizzeria expanding frozen pizza into grocery stores. Here's where.

Silver Sands Pizza is now offering its mozzarella, margherita and tomato basil varieties as frozen entrees.

Milford, CT · 8d

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9 Connecticut Bakeries Where You Can Order Fresh Pies For Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has a funny way of making everyone suddenly interested in pie. Even people who rarely think about dessert start having strong opinions about which flavor deserves a place on the holiday table. And then comes the question of who’s actually going to bake everything. Several Connecticut bakeries offer...

Connecticut · 3d

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For Over 130 Years, This Connecticut Burger Joint Has Served Classic Burgers Without Changing Its Famous Recipe

Imagine finding a burger place that’s been doing its thing for more than a century. Most restaurants are lucky to survive a few decades, so that kind of history is pretty remarkable. And apparently, changing the famous recipe hasn’t been part of the plan. One Connecticut burger institution...

New Haven, CT · 9d

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Owner calls for change after racial incident at North Haven restaurant

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — There was a scary scene this past weekend at the new Gas Burgers restaurant in North Haven, when the restaurant owner says a customer began hurling racial remarks at another customer.  The incident happened on Sunday. An African American man was standing in line at Gas Burgers waiting on his […]

North Haven, CT · 4h

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Connecticut Soup Kitchen Needs 300 to 400 More Turkeys as Holiday Donations Fall Short of Demand

A soup kitchen in eastern Connecticut is trying to find 300 to 400 turkeys in less than three weeks after its usual supply came up short. Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic expects to serve 630 to 640 Thanksgiving meals and is now asking the community to fill the gap. The...

Willimantic, CT · 1d

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From Mass. to Maine, these 6 New England pizzerias stand out

Food enthusiasts in Massachusetts and across New England have new bragging rights, as a national roundup of the country's most acclaimed pizzerias highlights several local culinary heavyweights. According to a state-by-state guide of award-winning pizza destinations published by Food & Wine, the region is home to internationally recognized pizzaiolos, century-old...

Massachusetts · 11d

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Restaurant Owner Permanently Bans Customer After Staff Step In Over Racist Abuse

Imagine walking into a neighborhood restaurant to pick up dinner, only to find yourself targeted because of the color of your skin. No argument, no disagreement, just an ordinary moment interrupted by words no customer should have to hear. That is what a Black man reportedly experienced at a Connecticut burger restaurant on Sunday, November... The post Restaurant Owner Permanently Bans Customer After Staff Step In Over Racist Abuse appeared first on Timeless Dishes .

North Haven, CT · 12h