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Home Cooking Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This Down-Home Connecticut Restaurant

Some restaurants make you feel like a customer, and some make you feel like you just walked into someone’s kitchen on a Sunday morning. Hometown Kitchen in Somers, Connecticut is firmly, wonderfully, in the second category. There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when a restaurant stops trying...

Somers, CT · 3d
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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 · 10d
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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 · 9d
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The Old-School Connecticut Seafood Joint With Giant Lobster Rolls Locals Keep Secret

A neon sign with a grinning skull and crossbones marks the spot. Underneath it sits a low blue shack loaded with buoys, ship wheels, lobster traps, and rope. The pirate look is fun, but the backstory is even better. This family seafood tradition traces back to 1927, when a grandmother sold clam chowder from her back porch.

West Haven, CT · 3d
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8 Small-Town Connecticut Breakfast Buffets Where Locals Gather For A Hearty Sunday Morning Meal

Sunday mornings and big breakfasts just belong together. Especially when nobody feels like standing over the stove making pancakes for the whole family. That’s when a breakfast buffet starts sounding like a pretty wonderful idea. Small-town Connecticut breakfast buffets offer hearty morning meals that can make an ordinary Sunday...

Connecticut · 1d

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The Cinnamon Rolls At This Massachusetts Country Bakery Are Basically The Size Of A Toddler

There’s a red barn in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and inside that barn’s orbit is a cinnamon roll that will make you question every life choice that kept you away from it for this long. The Apple Place is the kind of discovery that makes you want to pull...

East Longmeadow, MA · 6d

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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 · 10d

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Celebrity Chef Gives High Marks To "Retro" Diner In Massachusetts

Recently, they came up with a list of the very best "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" in every state across the country.

Massachusetts · 10d

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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 · 5d

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The Nostalgic Connecticut Restaurant That Serves Mouthwatering Breakfast Every Single Morning

If Connecticut had a breakfast hall of fame, Ken’s Corner Breakfast & Lunch in Glastonbury would have its own wing, a plaque, and probably a commemorative pancake. This is the kind of place that makes you feel nostalgic for mornings you haven’t even had yet, which is a trick very few restaurants can pull off.

Glastonbury, CT · 1d

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This Connecticut Restaurant Offers Portuguese Comfort Food That Keeps People Coming Back

Why do we save the best comfort food for holidays when it could happen on a random Tuesday? I’m convinced a good meal should feel like a hug with a side of warm bread. This Connecticut spot has been serving Portuguese home cooking since June 1977, and the same family still runs it. One dinner here lets you cook your own steak on a hot stone right at the table.

Connecticut · 1d

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9 Quiet Connecticut Bulk Grocery Stores Where Families Can Stock Up And Save

Grocery bills have a funny way of growing even when you’re convinced you’ve bought almost nothing. A few household essentials go into the cart, and suddenly the total looks suspiciously ambitious. That’s when buying in bulk starts making sense. Some lesser-known Connecticut grocery stores offer bulk shopping...

Connecticut · 1d

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At old O'Connor's, a menu of legal troubles and $82K in owed taxes | Exclusive

(Correction: an earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the status of the building.) WORCESTER – A mortgage lender is suing the owners of the now-shuttered O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar, alleging, among other complaints, that they owe thousands in taxes to the city and are not doing enough to attract a buyer. The lawsuit is one of two being litigated against Kyle and Dennis Maxwell, the operators of Carlow Clove Inc., which owns the closed eatery at 1160 West Boylston St. The father and son duo took over O'Connor's in 2022 from Brendan and Claire O'Connor, who had operated the restaurant for more than 30 years . The noted restaurant shut down unexpectedly in March , a week before St. Patrick's Day, due to a damage from a burst pipe, the Maxwells said on social media. Since then, the once-bustling building has sat empty while rumors have swirled about who might purchase the parcel. During a recent reporter visit, the restaurant appeared frozen in time, complete with signage advertising the week's specials. Only a portion of the black wooden sign that reads O'Connor's was out of place, having fallen and now resting against the entryway. "I've heard all sorts of

Worcester, MA · 3d

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This Nostalgic Connecticut Diner Serves Mouthwatering Breakfast All Day Long

Some restaurants feed you a meal, but Effie’s Place Family Restaurant in West Hartford, Connecticut feeds you something closer to a feeling. That feeling is hard to put into words, but you know it the moment you walk through the door. It’s warm, it’s familiar, and it smells absolutely...

West Hartford, CT · 4d

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7 Facts About Dunkin’ in Massachusetts

Dunkin’ started in Quincy in 1948 as a doughnut shop called Open Kettle. Bay Staters who stop in every morning might not know that, let alone other parts of the chain’s history. Here are the facts about Dunkin’ in Massachusetts that even regulars don’t not know.

Quincy, MA · 2d

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9 Hidden Italian Markets In Connecticut You Probably Drive Right Past

Ever driven past a small grocery shop for years without giving it a second thought? Then one day you discover what’s inside and wonder how you managed to overlook it for so long. Italian markets can be especially interesting that way. Across Connecticut, lesser-known Italian markets offer traditional food...

Connecticut · 4d

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This Massive Connecticut Italian Market Has Served Homemade Comfort Food And Italian Specialties For Over 90 Years

Ninety years is a remarkably long time to keep people coming back for Italian food. Just imagine how many family dinners have started with a shopping trip to the same market. That’s a lot of delicious history. One Connecticut Italian market has spent more than nine decades serving traditional...

Hartford, CT · 1d

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This 25,000-Square-Foot Connecticut Grocery Market Brings Foods From Around The World Under One Roof

Imagine walking into a grocery store and realizing your usual shopping list suddenly seems incredibly boring. There are ingredients you’ve never heard of and foods you didn’t even know existed. And you’ve barely made it past the entrance. One enormous Connecticut international grocery market brings foods from...

Connecticut · 2d

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Eli Eats Blue Lobster and Sees Everything Seafood

Fall break is a much anticipated reprieve from college life, but it can also be a bit bizarre, especially if one is staying on campus to shoot their film project. It then gets really weird if that aforementioned project wraps by Saturday eve, meaning that one has three full days with nothing on the horizon. The campus is, in the words of ska revival band The Specials, “like a ghost town.” Friends have departed for warmer pastures. Professors are professing. There’s actually nothing to do, except Uber to the closest theater, the Picture Show in Berlin, Conn. (rest in peace Metro Movies), to see “You Can See Everything.” The good news is that, on the way, you can get lobster.

Berlin, CT · 3d

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If You Love Old-School Supper Clubs, Six Connecticut Steakhouses Still Feel Like 6

Some dinners are about more than the food on the plate. They are about white tablecloths, a salad bar you visit twice, a waiter who knows the menu by heart, and a dining room that seems to have skipped a few decades of trends. Connecticut still has a handful of...

Connecticut · 2d