Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut: The People and Stories Behind the Food
From hot dogs to haute cuisine, Connecticut boasts an impressive array of tempting delicacies for every taste and budget. Hot, buttered lobster rolls, steamed cheeseburgers, and coal-fired New Haven-style pizza are just a few of the delights that await adventurous foodies in the Nutmeg State. With Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut as your guide, you’ll find a new place to try on every page and get the stories behind the food too.
Bask in the warmth of the Connecticut shore at Abbott’s Lobster in the Rough, where three generations of the Mears family have slow-steamed and served lobsters on sunny picnic tables along the waterfront. Find out how O’Rourke’s Diner in Middletown was supported by its community and the Wesleyan students who love it after a devastating fire threatened to put them out of business in 2006. Get a taste of Yale life at the high-ceilinged Union League Café, where Chef JeanPierre Vuillermet wows diners with his ever-changing French brasserie menu. And if you love reading and eating, be sure to learn about the free book with your meal at Traveler Restaurant.
Local writer Mike Urban takes you on a tour around this culinary wonderland to explore eats and eateries that are both familiar and exotic. Come along on this fascinating tour of Connecticut’s most unique, unusual, and enjoyable food spots where there’s a delightful culinary revelation around every corner.
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Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut: The People and Stories Behind the Food
From hot dogs to haute cuisine, Connecticut boasts an impressive array of tempting delicacies for every taste and budget. Hot, buttered lobster rolls, steamed cheeseburgers, and coal-fired New Haven-style pizza are just a few of the delights that await adventurous foodies in the Nutmeg State. With Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut as your guide, you’ll find a new place to try on every page and get the stories behind the food too.
Bask in the warmth of the Connecticut shore at Abbott’s Lobster in the Rough, where three generations of the Mears family have slow-steamed and served lobsters on sunny picnic tables along the waterfront. Find out how O’Rourke’s Diner in Middletown was supported by its community and the Wesleyan students who love it after a devastating fire threatened to put them out of business in 2006. Get a taste of Yale life at the high-ceilinged Union League Café, where Chef JeanPierre Vuillermet wows diners with his ever-changing French brasserie menu. And if you love reading and eating, be sure to learn about the free book with your meal at Traveler Restaurant.
Local writer Mike Urban takes you on a tour around this culinary wonderland to explore eats and eateries that are both familiar and exotic. Come along on this fascinating tour of Connecticut’s most unique, unusual, and enjoyable food spots where there’s a delightful culinary revelation around every corner.
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Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut: The People and Stories Behind the Food

Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut: The People and Stories Behind the Food

by Mike Urban
Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut: The People and Stories Behind the Food

Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut: The People and Stories Behind the Food

by Mike Urban

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From hot dogs to haute cuisine, Connecticut boasts an impressive array of tempting delicacies for every taste and budget. Hot, buttered lobster rolls, steamed cheeseburgers, and coal-fired New Haven-style pizza are just a few of the delights that await adventurous foodies in the Nutmeg State. With Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut as your guide, you’ll find a new place to try on every page and get the stories behind the food too.
Bask in the warmth of the Connecticut shore at Abbott’s Lobster in the Rough, where three generations of the Mears family have slow-steamed and served lobsters on sunny picnic tables along the waterfront. Find out how O’Rourke’s Diner in Middletown was supported by its community and the Wesleyan students who love it after a devastating fire threatened to put them out of business in 2006. Get a taste of Yale life at the high-ceilinged Union League Café, where Chef JeanPierre Vuillermet wows diners with his ever-changing French brasserie menu. And if you love reading and eating, be sure to learn about the free book with your meal at Traveler Restaurant.
Local writer Mike Urban takes you on a tour around this culinary wonderland to explore eats and eateries that are both familiar and exotic. Come along on this fascinating tour of Connecticut’s most unique, unusual, and enjoyable food spots where there’s a delightful culinary revelation around every corner.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681062914
Publisher: Reedy press, LLC.
Publication date: 09/15/2021
Series: Unique Eats and Eateries
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Mike Urban is an award-winning food and travel writer and the author of four books on New England cuisine: Clam Shacks, Lobster Shacks, The New England Diner Cookbook and The New England Seafood Markets Cookbook. He is a regular writer for Yankee magazine, contributing more than 25 food articles over the past six years. A 30-year resident of Connecticut, Mike lives with his wife in the seaside town of Old Saybrook, where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction x

The Place 2

Mexicali Rose 4

O'Rourke's Diner 6

Parkville Market 8

Antojos 10

Traveler Restaurant 12

Arethusa Farm Dairy 14

Sultan's Turkish Restaurant 16

Abbott's Lobster in the Rough 18

Goulash Place 20

Pho 501 22

Frank Pepe's Pizza Napoletana 24

B. F. Clyde's Cider Mill 26

Monkey Farm 28

Frog Rock Rest Stop 30

Makris Diner 32

Minas Carne 34

Bloodroot 36

Grano Arso 38

Rein's New York-Style Deli 40

Atlantic Seafood Market 42

Heibeck's Stand 44

Bill's Seafood 46

Lakeside Diner 48

Bishop's Orchards 50

Harry's Place 52

Shady Glen 54

Union League Cafe 56

Blackie's 58

Willimantic Brewing Company 60

Black Duck Cafe 62

Sally's Apizza 64

Lilly's Soul Food 66

G-Zen 68

Bridgewater Chocolate 70

Lobster Landing 72

Costello's 74

Bohemian Pizza and Tacos 76

Flanders Fish Market 78

Dottie's Diner 80

Long Wharf Food Trucks 82

Fromage 102

Bufalina 104

City Fish Market 106

Sycamore Drive-In 108

Ford's Lobster 110

Log House Restaurant 112

Liv's Shack 114

Roseland Apizza 116

Doogie's 118

Corner Restaurant 120

Donahue's Clam Castle 122

Staropolska 124

Blue Oar 126

Tangiers International 128

Super Duper Weenie 130

Clamp's 132

Jessica's Garden 134

Laurel Diner 136

Captain Scott's Lobster Dock 138

Griswold Inn 140

Quaker Diner 142

UCONN Dairy Bar 144

Liuzzi Gourmet Food Market 146

Taste of China 148

Louis' Lunch 150

Black-Eyed Sally's 152

Millwright's 154

Lobster Shack 156

Ted's Steamed Cheeseburgers 158

Modern Apizza 160

Zip's Diner 162

Sea Swirl 164

Vinny's Roast Beef and Deli 166

Himalaya Café 168

Taino Smokehouse 170

Westfair Fish & Chips 172

Guilford Lobster Pound 174

The Essex Public Market and Food Hall 176

Glenwood Drive-In 178

The Pantry 180

Winsted Diner 182

Essex Shad Bake 184

Norm's Diner 186

Zuppardi's Apizza 188

Restaurants A-Z 191

Appendix 194

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