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New Haven is famous for its pizza, and the lines on Wooster Street prove it. But students and locals know a secret. Some of the…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 9, 2026
Connecticut
Connecticut is famous for pizza, lobster rolls, and steamed cheeseburgers. Southern barbecue is not usually on that list.…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 8
Connecticut
High on a ridge above the Connecticut River, a stone building with towers and turrets looks like it…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 8
Connecticut
Some people drive hours out of their way for a hot dog, and that sounds a little silly…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 8
Connecticut
Sleeping in on a Saturday sounds nice until you remember that the best bagels tend to sell out…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 7
Connecticut
Some families in Hartford pass down recipes, and others pass down a favorite grinder order. One customer has…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 7
Connecticut
Some places in New England only show up for a few months each year, and fans count down…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 7
Connecticut
Connecticut drivers spend a lot of time on I-95, I-84, Route 8, and Route 9, usually eating whatever…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 6
Connecticut
Some places chase trends, and some places simply refuse to change. In Cheshire, Connecticut, there is a small…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 6
Connecticut
Some mornings call for a stool at the counter, a hot cup of coffee, and a plate of…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 5
Connecticut
Once the leaves start turning in Connecticut, a bowl of chili starts sounding like the smartest lunch plan…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 5
Connecticut
Some family traditions get passed down like heirlooms, and in New Haven, one of them comes in a…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 4
Connecticut
Some Sunday outings take an hour. This one can swallow the whole day, and the people who love…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 4
Connecticut
Some restaurants chase trends, and some restaurants politely ignore them for decades. In downtown Bridgeport, one steakhouse has…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 4
Connecticut
Some of the best meals in Connecticut hide in places nobody would think to look. In the small…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 3
Connecticut
Some dinners are just dinners, and some become the story a family tells for years. In downtown Hartford,…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 3
Connecticut
Some breakfasts are built for sharing, and one Milford diner makes that point with a four-egg omelet. Most…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 3
Connecticut
Some restaurants chase trends every year, while others simply keep doing one thing well for a quarter of…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 2
Connecticut
Connecticut has a soft spot for the kind of roadside stand where the menu fits on one board…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 2
Connecticut
Somewhere in central Connecticut, the flashing lights and clacking flippers of the 1980s never really faded away. There…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 1
Connecticut
Some restaurants earn their reputation the hard way, one plate at a time, until word starts spreading up…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 1
Connecticut
Connecticut sits right on Long Island Sound, so it makes sense that the state takes its oysters seriously.…
By Emily Bennett · Oct 1
Connecticut
In Connecticut, a sub is usually called a grinder, and the Italian combo is the sandwich people argue…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 30
Connecticut
Connecticut has plenty of places to grab a candy bar, but only a handful still make their chocolate…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 30
Connecticut
Connecticut has a funny habit of taking ordinary food and doing something completely unexpected with it, like cooking…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 30
Connecticut
Some weekend plans start with an alarm clock, and the best ones end with a car full of…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 29
Connecticut
Somewhere along a busy stretch of Fairfield, Connecticut, a small roadside stand has been handing hot dogs across…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 29
Connecticut
Once the leaves start turning and you need a jacket just to grab the mail, a big bowl…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 28
Connecticut
Some day trips need a packed schedule, and others just ask for a comfortable seat and a slow…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 28
Connecticut
Somewhere between Boston and New York, thousands of drivers make the same quick decision every week and take…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 27
Connecticut
Some road trips start with a map, and some start with a craving that simply will not quit.…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 27
Connecticut
Fall in Connecticut has a flavor, and it usually comes rolled in cinnamon sugar. Cider doughnuts are a…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 27
Connecticut
Hidden in the quiet woods of central Connecticut sits a place where an entire community once buzzed with…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 26
Connecticut
Connecticut packs a surprising amount of trails, forests, and state parks into a small state, and after a…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 26
Connecticut
Somewhere in the northwest corner of Connecticut, a bright red wooden structure has been quietly doing its job…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 26
Connecticut
Some places make you work a little before they reward you, and this one asks for a spot…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 25
Connecticut
Some buildings carry their years with pride, and this one has quietly served a small Connecticut town for…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 25
Connecticut
Some fall afternoons in Connecticut ask you to make a hard choice: wander an orchard, twist through a…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 24
Connecticut
Some meals stick in your memory long after the trip ends, and a bowl of chowder from a…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 24
Connecticut
A hundred-year-old streetcar still rolls along a coastal track in a quiet corner of Connecticut, and yes, you…
By Emily Bennett · Sep 24
