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New England

Restaurant Sign Niantic

Dad’s: Traditional New England Seafood in Niantic

Dad’s is a long-time favorite of people who have flocked to the seaside resort town of Niantic. Owners Patricia Waddington and daughters Dede Waddington and Dawn Londregan have ensured that the fried seafood emporium...
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Restaurant Connecticut

Pat’s Kountry Kitchen: Kitschy Breakfast Barn in Old Saybrook [CLOSED]

Pat Brink’s restaurant Pat’s Kountry Kitchen dates to 1973 and has become a southern Connecticut institution. The restaurant could easily be called “Pat’s Kountry Kitschen.” I was happy to see that two of my...
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Restaurant Sign New Haven

Sally’s Apizza: Worth an Excruciating Wait on Wooster Street

Sally’s Apizza constitutes half of one of the nation’s fiercest restaurant rivalries. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, the other half, sits two blocks away. In April 1938, thirteen years after Uncle Frank opened his Pizzeria...
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Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale: A Broiled and Fried Seafood Story

Since 1979, Lenny & Joe’s has been supplying coastal Connecticut with broiled and fried seafood. Lenny & Joe’s reach extends west, to a fried seafood outpost in Madison, and east to a third location...
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Restaurant Hartford

Carbone’s: Sporting Stalwart in Hartford’s Little Italy

Carbone’s is a stalwart of Hartford’s Little Italy and has been feeding hearty Italian food to locals since 1938. Guy Carbone is the latest proprietor. The restaurant doesn’t look like much from the outside,...
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Seafood Connecticut

The Place: Grilling Summer Seafood Al Fresco in Guilford

Thanks to Jane and Michael Stern of Roadfood, my friends and I learned about The Place, a special summer spot along Highway 1 since 1971. A huge outdoor grill was surrounded by an array...
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