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Lucky Lou's Bar & Tavern Wethersfield [CT]
We've been there on a recent weeknight. I didn't know it was being run by the same owner, but the vibe was the same, so I'm not surprised. The place was more crowded, at least in the bar, than was the case in the old J Michaels, where we stopped going when the lack of decent service became enraging rather than merely tedious. That said, the new place is cleaned up, painted differently, and very loud due to the addition of piped in rock music. I found the menu bizarre, hard to navigate due to the odd food titles, and ultimately just okay. My hamburger was fine, my partner's Caesar salad with chicken was remarkably flavorless. Our waitress did yeoman's duty serving the little tables, all occupied, in the bar, navigating around a large standing group of people passing around a baby and drinking (I have a pet peeve with small children in bars). Finally, I find the name, "Lucky Lou's" accompanied by a jaunty fedora (I think), jarring on that beautiful old colonial house, which has been painted green.
Max Downtown - Prix Fixe - Anyone gone yet?
The restaurant is called "Max Downtown" and is on Asylum Street in the Cityplace building.
Pickles Deli, Glastonbury, CT
Colchester Bakery is worth a special trip. Once there, you will see why it wouldn't "fit" in Glastonbury. They bake their enormous loaves of pumpernickel and rye breads in a wood-fired oven (which you cannot observe, trendily, from the store area) and they can be bought whole, in halves and sliced or unsliced. Depending on which slicing machine they choose to slice your loaf on, you can get a couple of pretty thick slices, since some blades are inoperative. The bread is simply superb.
The Golden Lamb Buttery???
Well, I guess the lesson here is that you can have a dress code, or a mandatory hayride, but not both.
The Golden Lamb Buttery???
Sorry, I just joined.
Don't mean to be nasty, but GLB remains for me the gold standard of pretentious and overpriced dining. We were made to go on a hayride (remaining in the restaurant and admiring the lovely view was not allowed). Having a mediocre guitarist serenade our table was non negotiable...she would not move on. Making people go on a hayride and listen to horrible jokes doesn't strike me as gracious hosting. The food was good, but unremarkable. When makiing reservations, you should be told they don't take crdit cards. It was like a Disney restaurant.
