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Good Bar with Craft Beer and Good Food to Watch the Ranger Game Tonight
Try Beer Authority on 40th and 8th......great beer selection
Make your own six pack
Crazy Bruce and Ct Beverage Mart in Newington both allow you to make your own six packs and they have both have a pretty good slection too...........
BT's smokhouse in Sturbridge...Wow.
I totally agree..........we make a point of stopping there when we are on our way back from Boston to CT. The brisket is pretty close to what they have in Lockhart......Great stuff. Mac and Cheese is made to order also
Hungry Ghost Bread in Northhampton - James Beard Outstanding Patsry Chef!
Love this place.........we come from Hartford as often as we can for bread and the amazing cookies!
Chef's Dog House, Newington, CT-----good stuff
I live right near there and consider myself a hot dog lover and did not find their dogs to be remarkable at all. To me it should be all about the dog and the condiments are a chaser. I found the hot dogs here to be very average and the condiments a little above average but not enough to make it a winner. Just MHO..........
Looking for great grinder rolls in the Hartford area
This thread just popped up........I'm wondering how the rolls were?
Nat Hayden's Barbecue Windosr, CT
I've gone to both recently and definitely thought Nat Hayden's was more authentic. Judge for yourself though!!
Nat Hayden's Barbecue Windosr, CT
Stopped there for lunch today for the first time and got the pulled pork sandwich and 1 side which I chose the mac and cheese. Portions were enormous and both the sandwich and the mac and cheese were very tasty. Mac and cheese was definitely homemade and was very creamy and cheesy and the pulled pork was juicy and had some bark mixed in and tasted like real barbecue. This plus a Hosmer Mountain white birch beer for a little over $8! I will definitely be back. There were other interesting choices on the menu like an andouille sausage and pepper sandwich and a brisket burger. I will definitely go back! It's located in the center of Windsor so it easy to get to also.
Culinary Adventures in Nantucket?
I second Something Natural as a lunch spot! The sandwiches are huge and tasty and made with their own bread. My favorite is the herb Bread.
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Something Natural
50 Cliff Rd, Nantucket, MA 02554
Wood N Tap coming to Orange CT
Never been impressed.........If Plan B ever opens down there that would be the place to try!!!
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Plan B
4 Railroad St, Simsbury, CT 06070
Guida's Drive In-I like it!
I was there today and had 2 chili-cheese dogs with kraut. They were so good!! I do think they are better than Saints but just my opinion of course! It's funny.........sometimes I think the staff at saints could be friendlier.
Finally tried Bart's in Windsor, CT
I too prefer Guidas to Saints................They seem to have the perfect blending of ingredients.
Hungry Ghost Bakery Northampton MA
I live in Newington CT and make the trip up to get bread every couple of weeks. Love the 8 grain!!!!!!
STONE NOW IN CT!!
Stone Levitation is on tap at Plan B in West Hartford right now......
Truffles Farmington
Has anyone been there? I drive by all the time but have not yet stopped............
kielbasa survey
Adolph's Meat Market on New Britain Ave in Hartford makes really good kielbasa also.
Thumanns hotdogs in CT
Stop and Shop in Newington on Fenn Rd (Exit 28 off Rte 9n) carries Rosols hot dogs and Bliss Market in Wethersfield carries Hummels hot dogs. I went a couple of weeks ago to Meriden to get a couple of packages of Thumanns and will be back for more.......
The Sierra Grille, Northampton
My GF and I both love Sierra Grille. We ususally sit at the bar. We've not had a bad meal there and always love their beer selection plus the bartenders are knowledgeable and friendly.
Pepe's in Mancherster CT?
I would agree.......i am also also a New Haven area native and feel that the pizzas in manchester are of equal quality to their New Haven brethren!
chili dog in the hartford area?
When I get fish I'd rather get it from City Fish in Wethersfield. It used to be taskeout only but they've got a dining room too now. I usually only get takeout from there but it is as fresh and tasty as it gets.
chili dog in the hartford area?
Ditto on Mickey's. Chili cheese dogs are really tasty!!
Local Burger and Fries - Northampton
Went to Local Burger today. Burgers were ok not great. Tasted similar to one you would get at TGIF or the like. Fries were awesome. Fresh cut and really cooked well. Rings were cooked well but very greasy. Breading was bland though. Didn't love them. We also got the deep fried pickles which had a cornmeal batter(?) that both my fellow diner and I thought was flavorless. Those must be an acquired taste but I don't see it.
All in all not as good as Hartford area burgers as the previous poster has mentioned.
Plan B West Hartford Mini Burgers
Hokiefan,
I posted on the Texas forum about my favorite Texas barbecue. It's on http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/581268. Black's had the best brisket and City Market had the best sausage imho. They were all real good tho.
I also was not impressed with the Riverwalk either. Too touristy for me.
The night we went to get the Southern Q was rainy and cold and that might have influenced my thoughts on it but I was not impressed. We got pulled pork and brisket. The sauce was vinegar based with not tomato at all which was not my favorite. I'm not sure the brisket was actually brisket or maybe top round. It was not tender at all really chewy and with the same vinegar sauce. The pulled pork was decent but I just don't think is worth going out of your way for.
I used to like the Cookhouse when it was in East Hartford but now it is only in New Milford which is not a direction we usually go.
In April we are going to go back to Hill Country in NYC which we've been to previously and had Texas quality brisket and sausage. I just don't see getting any barbecue in CT before then.
As for Plan B the meat is coarse ground and I bet it is 80/20. I'll have to ask the next time I'm there (which is pretty often). Still my favorite. I went to Northampton today with my daughter and ate at Local Burger and was not impressed. Burgers were ok but not great. Not worth recommending imho.......
Lunch for 20-40 in West Hartford
I am looking for a fun place with semi reasonable pricing that may have a private room to have a lunch meeting for 20-40 women. It is an alumni group for a college. They're looking for something in West Hartford with easy access to the highway which shouldn't be hard to do.
The Spot in Hartford, CT?
The Nathan's in Glastonbury uses a natural casing dog and is on my regular rotation of hot dog places that I go to. Some of the Nathan's I've been to do not. The Mickey's dog I mentioned earlier is similar (but better) than the Ranch House dog. The Ranch House gives you a choice of hot or mild chili. I prefer mild.
The Spot in Hartford, CT?
Mickey's on Pitkin St in East Hartford (right off Rte 2) has a really tasty chili cheese dog. It is an 8" beef dog on a grilled New England style roll too and the chili is not too spicy (beanless) also but really tasty. You can either get it to go and have them put the mustard and kraut or you can get tem on a plate and put the mustard and kraut yourself at the condiment table. It is a real favorite of mine and I have to get there at least once a month.
Barbeque west of San Antonio
I'm the original poster of this thread and here is my report. Friday we got to Luling around 1pm. (It did not smell by the way). City Market was not too crowded and there was a small line. It seemed like the people there were the most hardcore barbeuce people of all. We got brisket, sausage and ribs. Even though I asked for fatty brisket we actually got a combination of lean and fatty. The fatty brisket was really good but the lean was kind of chewy. It all had a nice smoke ring. The sausage was absolutely amazing though. Really juicy and flavorful. I didn't have the ribs but my girlfriend said they were pretty tasty.
Saturday we got up and got to Lockhart around noon. We went Kreuz Market and got fatty brisket plus jalapeno and regular sausage. The brisket was really good again, not as chewy as City Market but again with a really nice smoke ring. Jalapeno sausage was spicy and the regular sausage was good too. This was the place with the best atmosphere. Again was not too crowded (only one side was open). but the smoke room was really cool and the smoke was intense. Lots of local families were having lunch and it seemed like a friendly place.
As we were leaving Kreuz Market I talked my GF into going on to Blacks where we again got fatty brisket and regular sausage. Now here was brisket heaven. This brisket was so moist and flavorful that the description that comes to mind is pillowy. It melted just melted in your mouth. The sausage again was good from what I remember but we were so full at that point that we could not make the run to Smitty's.
So my unofficial Connecticut Yankee rating is as follows
Brisket Sausage
1) Black's 1) City Market
2) Kreuz Market 2) Kreuz Market
3) City Market 3) Black's
Kreuz had the most friendly atmosphere, City Market seemed almost churchlike in terms of the people eating there and Black's was small and homey.
I absolutley loved it all and hope to go back there soon!!!!!
Best BBQ in Texas
Did they say when they would reopen? We are flying in tomorrow and going there from the SA airport so I'd sure hate to waste a trip. We'd go to Lockhart instead
