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Sunday brunch in Norwalk, Wilton, or Westport - recommendations please
only stipulation is they have to have a liquor license
So that absolutely rules out your suggestion, of course 15 months after the OP it may not even matter
Savin Rock Roasting Co - Stratford, CT: What's up?
Drove by today at 12:15, the parking lot was 1/3 full, seemed there was some sort of a private meeting/event going on in the dining room with coffee urns and water pitchers set out
Fourteen ounces is the new pound
absolutely, just ask my 15 or 23 year old, my wife or MIL. They all hit Walgreen's yesterday cause snickers, musketeer and milky way were 2/$1, spent $20 for 40 bars. But you won't see them walking around eating them. Choclate is too messy for that. They eat them while sitting at home or in the car or in class (the 15 year old that is)
For her birthday in February the 15 yaer old rec'd a 5 pund Hershey bar, she was thrilled.
Kosher Catering
Are your sure you don't mean Yosi in Windsor NOT Waterbury??????
http://www.kosher2you.com/
Savin Rock Roasting Co - Stratford, CT: What's up?
JJ...
oh that it was true
Legal Seafoods is better than what these locations offered, but Joe's is an insult to seafood. Better to sit empty that to have a Joe's come in.
Local comparison
Joe's is to seafood as Pizza Hut (think the dump at Sawmill Road exit 42 on 95 is to Sally's or Pepe's on Wooster Street.
What's the Story with PJ Bernstein's
barry
Before Sara Lee Corp stopped production of Best's Kosher products, you would have seen thier kosher franks at the food court in Sam's Clubs nationwide.
5 Guys serves Hebrew National Hot Dogs in the locations nearest me in CT. My MIL wouldn't eat a treif hamburger there, but will eat a HN frank if this is where the ladies want to go when out shopping.
A number of non-kosher restaurants here in South Central CT serve kosher deli items franks and salami made by Grand Kosher in NY and marketed under the Empire National (not to be confused with Empire Poultry) name. Again, I have a friend who will order these franks and beans in the local Greek diner that serves them, otherwise he orders dairy such as a tuna sandwich.
I don't know how old you are or where you live to have an idea what kosher meat products you may have seen at treif locations besides Hebrew National. Until 20 years ago, regional kosher deli items were sold at non kosher establishments, such as Morrison and Schiff products in New England, but with the buyout of Hebrew National by ConAgra, the lack of regional slaughterhouses for the kosher trade, regional kosher deli brands have disappeared. We now have Hebrew National as the national kosher brand and a few small glatt brands such as A&H that wouldn't make it to non-kosher venues.
Tater Salad: How Do You Take It?
How about neither?
My preference is a German potato salad made with white vinegar.
If I must eat potato salad made with mayo, I have to be careful to get an honest answer as to whether any mustard has been added, as I am alergic to mustard. I might try it at someone's home, if homemade and I question the cook. I have learned noit toi trust the staff at restaurants to get me accurate answers to this question, one too many visits to the ER after being reassured by the waiter that he checked with the chef and there was no mustard in the potato salad. Seems the sald chef didn't speak English.
What's the Story with PJ Bernstein's
In CT the major NY style delis, Reins, Katz, Rye Ridge all show many Hebrew National items on their menus, but are not kosher establishments.
What's the Story with PJ Bernstein's
"Reins deli in CT claims to use only kosher meats"
I'd like to know where you see them make that claim, especiall;y for their "own baked Ham"
Reins is very careful to label on their menu the deli items that are made with Hebrew National brand meat, but does not make a claim to use ONLY kosher meat.
Not the hamburger used in theor stuffed cabbage, not the chicken the roast for their own chicken salad, not ham, not their own roast beef and so on.
Fourteen ounces is the new pound
That same thing happened to half gallons of booze in the 1970s (handles). It was interesting that booze went down from 64 ounces to 1.75 liters, BUT soda went up from a half gallon to 2 Liters (67.x ounces)
So it's not always down sizing. In fact there is a thread going about Tuna coming out in 7 ounce cans which disappeared and started shrinking 40 years ago.
Far East Restaurant, New Haven, CT
New China waqs a favorite of mine in the early 80s. It was like eating in the fromt room of someone's apartment. Great traditional Cantonese Food and stiull had the Family dinners with choices from Column a and B.
Growing up in Westville, Golden Inn was our go to takeout place. It also was the setting of my sister's sweet sixteen party in 1966 and the first bar I drank at regularly. Marge the barmaid and Mr. Lee the owner never asked for ID. I'd go after work at 9PM eat supper with the two of them at the bar and have a couple of screwdrivers for about $8 total Circa 1970.
Is there any traditional Kishka or Stuffed Derma in the US?
more important than Grandma Esther speech was her cooking..................
Is there any traditional Kishka or Stuffed Derma in the US?
mamachef
Sorry, stuffed poultry neck is called helzel
Kishke is often translated as stuffed derma
Stuffed Derma is NOT suffed poultry neck skin................
What Carnegie Deli sells is the modern plastic encased kishke, not what the OP is seeking from childhood, oh how I wish it was
Rudy's in New Haven
No, the last time I was there was in 1979 in the old location, cheap beer, greasy food and loud music, lots of smoke too!
Far East Restaurant, New Haven, CT
I remeber eating there in the 50s and 60s, it was gone by the early 70s. 40 years later you are not going to find the chefs who worked there still cooking at another restaurant. Unfortunately,
The Cantonese Chinese-American food served at Far East, Golden Inn, Chung King and the other handful of Chinese restaurants in New Haven of the 50s-60s no longer exists. It was supplanted by the influence of Schechuan, Hunan, Fujian, etc. after US immigration policy changed.
Until recently you could get similar food at the Chinese restaurant in the Walmart (formerly Caldor) shopping center on RT 34 in Derby. They've been owned and operated by the same family since about 1969. However, the last 2 times my wife and I went we were not happy with the food, and after asking the manager he said they had a new cook. Hopefully the new cook will learn the old recipes.
Hospital Food----My how it's changed>>>For the better
mucho,
I hate Yale New Haven, at least when I was born in that building it was called Grace New Haven. St Raphael's is still there, but as of July 1 it will be owned and operated by Yale, so they've lost me as both a patient and a donor to the St Raphael Foundation.
The food at St Vincent's was really good. I didn't see alcohol on the menu, but as I have been on anti-biotics for more than 30 days I wouldn't have been able to have any.
The entrees were prepared just right. Nothing was overcooked. I was amazed to get fresh green beans that were bright green and crunchy. The salads and fruit were extremely fresh and ripe. The baked goods were excellent. It really made a difference in a very boring set of inpatients stays.
how do you handle this??? [Moved from New Jersey]
Get a judgment in small claims, get a sherriff, constable or marshal (depending on your juristdiction to go into the restaurant and that official can seize the amount of the judgment and collection fee directly from the cash register.
how do you handle this??? [Moved from New Jersey]
4...
are you sure that in NJ "ANY" business being sued must me represented by an attorney in small claims court?
I know that in most states including those in which I am admitted to the Bar, it is Corporations that must be represented by an attorney in Small Claims Court. A sole proprietorship (as many small restaurants are) is not a separate legal entity than then owner and needs no attorney by law.
Hospital Food----My how it's changed>>>For the better
Not a private heart hospital (although I've seen there advertising including food service) but a local Catholic Hospital (I'm not). The other hospital in town is owned by the Yale medical system in New Haven. Having been raised and lived in New Haven for most of my life I have an anti-Yale bias. My MIL was in the opther hospital this year for 10 days and I was there at many meal times and the choices and quality did not compare.
Again we are talking about meals for patients with no restrictions. My youngest daughter kept asking me to order the fresh baked chocolate chip cookies for desert at each meal so she could take them home. I don't eat them, and ordered a fruit plate as a starter that I ate for deserrt. Wonderful fresh melon, berries and grapes.
Hospital Food----My how it's changed>>>For the better
The food was surprisingly good. They let guests order from the same menu so they can eat with the patients in the rooms. Dining with my spouse on the same food at the same time helped lend a feeling of normalcy to my stay and definitely quickened my healing
Hospital Food----My how it's changed>>>For the better
I was just putting a few things away and found a menu from the second hospital stay, that week Caesar sald wasn't on the menu, but they made it for me anyway.
BTW, the hospital is in Bridgeport, CT
Road Trip up East Coast
I heartiily agree with you about Zinc. And after the Yalies graduate and leave town to the summer we enjoy New Haven dining every weekend. But from Labor Day til Memorial Day we avoid downtown New Haven like the plague. Too many ill behaved Yalies and long lines.
It's a love/Hate thing. I'm a born and bred New Havener, but Town and Gown don't mix. That's why I went to PENN.
Hospital Food----My how it's changed>>>For the better
During the last 30 days I had the occassion to be hospitalized three separate times for the same problem. It is now solved and I'm fine.
I have not been hospitalized in 10 years, and prior to that almost 40 years earlier. Hospital food used to be bland, tasteless glop, served in an unappealing manner off a cart rolling down the aisles and arriving lukewarm at best and at stupid times, such as supper at 4PM. 10 years ago I had my wife smuggle in outside food. 50 years ago, I lost 10 pounds during my stay as I found nothing remotely edible. I wasn't eating creamed chipped beef for breakfast or turkey ala king for dinner.
Now,
I was hospitalized with no dietary restrictions, and the nurse on duty brought me a menu that looked like it came from a local diner, not an institutional kitchen.
I was told to make my choices and call the extension on the menu to place an order.
Breakfast could be ordered from 7am til 7 pm, with the exception that breakfast sandwiches and pancakes were only available until 10:30 AM. There were choices of fresh fruit, canned fruits, yogurts, eggs to order, pancakes, french toast waffles, hot and cold cereals, breakfast meats and fresh breads and pastries, as well as a good slection of teas and Green Mountain coffees.
The lunch and dinner menus were available from 11 am til 7pm and had a choice of 5 soups, garden and dinner salads, chef, ceasar and fruit. There were 9 entrees served with startch and vegetable with dinner rolls ranging from grilled chicken, to Asian stir fry to comfort foods such as meatloaf or fish.
There was a grill section with hamburgeres, cheeseburgers, grilled chcken sandwiches or garden veggie burgers cooked on a char grill. A selection of cold made to order deli sandwiches on choice of bread/rolls was also available.
Deserts were a choice of fresh baked goods, fresh or canned fruits, puddings, italian ices, ice cream or sherbets and 6 flavors of soda, coffee and tea.
The meals were delived to the bed by 'Ambassadors' who were responsible for only 8 patients. One afternoon I did not feel like lunch early as I was having an IV treatment and the ambassador arrived at my bed all upset that I hadn't entered an order and shouldn't miss a meal. I really wasn't hungry and the medicines had affected my appetite. The ambassador informed me that the chef could make special requests if it would make me feel better.
So, I asked that they put together a caesar salad with sliced steak and it arrived in about 20 minutes.
As I was ambulatory, the nurse on the floor informed me that there was a nutrition room for patients' use on each ward. Coffee, tea, and broth were always available, regular or diet ginger ale, a selection of crackers, breadstuffs for toasting and a fully stocked refrigerator/freezer with juices, fruits, ices, sherbets, ice cream, yogurts and milk.
It seems that the hospitals have to compete to keep their beds full and if the incoming patient has a choice, the food service can sway the decision.
In my case I chose the hospital for the care I'd receive, but being able to enjoy the food, not complain or reject it made my recovery easier.
Tuna size turnaround
yes, but the 1972 price was based on individual cans sold in an average market, not having to buy an 8 pack at a paid for membership club such as Costco (Minimum membership $55/year)
In Fact the per can price in 1972 was actually in the 69 cent range when not on sale (I discussed this with my mother who kept a ledger of grocery expenses). At that time the chunk light was 3 for $1, sale 4 for $1.
Tuna size turnaround
Well, we've now gone back 40 years to when the can was originally 7 ounces, but the price has tripled. Has the CPI gone up 300% since I started college, I don't think so.
However, it's nice to know that you can get 2 servings out of the can, the 5 ounce really was more than 1 serving, but 2 cans for two people left not quite enough to put away, but more than we should have eaten for lunch causing waist expansion.
Does anyone make a Chili Onion Ring dish?
Olympia on the Berlin Turnpike should have no problem accomodating your request
Does anyone make a Chili Onion Ring dish?
Ipse,
I've read your OP and the replies to date. Sometimes the small regional chains have things the nationals don't.
Here in southern CT, we have a chain of 'fast food' restaurants called Duchess that has been around for 50+ years. The units are franchised and menus and quality varies slightly. Their onion rings are excellent, not overly breaded and very crispy. They also have great chili offered on burgers and hot dogs.
I have gotten onion rings with a side of Chili (usually about a 30 cent up charge). I've never asked for a side of cheese. They have a chili cheeseburger on the menu, but I assume it uses sliced cheese, not melted dipping cheese. As I am a meat eater, I wouldn't bother with the cheese anyway.
Last night I was at Duchess with my wife. She had onion rings with her meal, my meal came with a side of gravy. She was busy dipping her onion rings in the gravy and very happy. I guess if they do fries and gravy in Baltimore, why not oniob rings and gravy in CT?
Mesa in Fairfield gone already?
very stupid management. There is no way they could afford Black Rock Turnpike rents and only be open for dinner. Business and shoppers lunches bring lots of revenue to restaurants on that drag. We attempted to dine there 6 weeks ago, pulled in and found they didn't do lunch. We live in Trumbull, and often shop and lunch on Black Rock Tpk during the day, but haven't driven there for dinner in at least 4 years
Kitchen remodel -- which comes first, granite or cabinets?
I have only one warning about Silestone, last time we wanted to buy it (be it for a bathroom vanity) lengths over 10' had to be seamed. This would not have worked in our kitchen where we have a 13' counter in one prep area.
