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Thomas Hooker Brewery at Colt

← Bars Thomas Hooker Brewery at Colt A new tasting room and small batch pilot brewery now open in Hartford. Located in the South Armory at the former Colt firearms complex, their new facility features a beautiful reclaimed wood bar, plenty of seating indoors and an outdoor patio. Photos lovingly borrowed from Thomas Hooker Brewery […]

Bloom Bake Shop

←Restaurants Bloom Bake Shop It was the site of the Amistad Trials, sits on the site of the first witch-hanging in America (55 years before Salem), and has a museum with a two-headed calf, and a two-headed pig in a jar. Photos lovingly borrowed from CT Old State House. VISIT THEM 80 Pratt StreetHartford, CT […]

Parkville Market

← Restaurants Parkville Market 19 delish restaurants, pop-up shops, weekly entertainment, indoor and outdoor dining all living in harmonious bliss in the coolest historic building once home to the Capitol City Lumber Co. Parkville Market is your one stop shop for the best eats, drinks, fun, and Instagram worthy photos. Photos lovingly borrowed from Parkville […]

Aurora’s

← Restaurants Aurora’s Hartford’s first Guatemalan bakery and restaurant. The bread, the pastries, the food, AND THE DRINKS. Oh my. Don’t even get us started on the ambiance. We’ll take one of everything please. VISIT THEM 399 Capitol AvenueHartford, CT 06106 (860) 461-1127 Facebook-f Instagram Desktop

Max Deli

← Restaurants Max Deli There’s nothing like a fat sandwich to cure your midweek workday blues, and Max Deli has it all. Serving up fresh cold cuts, hot sandwiches, soups, salads, and even beef patties. Big yum! Photo lovingly borrowed from Wesley Y. on Yelp. VISIT THEM 92 Weston StreetHartford, CT 06120 (860) 503-3772 Facebook-f […]

Modern Pastry Shop

← Restaurants Modern Pastry Shop The amazing cakes these folks make could have their own TV show. They don’t just make cakes though. There are loads of traditional Italian pastries to stuff in your face, and you can do it sitting at an old-school soda fountain counter with the BEST cappuccino in your hand.   Photo […]

Tastease Mini Donuts

← Restaurants Tastease This tiny Parkville Bakery is one of Hartford’s best and worst kept secrets. If you’ve visited even once, you have already become fanatical and told everyone who will listen to them about this unbelievable place you just found and their amazing 2 1/2″ mini donuts. If you haven’t been, you have no […]

Story and Soil Coffee

← Restaurants Story And Soil Coffee shop, community hub, hipster paradise – Story and Soil covers all the bases. While you can definitely walk in and just order a cup of batch brewed joe and some avocado toast, their espresso drinks are where all the magic happens. Their rotating list of seasonal drink specials always […]

Ashley’s

← Restaurants Ashley’s Q: Where can I get breakfast at lunchtime in Hartford? A: Ashley’s. Eggs, toast, bacon, omelettes, all things breakfast-y. Photo lovingly borrowed from Jeffery C. VISIT THEM 221 Main StreetHartford, CT 06106 (860) 247-8730 Facebook-f

Tisane Euro-Asian Café

← Bars / Restaurants Tisane Euro-Asian Café Tisane is a tea house, coffee house, martini bar, regular bar, dance club, and restaurant in the West End. Some people consider it their own version of Cheers, but cocktail-centric, with a much cooler and more handsome Norm. Closer to the weekend you get Karoke, great DJs and […]