Han Hot Pot House
← Restaurants Han Hot Pot House Hotpot can seem overwhelming if you’ve never done it before but it’s really super simple: you get to choose your meat + veggies, make your own sauce, and then cook it all yourself at your table in a bubbling hot pot of broth. It’s hotpot y’all. VISIT THEM 310 […]
El Mercado
← Restaurants El Mercado El Mercado is one of the best places in Hartford. The grocery store sells fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices that can be hard to find outside of the Hartford area, and the restaurants, ohh the restaurants. There are Colombian, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Mexican food vendors at El Mercado that […]
The Market Restaurant
← Restaurants The Market Restaurant The Market Restaurant is located in an industrial area at the Connecticut Farmer’s Regional Market. It’s secret super extra cool. They serve breakfast and lunch, and the pictures of their food will make you want to lick your phone or drool on your keyboard. Photo borrowed lovingly from The Market […]
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 […]
Brazil Grill
← Restaurants Brazil Grill Brazil Grill is one of the best Brazilian restaurants in the state, and it will show you what real family-style churasso is meant to be. Their buffet is bonkers and all of their their freshly grilled meats are pulled straight out of the fire for you. Eat all the things and […]
The Rockin Chicken
← Restaurants The Rockin’ Chicken You could probably guess they serve chicken, but not just any chicken – it’s charcoal rotisserie chicken marinated in a secret family recipe. They also serve a huge array of authentic Peruvian dishes that are to die for. Photo borrowed lovingly from The Rockin’ Chicken. VISIT THEM 476 Franklin AvenueHartford, […]
Broasterant
← Restaurants Broasterant How DARE the skin of this chicken! This little mom and pop joint in the Frog Hollow section of Hartford makes some of the best fried chicken around. Don’t believe us? Watch all 11 minutes of this Daym Drops review. Photo borrowed lovingly from Daym Drops, VISIT THEM 630 Park StreetHartford, CT […]
King and I Thai
← Restaurants King & I Thai This tiny restaurant tucked inside the living room of a former house on Park Street is the perfect hidden gem, featuring some of the best Thai food anywhere in the region. Photos borrowed lovingly from King And I Thai. VISIT THEM 1901 Park StreetHartford, CT 06106 (860) 232-5471 Instagram […]
Social Republic
← Bars / Restaurants Social Republic Go eat super delicious gastro pub fare in their gorgeously decorated dining room with glittering chandeliers hanging from tin ceilings, exposed brick, and small dining nooks. Or sit on the (seasonally enclosed) patio. Breezy in the summer, central fireplace in the winter. Photos borrowed lovingly from Social Republic. VISIT […]