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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

La Casita Del Sabor

← Restaurants La Casita Del Sabor Nestled on Park Street, this unassuming location holds within it a veritable trove of culinary treasures. That’s restaurant speak for, “This place is bangin’.” Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you can eat all three meals here in one day, and have them delivered for free if you are close […]

Kien Company Oriental Market

← Restaurants Kien Company Oriental Market Go for the mouth-watering Bahn Mi sandwiches, stay for all your Asian cooking needs. This small market doesn’t show any signs of of being a restaurant from the front, but if you walk in, and go all the way to the back there is a small kitchen serving traditional […]

Tangiers International Market

← Restaurants Tangiers International Market Everything at Tangiers is perfect. The family that runs this place are the most lovely (both personally and visually) people you’ll ever meet. The prepared foods are the finest of their kind in all the land; the falafel, the gyros, the tabouli, the hummus, the stuffed grape leaves, the baklava – oh […]

Black-Eyed Sally’s Southern Kitchen & Bar

← Attractions / Bars / Restaurants Black-Eyed Sally’s Southern Kitchen & Bar Black-eyed Sally’s has been making mouths, tummies, and ears happy since they opened their doors in 1995. They’re famous in these parts for their award winning BBQ and Cajun cooking, and a stage that hosts some of the best recording artists on the […]

Fire by Forge

← Restaurants Fire by Forge This Pan-American inspired, chef-driven concept includes a café, full-service restaurant, bar, and catering operation. Seasonal menus feature fresh, local, and sustainable ingredients whenever possible. You’ll find them in the historic former Billings & Spencer Company in Frog Hollow. Photo lovingly borrowed from Fire by Forge. VISIT THEM 539 Broad StreetHartford, […]

Piolin Restaurant

← Restaurants Piolin Restaurant Piolin serves some of the most amazing and authentic Peruvian dishes anywhere in the state. The portions are enormous, so plan accordingly and bring friends.  Photo lovingly borrowed from Piolin Restaurant. VISIT THEM 417 New Britain AvenueHartford, CT 06106 (860) 293-1255 Facebook-f Desktop

Franklin Giant Grinder

← Restaurants Franklin Giant Grinder No lie, these grinders are humongous. If you’ve never been before, you may want to ask them to see the bread before you decide what size to buy. “I have been going to Franklin Giant Grinder since I was a baby and my parents and grandparents were regulars. They make […]