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Amazing Ice Cream at Dr. Mike’s in Bethel, CT
09.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

The ice cream at Dr. Mike’s is amazingly good. Hyperbole words are deserved here - incredible, fantastic, maybe mind-blowing. If you are ever traveling along I-84 around the Danbury/Connecticut/New York state border, Bethel is a little bit off the beaten path but well worth the detour just for this ice cream.

This is the blueberry and [...]
Fairs
Eatin’ Big at the Big E
09.24.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

The Big E is a big New England-wide fair held in West Springfield, MA. It’s huge and if you live in New England you’re probably familar. Dave over at Dave’s Cupboard recently went and tried a bunch of stuff I didn’t, so go check out his post, too. In lieu of doing a bunch of [...]
Restaurants
Asian Flavors in West Hartford, PT. 3
09.23.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

You’re reading part 3 of a 3 part series of posts. Here’s 1 and 2.

The treasures inside A Dong Grocery anchor a shopping center with many businesses which serve the Asian-American community. Pho Boston (weirdly, not in Boston, still in West Hartford here) is an eatery dedicated to, among other things, Pho, the traditional Vietnamese [...]
Markets
Asian Flavors in West Hartford, Pt. 2
09.20.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

It’s a beautiful duck. It really is. But you see, it’s smiling at me. - A Christmas Story

Those are ducks at A Dong Grocery in West Hartford, CT. For a very reasonable sum you can go up to the counter, profess your desire for either a half a duck or a whole duck, and what [...]
Markets
Asian Flavors in West Hartford, Pt. 1
09.18.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

If you’ve ever passed through Hartford on I-84 or even been to West Farms Mall, you were actually very close to a wonderful place you may not even know existed. Just off New Britain Avenue in West Hartford is a strip mall which does not look all that remarkable from the street. But [...]

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