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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 [...]
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Awesome Cake Maker David Glass Reaches Out For Loans
09.12.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

David Glass of Bloomfield, CT makes some of the most awesome desserts I have ever tasted. His signature dessert, the Ultimate Chocolate Truffle Cake is one of the most intense, purest expressions of chocolate I have ever tasted. His cheesecakes are heaven and come in a wide variety of tastes and flavors and my favorite, [...]
Coffee
Starting the Day At Shelburne Falls Coffee Roasters
08.23.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

In Shelburne Falls, MA just off the Mohawk Trail is one of the coziest places to stop for a coffee break I’ve ever encountered.

See? Cozy, like stepping into someone’s living room. I’ve now been to Shelburne Falls Coffee Roasters twice and each time has been more of a pit-stop than anything else but I do [...]
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Ice Cream at Smyth’s in Enfield
07.03.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Just down the street from The Country Diner is Smyth’s (prounounced just like Smith’s…we think), an unassuming looking ice cream stop with a big selection of scoops, cones, sundaes and shakes. Smyth’s is a great little oasis within the maze of strip malls, big box stores, and chain eateries that make up a lot of [...]