This winter, we will be reviewing all of the fine dining options in Connecticut, in the hope we can find the best of them. Up first, The Charles in Wethersfield. The Charles is beautiful on the inside, with a working…
Onion rings; Cool Hand Duke’s
Came for the BBQ, which was sparse, but surprised by the onion rings at Cool Hand Duke’s in New Milford. I heard of a BBQ place in the charming village of New Milford. But it isn’t really a BBQ place.…
Burger; Flipside Burger
I both love and hate the rise of the $15-20 burger. It has given us some excellent examples of how burgers could be. It has inflated prices of okay burgers. Let’s see which Flipside is. Glazed Calamari Fried Calamari with…
Grass Fed Burger; Engine Room
What brought us to The Engine Room in Mystic? No idea. It has all the makings of a classic hipster-esque restaurant from 2014. The food is not bad, with pretentious (but good) ingredients and high prices. They even seem to…
Firecracker Burger; The Rabbit Hole
Along with top-notch wings, The Rabbit Hole in Old Saybrook has also won awards for the burgers. Let’s put that to the test. But first, the wings. In a previous post, we saw how the XX buffalo wings were excellent.…
Bobby Burger; Lake Zoar Drive-In
Lake Zoar Drive-In in Stevenson is “home of the Zoar burger”, as they say all over the place. But here I’m going to describe why you should completely ignore that and go for the Bobby burger instead. The reason, in…
Haywire Burger; Haywire Burger Bar
Warning: No pictures here. These were some of the first things I reviewed and I didn’t save the pictures (except posted them to instagram, here https://www.instagram.com/p/CE360zXjmCy/ On the search for the best burger in Connecticut, as well as a spicy…
Beef Burger; Bin228 Gastropub
On the search for the best burger in Connecticut brings us to Bin228 Gastropub in Glastonbury, where we may have found it. I have no idea what drew me to Bin 228 Gastropub as being a home for potentially the…
Head to Head: Steamed Burgers
Steamed Burgers. What an odd concept. Why would anyone choose to steam a cheeseburger? It seems like the reason is historical. Restauranteurs need a way to cook burgers quickly and cheaply. Steam is an efficient way to cook. So sure,…
Black Duck Burger, Black Duck Cafe
On the search for the best burger in Connecticut brings us to Black Duck Cafe in Westport. This waterside cafe is home to what some have called among the best burgers in CT, so I had to try it. This…