3 days of Connecticut Roadfood..... Day 1

===So I got served an undercooked Pepe's pizza, huh?!? .. ..No wonder it was ready in only about 15 minutes===

ellen,

Compare the photo of Sally's to the one at Pepe's. There is a difference. But I wouldn't send it back as it is still better than 99.9% of all pizzas in America.

Fifteen minutes is about right for a pie when they have all cylinders firing, as the pies take less than seven minutes to cook.

===Looks like I'll have to put Foxon Park soda on my "to-do" list for next time... the way I've been eating lately, I think I need the diet version, though!===

I know that Foxon Park has some diet flavors but the beauty of their brand is that they have 'All the Sugar'. Considering all the other food in your tour, a diet soda will not help.
Let me put it this way, I took my brother from California to Pepe's and he ordered a diet coke, I ordered the birch beer. He got a measly glass of fountain diet Coke, I got a big ass bottle of birch beer. He had to admit that he made the wrong choice.

mark

Ah Ellen..You're killing us with all these wonderful trips for some of the best pizza in this country that many of us have never had!

THANKS AS ALWAYS

Ellen, great pics of your trip.  I just got back from that area couple of days ago.  My wife had a business meeting at the hospital and I ended up spending a couple of hours downtown in SoNo.  It was super cold walking around and nothing opened until noon, which didn't do me any good.  I'm sure the neighborhood is a whole lot more inviting on a summer afternoon! 

I ended up getting out of there and over to Swanky Franks and days later, I'm finally calling it the best food of our trip.  I was there at 11am, not particularly hungry, but that chili dog was particularly fantastic.   Can't wait to go back.    As a matter of fact, I'm putting it in my all time top 3 hot dogs too (next to Rutt's Hutt and Libby's Lunch). 

Swanky's is right off the highway, and now a must for me anytime I'm anywhere even close to the area.

HI Stannepa!
And thanks for resurrecting my CT thread!
When I first saw the "3 days of CT Roadfood" under the ACTIVE Topics, I said to myself "Sounds good! I wonder who just took a trip to Connecticut!  And then I saw it was ME, (back in Aug.)

I posted a lot of good HOT DOG pics on this report, which is nice for those Roadfooders who can only handle so much of my burger pics!

Hey, I see you live in the SCRANTON area!
Hopefully you'll get to "meat up" with fellow Roadfooder "Joe Rogo", (if you have'nt done so already)
He is a great guy, and will give you the shirt off his back...

ellen4641


HI Stannepa!
And thanks for resurrecting my CT thread!
When I first saw the "3 days of CT Roadfood" under the ACTIVE Topics, I said to myself "Sounds good! I wonder who just took a trip to Connecticut!  And then I saw it was ME, (back in Aug.)

I posted a lot of good HOT DOG pics on this report, which is nice for those Roadfooders who can only handle so much of my burger pics!

Hey, I see you live in the SCRANTON area!
Hopefully you'll get to "meat up" with fellow Roadfooder "Joe Rogo", (if you haven't done so already)
He is a great guy, and will give you the shirt off his back...

 
Hey Ellen,
 
You're trip reports are like the Encyclopedia Britannica of Food.  And this one was a classic.  You hit all the right spots for a first timer in the CT area.
 
Stan and I are both from the same area.  We hope to "meat-up" someday at the Ooh Ooh Bird, or maybe Tony's, or maybe both.
 
BTW, can I have my shirt back, it's cold 

Hey , JOE ROGO,
Can we make it a threesome at the Ooh Ooh Bird?!?
I'd love to join you guys!

Hopefully we'll connect one of these next bunch of weeks during your "on the road" travels!

Okay, here's your shirt back, Joe.....
(put it in safekeeping for me, though)

Ellen,
Ooh Ooh, Tony's, or Old Forge Pizza anytime.  There's LOTS of great Roadfood here.  Just let us know.  
 
Joe,
I'm sure I'll see you soon out there on the trail!
 
Stan