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CTyankee

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16. Wow,you WERE in the boonies...

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #15)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 08:16 PM

Nov 2015

there are parts of CT I know I'd best not look into...

I breeze past lots of towns on my way to Boston, going up 84 off the Wilbur Cross...

Delaney's was the pride of Westville. Been there forever. An electrical problem took it out. I couldn't believe the devastation when I drove down to Westville Village to take a look. Nothing but a crispy remnant...the NHFD just let it burn itself out...we mourned for months...

The owner has a new place that is nice and very different, but it still has the same, loyal crowd. Everyone grieved and got better...

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Nice discussion of the BEST New Haven pizza at tailgate at the Yale-Columbia game in New Haven. [View all] CTyankee Nov 2015 OP

No Pepe's????? Really? GP6971 Nov 2015 #1

Modern is on State Street. I worked on State St. and used to go there for lunch... CTyankee Nov 2015 #2

If I recall the Travel Cannels Pizza Pradise show had Pepe's and Sally's on. CentralMass Nov 2015 #3

well, they are so famous. But people who "know" vote Modern usually... CTyankee Nov 2015 #4

Recent tweet (22 Oct 2015) by Murphy on 2013 pizza article. What a riot, he must've been hungry. proverbialwisdom Nov 2015 #5

I really have no desire to go to Louis Lunch. The whole idea of a burger on white bread CTyankee Nov 2015 #6

Louis Lunch is amazing. bigwillq Nov 2015 #8

Modern, Sally's, Pepe's, BAR bigwillq Nov 2015 #7

clams with white sauce is my fave there. When I uised worked near MOdern CTyankee Nov 2015 #9

I don't eat much seafood bigwillq Nov 2015 #10

Modern mercuryblues Nov 2015 #11

how do you know Modern Pizza? Did you go to you-know-where and then graduate? CTyankee Nov 2015 #12

Didn't go to you know where mercuryblues Nov 2015 #13

Did you ever go to a bar/restaurant in Westville called Delaney's? CTyankee Nov 2015 #14

It doesn't sound familiar mercuryblues Nov 2015 #15

Wow,you WERE in the boonies... CTyankee Nov 2015 #16

I would go to so many places mercuryblues Nov 2015 #19

I liked Delaney's. bigwillq Nov 2015 #17

Yes, my husband and his friends are there every Friday afternoon from about CTyankee Nov 2015 #18