12 places you must eat and drink at in Connecticut.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

The location of the pie company that gave a classic toy its name is now a parking lot.