Guidebook for Hartford

Kevin
Guidebook for Hartford

Drinks & Nightlife

This place has it all. It is a sit down casual restaurant, it has a great bar, it is hip and big on taste and ambiance and small on price.
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Plan B Burger Bar - West Hartford
138 Park Rd
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This place has it all. It is a sit down casual restaurant, it has a great bar, it is hip and big on taste and ambiance and small on price.
This is the premier walkable entertainment district, West Hartford Center and Blue Back Square make up an enormouse entertainment district. Food, Shops, and more! Whole Foods is located here too!
The Center & The Square
This is the premier walkable entertainment district, West Hartford Center and Blue Back Square make up an enormouse entertainment district. Food, Shops, and more! Whole Foods is located here too!
Concert Venue, with outdoor seating!
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Xfinity Theatre
61 Savitt Way
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Concert Venue, with outdoor seating!

Food Scene

Best BBQ in the city, featured at the new Dunkin Donuts Stadium. Delcious
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Bear's Smokehouse Barbecue
25 Front St
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Best BBQ in the city, featured at the new Dunkin Donuts Stadium. Delcious
Foodie favorite. The brussel sprouts are done really well, you can get oysters and other raw items Great solid selection. Staffed with local talent through teaching school located in the neighborhood. Prices reflect the fine dinning experience.
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Firebox Restaurant
539 Broad St
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Foodie favorite. The brussel sprouts are done really well, you can get oysters and other raw items Great solid selection. Staffed with local talent through teaching school located in the neighborhood. Prices reflect the fine dinning experience.
Fantastic restaurant, their cheese selection is above the rest. Foodie Delight, Price reflects experience. Italian food.
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Treva
980 Farmington Ave
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Fantastic restaurant, their cheese selection is above the rest. Foodie Delight, Price reflects experience. Italian food.
Vietnamese food. A lot for your money, closed Tuesdays. We love this place. Very close and very traditional, located in a majority Vietnamese business plaza, including grocery store.
Pho Boston
144 Shield St
Vietnamese food. A lot for your money, closed Tuesdays. We love this place. Very close and very traditional, located in a majority Vietnamese business plaza, including grocery store.

Shopping

Closet place to get all you need. Popeyes, Mcdonalds, Denny's, Taco Bell, Marshals, Asian Grocer, Payless etc.
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Walmart Supercenter
495 Flatbush Ave
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Closet place to get all you need. Popeyes, Mcdonalds, Denny's, Taco Bell, Marshals, Asian Grocer, Payless etc.
Closets indoor shopping mall. It has everything. Free to park.
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Westfarms Mall and Macy's station
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Closets indoor shopping mall. It has everything. Free to park.

Sightseeing

On the national registry of historic places, over 100 acres of formal gardens, green space, walking paths, Pond House Cafe, and pond. The rose gardens and central gazebo are breathtaking. Best part, besides quintessential Central Connecticut atmosphere is that the park is free and open 365 days of the year.
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Vườn hoa hồng Elizabeth Park
1561 Asylum Ave
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On the national registry of historic places, over 100 acres of formal gardens, green space, walking paths, Pond House Cafe, and pond. The rose gardens and central gazebo are breathtaking. Best part, besides quintessential Central Connecticut atmosphere is that the park is free and open 365 days of the year.
Private liberal arts college, founded in 1823, second oldest only to Yale University in Connecticut. Open Campus allows for people to walk among stunning architecture. Very Harry Potter esque.
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Trinity College
Long Walk
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Private liberal arts college, founded in 1823, second oldest only to Yale University in Connecticut. Open Campus allows for people to walk among stunning architecture. Very Harry Potter esque.

Parks & Nature

Boat launch for only like 8 dollars, park is beautiful and features one of the the oldest building related to the original settlement of the Wethersfield colony around 1649. This park is walkable from downtown Old Wethersfield. Great place to picnic.
Cove Park
533 Main St
Boat launch for only like 8 dollars, park is beautiful and features one of the the oldest building related to the original settlement of the Wethersfield colony around 1649. This park is walkable from downtown Old Wethersfield. Great place to picnic.
Two different ponds that you can swim, boat, and fish on. State park entrance fee. This park fills to capacity during the summer months.
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Bigelow Hollow State Park
298 Bigelow Hollow Road
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Two different ponds that you can swim, boat, and fish on. State park entrance fee. This park fills to capacity during the summer months.
Free, but etremely limited parking, maybe 75 spots. Fills quick. Swimming hole only. No motorized boats, but you can canoe or kayake or just lounge on a noodle. I have all the water toys you could want, just ask to borrow them!
Millers Pond State Park
344 Foot Hills Rd
Free, but etremely limited parking, maybe 75 spots. Fills quick. Swimming hole only. No motorized boats, but you can canoe or kayake or just lounge on a noodle. I have all the water toys you could want, just ask to borrow them!

Arts & Culture

The Wadsworth Atheneum opened in 1844 is is the oldest continuously operated public art museum in the United States. It is also on the National Registry of Historic Places. We sometimes go for after hour events here. Worth a visit if you have the time and need an indoor activity.
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main St
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The Wadsworth Atheneum opened in 1844 is is the oldest continuously operated public art museum in the United States. It is also on the National Registry of Historic Places. We sometimes go for after hour events here. Worth a visit if you have the time and need an indoor activity.
This is our go to Art Museum, it holds lot of different events after hours, where you can enjoy the art in a different environment.
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New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington St
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This is our go to Art Museum, it holds lot of different events after hours, where you can enjoy the art in a different environment.
Local award winning Orchestra.
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Hartford Stage
50 Church St
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Local award winning Orchestra.
The highway originally was going to be built over the museum location, when one of the excavators found fossilized dinosaur tracks. The natural history preserve protects one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America.
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Dinosaur State Park
400 West St
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The highway originally was going to be built over the museum location, when one of the excavators found fossilized dinosaur tracks. The natural history preserve protects one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America.

Essentials

Budget grocer, better prices than Walmart.
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ALDI
511 New Park Ave
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Budget grocer, better prices than Walmart.
Closest grocery store to our house. Walkable, only like 10 minutes. Very local and distinctly Hartford.
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CTown Supermarkets
1744 Park St
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Closest grocery store to our house. Walkable, only like 10 minutes. Very local and distinctly Hartford.