Dine often (and inexpensively). Visit us during Mystic Restaurant Week, Nov. 3-10.
We love food here in eastern Connecticut, in case you couldn’t tell already from our plentiful foodie events–not to mention the array of restaurants from the Quiet Corner on down to the shoreline. And next week you get to sample from the best of the best at special prices during Mystic Restaurant Week. From Nov. 3-10, enjoy one price dining at participating...
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BESTS of Mystic Country. Yankee and Connecticut Magazine’s 2012 picks.
Noah’s Restaurant, Stonington It’s that time of year again–we’re celebrating the best of the best in our region. And boy, is this list long. Take a look then start planning your next trip. If you hurry, you can cross everything off before next year’s list is released! From Yankee Magazine – Best Quiet Place:...
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Get crackin.’ It’s Memorial Day weekend and Mystic Seaport’s Lobster Days are here again.
For a true New England experience, right down to the bib, take in Mystic Seaport and their annual Lobster Days this Memorial Day weekend. There is nothing like strolling the Seaport grounds on a sunny day and it IS looking like Mother Nature will be kind. Your meal will be picnic style alongside the Mystic River. Enjoy a cruise on the water before or after as...
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Touring retro in Eastern Connecticut’s Mystic Country.
To some retro is a hot trend, to others, it’s the way things used to be. Whatever your take you can taste from a bygone era here in Mystic Country. We are certainly well known for our coastline, wineries, Mystic Seaport, Mystic Aquarium, and the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos. Less known are small, classic American businesses that have been going strong through...
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Mystic Restaurant Week + fun freebies in celebration of a VIP 70th.
October 28 kicks off a big week in Mystic. It’s Restaurant Week (great food at a great price) PLUS the town is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Charles W. Morgan, the world’s last remaining wooden whaling ship. Mystic’s VIP (should be VIS right?!) had an 80 year whaling career that ended in 1921 and she, with a man’s...
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Best of CONNECTICUT 2011. Congrats Mystic Country winners!
CONNECTICUT Magazine‘s eagerly awaited 2011 BEST OF issue just hit the stands. Here are the winners in Mystic Country. Congratulations to all: Food & Drink Cupcake: Bleu Squid in Olde Mistick Village, Mystic Breakfast with a View: Kitchen Little, Mystic New England Clam Chowder: S&P Oyster Co., Mystic Dairy Bar: Hank’s Dairy Bar, Plainfield Coffee...
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Sit for a Spell – Dining Alfresco
Summer breezes, drinks and appetizers outside gazing over the water, dinner served as the night begins to cool off and the sun goes down. No, you don’t have to be in the Bahamas for a dinner like this — head to downtown Mystic’s S&P Oyster Company and be delighted with their outdoor dining options. Sit and enjoy a leisurely dinner and drinks overlooking...
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A little taste of Mexico.
Good Mexican food is always a treat to find, whether it’s a new restaurant in your own area or a highly recommended place you stumble upon during vacation. When it comes to Mexican, I love the old favorites – enchiladas, burritos, quesadillas, and some great chips and salsa. But we have some great places with unique menu items for the adventurous Mexican...
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Foodie Alert: Experience Theme Dining at The Inn at Woodstock Hill.
There’s something magical about enjoying a marvelous, imaginative meal, and then simply heading up to a charming room with all the comforts of the old-world countryside. No planning, shopping, driving, dishes or clean-up to interfere with a perfect, romantic, and relaxing evening. The Inn at Woodstock Hill in the north east corner of Mystic Country is a...
Continue ReadingMystic Connecticut is Selected as a National Geographic Best Adventure Town
National Geographic has chosen Mystic, Connecticut as one of America’s 100 best adventure towns and the only town chosen in the state of Connecticut. I like to think of Mystic as a region, not just portions of Groton/Stonington (which make up the zip code), but all of the towns along our gorgeous coastline and up through the casinos into the rolling countryside....
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