philly's in norwich and new haven is one of the best, already been mentioned, and to name one that hardly gets play time, philly grill in waterbury, it's more like fast food philly cheeseteaks, good for the price

2nd munchies, not traditional philly cheesesteaks but they have a lot of creative and delicious twists on cheesesteaks

yah very sad, had wanted to go there one last time before they closed for good, damn

could be the cop(s) ran the plate and knew who it was - maybe it was a kid or their parent(s) are a somebody - and decided to let them go, otherwise yah it's not terribly safe to have a high speed chase through the streets of simsbury where a bunch of families with kids live, I should say privileged and entitled families with overzealous helicopter parents who complain about anything and everything like if you fart too loudly in town after 9pm

came to this post to say almost exactly this but good luck finding support for new train projects with all the recent derailments.... trains=dangerous cars=much safer! /s best outcome we can hope for now is it still being talked about for another decade...

is that the location in canton?

cool thank you was wondering how you collected this data and made the graphics

that's a shame

and if you miss your state-appointed time.... you def won't miss the next one in the gulag.

garbage, poorly-worded, attention-seeking post; as others said it's probably due to more people being there right after train stops and due to train schedules and, unfortunately, possibly some homeless people using the restrooms. Wording and attention-seeking totally distracts from making a valid point that whatever # of stalls they have isn't enough... I really don't know why I'm replying to this, wasting my time....

yah I tried to suggest some of the responsibility or fault falls on pedestrians behavior on other posts but got tons of push back claiming it's solely due to unsafe, distracted or bad drivers, and you're right, there are blind corners, people who step right out into traffic with no signal, notice or anything; not saying this is the cause but it is definitely a factor people need to stop denying

You're right, my answer is unjustly snide and a bit harsh, in a more innocuous joking rather than hurtful way; I have no hate for Guy, hell I used to enjoy him on DDD. Imo his diet, public persona plus ostentatious and showy signature style erodes and partially undermines his credibility as a food guru. And his flavortown mall and delivery based restaurants just aren't good, sorry. His charity work and helping others is a totally separate topic and is mostly unrelated to his credibility and competence as a food critic; I see him as more a grandiose personality, celebrity and entertainer versus a truly knowledgeable food critic or chef like gordon ramsay.

he became famous eating low grade slop at greasy spoons talking like Billy Mays in an late night infomercial while wearing sunglasses indoors and sporting frosted tips well after their popularity faded in the 90s... Guy's fast food restaurants are hardly a step above burger king quality. Not exactly the most reputable foodie celeb, and we're supposed to jump up and take note of his "favorite" restaurant in CT... yah I'll have to "go there soon"

this isn't a list of places open on christmas, it's an ad for their catering services and christmas dinners, one would have had to cal and make reservations well before xmas day, i think OP is looking for a place they can just walk in, without reservations, and have a meal, very few places on the list qualify

"best italian food" is always debateable, what are you looking for? casual sit down? date night place? fancy/trendy? any particular regional food because northern and southern italian varies quite a bit... anyway I see a lot of great places already suggested so I'll throw out a dark horse, Zina's Cucina in marlborough, maybe not the absolute best in ct but great for the area

buon appetito is pretty good, wouldn't say the best italian in ct, maybe avon/simsbury/canton area, the menu is a bit odd and outdated though believe food is made-to-order; chef-owner Hoa was head chef at Hot Tomatoes in hartford until it shut down around 2013ish

many towns have more tax revenue due to higher property valuations and greater property tax receipts despite statutory rates not changing; parents and ngos monies are in dependent of taxes, further towns should have some budget item, earmarked or not, to help fund these things; I'm not against them fundraising for it, there are just so many better options than begging strangers

yes but just because it existed before the internet doesn't mean it isn't more pervasive, normalized or sadly more acceptable now; I don't know why certain groups of people simply demanding money to stop inconveniencing strangers is acceptable or complaining about it is frowned upon

internet grifter and beggar culture comes to the real world, everybody wants to socialize their costs onto others and take all the benefits for themselves then claim it's fair or acceptable; like who approves them sitting in front of the store entrance and begging...? but hey I always end up being the bad guy asking off-limits questions.... edit - why can't the parents/school/ngos pool their money for them? is there actually a cheerleading competition in orlando? did they make the cut? or do they just want a trip to orlando on everyone else's dollar? so many questions....

partially joking, year is 2022, you're hardly allowed to say christmas anymore without mentioning other holidays or you have to say "end of year holidays" and why are you getting downvoted lol yah xmas sh*t gets put out earlier every year, it's a meme at this point

it's not xmas stuff, it's non-denominational holiday decor

glad i don't vote, brain alive me am!

sniffing butts and when on the job they are sniffing for explosives

guess that's the best answer yet, yah black horse garage in bridgeport https://brewerycollective.com/black-horse-garage

that's what I suspect and was hoping to get the "backstory"