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Last week I took a detour from I-84 to avoid some sort of traffic jam. I exited in West Hartford, Connecticut. The company I worked for before I retired was headquartered in West Hartford for over 10 years. During that time, I learned many ways to avoid I-84. I’ve live in Connecticut for almost 45 years, and this stretch of this Interstate highway has been the least reliable road to travel I’ve ever encountered.
Depending on when you run into the traffic, you can exit on the right or the left of I-84 (Connecticut is famous for left-hand exits). All the exits lead to main roads that flow into Hartford. The road I took the other day, led me through a section of Hartford called Parkville. As I drove through, I pulled over where I could and snapped a picture. The descriptions I have are too large for captions, so, I scaled back the number of photos and I’ve described them below. Most of the information is copied from the websites of the businesses shown. Note: in order to balance the gallery, the text and photos aren’t in the same order.
Joey’s Pizza Pie – Stop for a slice, and order of wings, pizzas, calzones, burgers, or salads. Wait, what? Salads?
Park Lane Pizza – Mozzarella, Mushrooms, Pepperoni, Bacon pie, and more.
0 Degree Thai Ice Cream – Serves up the freshest made daily, all-natural, hand-rolled ice cream in town! These are shown in the featured photo – also from their website.
Peachbody – Private fitness center for women.
Panache – a luxury resale boutique providing clothing, shoes, accessories and more. We started 11 years ago as a catch-all second-hand shop, but has since changed ownership and refocused as a luxury resale boutique. Every item is hand-selected and new inventory arrives daily, making every single shopping experience here unique.
WeHa Fit – One on One Personal Training.
A.C. Petersen Farms – The company’s origins date back to 1914 when Danish immigrant Andrew C. Petersen purchased a bunch of milk delivery routes in town. He was successful and bought the building that still houses the restaurant today and began producing milk and ice cream. It has changed hands a couple times beginning at the end of the 20th century. It either went out of business or was heading in that direction when at least the original store was purchased. Today it is a family style restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and our delicious ice cream desserts.
We serve breakfast all day! We are famous for our ice cream, gourmet toppings, and our hand whipped heavy cream. Our milkshake was voted “Best in Connecticut”.
A.C. Petersen Farms – website
Taquerio – Is a fast casual taqueria serving cold margaritas, hot tacos and much much more. Our space is a vintage gas station converted to a hip taco bar with open garage doors in the summer and plenty of outdoor dining. We use only the freshest ingredients to bring you south-of-the border flare combined with traditional Mexican spirit.
Birdcode – Spicy chicken sandwiches and fries.
Sisters of St. Joseph – Once a sprawling property, the sisters have sold most of the site to developers. They will continue to live in the convent on the property.
There’s also a photo of a medium sized brick apartment building in the Gallery.
I hope you can take some time to visit the doors submitted by the other participants. If you don’t have time today, swing back on Sunday for the weekly recap.
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