Forty-five businesses participated in the biannual food stroll event in downtown New London. Twenty-two of them offered samples of a variety of food from pasta to apple pie to bread pudding. While sampling, strollers enjoyed music by three performers. The majority of the stroll was concentrated on State and Bank Street. Below is a smattering of my personal favorites.
Kicking off the stroll was a Penne pasta with proscuitto and creamy tomato sauce greeting strollers who picked up their buttons at The Atrium Cafe. Across the street was a delicious pumpkin whoopie pie with ginger crumbs at Little Sister’s Bake Shop. Around the corner on Bank Street was a jolly ice cream scooper at Daniel’s Dairy who offered samples of soft-serve and hard ice cream as well as homemade fudge.
Across the street, strollers found mini-pumpkin and apple pies from Sweetie’s, a retro-style bakery that also served a butternut squash soup and a tomato bisque.
Off the beaten path, was a Thanksgiving pizza at 2Wives with cranberries, stuffing, onions and turkey. Tucked away and not officially registered for the stroll was the newly-opened Washington Street Coffee House serving BBQpulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw as well as oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
Other honorable mentions include the seafood chowder served at Dev’s on Bank, caramel apple bread pudding at Tiki and shepard’s pie at Chaplin’s.
