Stretch's Pizza

Stretch's Pizza in Newington is fast becoming my favorite pizza place.  I had two slices of pepperoni this evening.  It it is thin crust new York style and quite good.  Takes only a few minutes to heat up once you order.

Stretch's Pizza

995 Main Street  Newington, CT 06111

(860) 667-9100

Sunday 1-8.

Closed Monday

Tuesday to Friday 11-10

Saturday 12-9

Chef's Dog House

337 Willard Avenue
Newington, CT 06111
(860) 667-3700

Monday-Friday 7am-8pm
Saturday 9am-8pm
Closed Sunday

This place is in the 7-11 Plaza on Willard Avenue.
These are excellent grilled hot dogs that take three or four minutes to make.

I like the bacon-wrapped dog with avocado.

The Junkyard Dog  is a bacon-wrapped dog, topped with chili, nacho cheese and grilled onions.  I have always been a plain hot dog guy so this was my first chiili cheese dog, and I have to admit that I did not know what I was missing.  It was great!

Junkyard Dog

The Prairie Dog is a bacon wrapped dog, topped with Onion Dip, and frizzled Potato.  I thought it was interesting.  I'm not crazy for onion dip.

Prairie Dog

Southern Dog

Swiss Pastrami Dog (with fries)

Chef's also serves hamburgers, sandwiches, soups and salads, as well as breakfast.

Italian Gourmet Deli & Bakery

Italian Gourmet Deli & Bakery
15 Hartford Road
Newington, CT 06111

(860) 665-1467

Open Monday through Friday 7A-4P

This little gem is right on the Area 16 corner of Main and Stoddard. They have daily lunch specials for $8. You get an entre such as Swedish Meatballs, fresh carved turkey, meat and cheese lasanga, sheppard's pie, stuffed pork, and two sides. The menu changes daily. You can pick up a monthly calender listing the choices. They also have excellent homemade pizza for $2 a slice and deli sandwiches made with fresh baked bread. Very delicious food.

Here's the shepard's pie with a double side of green beans.



You also get a buttered fresh made Portugese roll. Here's roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy and mixed vegetables.

Newington Meat and Marketplace

Newington Meat and Marketplace
847 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
(860) 666-3431

This place is just up the street from Subway, yet for years when posted in Newington, I ate at Subway. Shame on me. At Newington Meat, for $4.50 you can get a great deli sandwich with fresh sliced meat and fresh bread. They also serve grinders such as Chicken Cutlet, meatloaf, Italian sausage and corned beef. You can get hot soup, local sodas and chips. They also have more formal entrees they can pop in a microwave and heat up for you.

Cisco’s American Breakfast and Mexican Cuisine

Cisco’s American Breakfast and Mexican Cuisine
254 Hartford Avenue
Newington, CT 06110
(860)666-0703

Mon-Thurs 5:30 AM – 3 PM
Friday 5:30 AM – 9 PM
Sat 7 AM – 9PM
Sun 7 AM – 3 PM

Cisco’s serves a traditional American breakfast and then authentic Mexican food for lunch and dinner. I ordered two soft shell tacos (chicken and pork) for $4.50 and got them within 3 minutes. They were very good. My partner got two hard shell tacos and they were homemade shells. They offer the full array of Mexican specialties: enchillads, burritos, tamales, fajitas, chile rellenos, gorditas, quesadillas, etc.

Gold Burgers

Gold Burgers

1096 Main Street, Newington, Ct  06111

(860)  665-0478

http://www.goldburgers.com/

Monday to Tuesday 11-8

Wednesday to  Thursday 11-9

Friday to Saturday  11-10

Sunday 12-8

Gold Burgers is in Newington Center.  It takes 5-10 minutes to get your food, but is worth the wait if you can spare it.  While they are Gold Burgers, they could easily be called Gold Burgers and Dogs.  They have a hot dog specialty menu, and their dogs are excellent.  You get your choice of either an all beef dog or a pork and beef dog.  They use traditional rolls and grill and then split their dogs.

I ordered the New England Style Dog without mustard.  The dog had chilli, onions and celery salt.  The celery salt, which is traditional in Rhode Island, is an excellent addition that leaves a lasting flavor in your mouth.

I also ordered the P.B.R. without the pickles and ranch dressing.  So that means I had grilled onions, bacon  and jack cheese.  It was good, but not as good as the Jack cheese dogs i am making at home.

They also have excellent fries here.

.

Here is the menu:

http://www.goldburgers.com/menu.html

Sophia's Breakfast and Lunch

Sophia’s Place is a little hole in the wall breakfast, lunch place in Newington that is home-cooking with a Central European flavor. I went in today and ordered stuffed cabbage with mashed potatoes. The cabbage is stuffed with some kind of meat and grain, and covered with a tomatoey sauce. The food was already cooked and just needed to be heated. It took three minutes. You know how some foods leave a taste in your mouth. I am still tasting this food two hours later, and it still tastes good. They also serve pierogies, meatloaf and meat blintzes. They have potato pancakes for breakfast, but I am not certain how long they take to make. The waitress was a pretty young girl with an Eastern European (? Polish accent), and I caught a glimpse of the older woman (Sophie) in the small kitchen. She smiled at me as she handed my order to the waitress.


I went back a few days later and had potato pancakes with apple sauce for breakfast. I left six minutes after I walked in. They were pretty good -- I have never had potato pancakes before -- but I probably wouldn't order them again.



Sophia's Place
134 Market Square
Newington, CT 06111
Open 6:00 A.M. till 5:00 PM
Tuesday through Sunday
(860) 666-1942