Colony Grill - Best Thin Crust Pizza Around

The best pizza that I ever ate was at colony grill in Stamford/Fairfield Connecticut.
“Colony Grill opened in 1935 in an Irish neighborhood in Stamford Connecticut. Since then Colony has become famous for what is now its only menu offering, a one of a kind thin crust pizza.
It’s one of the best thin crust pizzas that I ever had in my life. My favorite pizza pie from Colony Grill is cheese pizza with stingers on top. If you don’t know what a stinger is it’s a very hot pepper. Another original thing is the hot oil which adds a little more flavor to the pizza. The oil is added after the pizza is cooked. I was surprised to hear that most people don’t know what an Irish pizza is. This Irish restaurant has become popular in Stamford. All my friends in Norwalk go there a lot and tell me that it’s one of the best pizzas that they ever had. Just when you thought Italian pizza was good. I say try this thin crust pizza and it will blow your mind!

When I went to Jamaica this summer I experienced foods that I have never consumed before. The culture there is so different than ours that their food has a whole different taste with no preservatives. For breakfast, a food that stuck out to me was their tropical fruit that consisted of star fruit, passion fruit, and papaya. The fruit was delicious that had a very tropical taste to it very different from our fruit. For lunch I tried jerk chicken. The jerk chicken was very popular in Jamaica, it had a rich coating with a type of spice mixed into it. Fried plantanes was always a type of fruit I tried which is fried bananas that grow off their plantane trees. For dinner, my dad tried goat (which I do not reccomend) but he said that it was delicious! Instead of goat I had their Jamaican beef patty. For dessert I had the most amazing ice cream ever. The ice cream is freshly made from their cocoa beans so it had no perservitives. It was so creamy and sweet! Overall my experience in Jamaica really opened up my mind to different foods. Lindsay H.

What’s a great food to have in the summer? Well, its ice cream of course! Every summer my favorite thing to eat is ice cream. And you can get the ice cream in the frozen foods section of the grocery store but that’s just not as good as the delicious ice cream you get when you go to any sort of ice cream shop or creamery. I’ve never gone out to get ice cream and ending up not liking it. This past summer my family and I went to Maine to visit relatives and while we were there my cousin took me to a cute little ice cream place called “Scoops”. All the ice cream there was made right in front of you, so you know it’s fresh. They had so many different kinds of ice creams and they weren’t just the usually chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. No, these ice creams were original and tasted so good. I couldn’t decide which kind to get so I got a wafer cone with sea salt and caramel and s'mores ice cream. And let me tell you it was amazing! some other flavors of ice cream they had were; apple crisp, bit’o honey, maple walnut, Halloween {which was vanilla ice cream with a variety of candies in it}, coffee heath bar, wild Maine blue berry {fresh blue berries right from Maine!} , and carrot cake. I could have spent my whole summer in there just trying all the different flavors of ice cream but after a week in sunny Maine we had to go home. I can’t wait to go back there next summer and try all new flavors! Until then I’ll just be stuck in Connecticut dreaming about the delicious ice cream!

Nicole O

This past week I have had more ice cream than I even care to remember. Since first moving to Newtown just this last summer, I have been to Ferris Acres Creamery numerous times, and have always been impressed with the rich flavor and texture of their fresh ice cream. This past week however we decided to shake things up a bit. My sister was visiting us and decided she wanted to find the very best ice cream around. We told her that obviously Ferris Acres was the best and to not bother trying to find anything better because it simply doesn't exist. She got on Yelp and found reviews for delicious local ice cream. The top rated ice cream in the area was actually Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Factory. I had seen it around and was surprised to see that anyone even bothered to compete with Ferris Acres. Upon my sister's recommendation, we all hopped in the car and went to try it for the first time. We went to the location in Monroe and were disappointed to see that it was closed for the night when we arrived even though their website said differently. My sister, never one to be discouraged, decided to call the Bethel location and see if they were open. She got a reply on the other line from Dr. Mike himself explaining that yes, they were closed, but that he was still there making ice cream and that if we wanted to stop by he'd be happy to serve us anyway. Renewed in our quest, we got back in the car and headed for Bethel. We got there and ordered our ice cream: chocolate lace and Oreo mint chocolate fudge. It was the most divine ice cream I have ever had the pleasure of passing between my lips. We just about died after the first couple bites and were blown away that something could actually be better than Ferris. Not only that, but Dr. Mike stayed and chatted with us for a solid 20 minutes about how we liked Newtown and about his little business. There was great ice cream, great service, and all in all an incredibly rewarding food experience. I would definitely tell everyone I know to forget Ferris Acres next time they want ice cream, hit up Dr. Mike's. -Sam G.

I do not eat anything exciting. Ever. It’s even a strong possibility that every time we go to a new restaurant I buy a bacon cheeseburger. I will tell you that if the classiest restaurant in the world does not have a decent bacon cheeseburger then it is not truly the classiest restaurant in the world. I have not broadened my horizons when trying new foods. I had calamari, most likely the most exotic food I have ever eaten, two years ago at a friend’s birthday party. I do like to try new foods; I just do not go out of my way to do it. So I decided to make a list of some of the different foods that I want to try. 1. Filet Mignon 2. Star Fruit and/or Kiwi 3. Venison 4. Gazpacho 5. Meatloaf – I have had meatloaf before, but it was not as good as it could have been so a really good meatloaf would be nice to try. 6. Any kind of Thai food 7. Curry 8. Yakitori 9. Tofu 10. Corn dog All of these are very basic but I figured I should start out with these before I eat some squid or octopus or lamb intestine. I also really want to try baked macaroni and cheese or a tuna casserole or really good lasagna. I don’t like lasagna at all; it’ll be a challenge. Going to France would be fun, just so I can try a crepe from a vender off the street corner. Jillian V.

 You and your family are in one of the greatest vacation spots in the world… Disney World. You had a great day riding the rides, greeting characters, and having fun with the people you love; but now it the evening and your hungry. Where should you go? GO and check out the 50’s Prime Time Café at Hollywood studios. When entering this restaurant, you end up back in the 50’s with the scenery of bright colors and full of fun. The waiting area is designed to look like a 50’s living room with an old TV, where you can enjoy classics such as the I Love Lucy show. When it is time to go to your table you get notified but the hostess saying “Smith children your mother/ father wants you in for dinner”. Your table is also decorated in a 50s kitchen matter, where you meet either your 50s “father” or “mother”, who remind you sternly to keep your elbows off the table.  As for the menu it is all American food, I am talking fried chicken, pot roast, meatloaf, mash potatoes, chicken pot-pie, salmon, tune casserole, and do not forget southern greens. But warning before you could even mention all the delicious dessert of 50s parent will check your plate, and if you missed something… you better believe that you will be getting airplane fed. Finally there are nice classic choices of dessert. We have the 50s Boston Cream Parfait, which is layers of chocolate fudge, vanilla ice cream, and a pound cake topped with whipped cream. There is Dad’s Brownie Sundae, consisting of a rich fudge brownie with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge and caramel toppings. There are also ice cream sundaes, cheesecake, and s’mores. And do not forget the Seasonal cobbler served a la mode. The 50s Prime Time Café is a great place to eat being humorous with extraordinary food, with a little splash with a blast from the past.

By: Haley C

AEP Greek Chicken with Herbs When I was on vacation in Florida I went to a restaurant at Disney’s Boardwalk called Kouzzina by Cat Cora. I ordered a Mediterranean dish called Greek Chicken with Herbs. It was not an ordinary chicken dish. The taste truly came from an herb that was imported from Greece. This herb was found near seashores in Greece. It had a sweet flavor which meant that it was freshly used. This herb was sprinkled onto the chicken which gave the chicken a little more flavor. It was in a creamy yellow sauce and it was served with potatoes. I truly enjoyed this meal.

On Friday October 12th I had the best dessert I have ever had in my entire life. At first I was skeptical of tasting it, because I didn't even order it. I was at the Inn at Newtown, which I didn't even want to go to in the first place because I had gotten sick from food there before. But I had grilled chicken with potatoes and green beans and it was all very good. Then after paying the check and everything, the waiter served mocha flavored creme brulee with strawberries on top. It was free desert because I was there to celebrate my friends birthday. It was awesome. The crunchy top was a little odd at first but the pudding like inside was fabulous. Creme brulee is now my favorite desert. Meagan F

I love food. Who doesn’t? When someone asks me what my favorite food is I literally change my answer every time because there’s no way to choose just one, although I got to admit my answer usually has to do with desserts. I like Mexican, Italian, Chinese, burgers, and anything fried. I don’t consider myself a picky eater, but there are some foods that I just cannot stand. Olives are probably my least favorite food, and I cannot fathom how someone could eat those slimy things that look like eyeballs. It may be weird, but I’m not the biggest fan of caramel, and I cannot stand cheesecake or candy corn. I love sweet things, but sometimes things just are too sweet. That’s probably why I’m in love with dark chocolate—it’s not too sweet. So Katie Moss and I made biscuits the other day during class, and we got the recipe with lard in it. I don’t know about you, but the word lard just sounds absolutely repulsive to me. I picture some brown, thick, gooey, moldy substance that shouldn’t even be considered as an ingredient that humans put in their food and eat. However, it wasn’t that bad once I got past the name of it. It looked like a very light- colored butter, and the biscuits came out good. My sister and I made this very interesting dessert over the weekend. We made our own cookie dough and put it in a 9 X 9 pan. Then, on top of that we put a layer of Oreos, and then brownie batter. The end product was so gooey and delicious! All the flavors came together and each complemented the other. So good! When I went to California about 4 years ago, a food chain that’s really popular there is In and Out Burger. This place was the best burger joint that I have ever been to. It amazed me to find fresh lettuce and tomatoes being chopped as I peered over the counter, expecting to find those ingredients coming out of some pre-packaged container. The menu there literally consisted of hamburger, cheeseburger, hot dog, fries, and a milkshake. It was the simplest menu I have ever seen! Everything was fresh and the burger was great for the low price you got them for. I may just have to take a road trip to go back there again! Something I love doing with my mom, though very traditional, is baking an apple pie when autumn begins. The one thing that my mom puts on the top that makes it different from any store bought pie is the crumb topping. My mom chops bits of butter into the flour/ sugar mixture. After that pie is baked, it is amazing because you have little fried bits of sugar and butter in every bite of pie, to give you a little more sweetness. A couple weeks ago I went to Buffalo Bills in Monroe for 20 cent wing night, and the wings were pretty good. However, my teammates and I found hair in the wings. There were little pieces of hair, but there were also long pieces. The waitress said that it was just chicken hair, but I’m pretty sure that chickens don’t have hair that’s 12 inches long. I’m not trying to discourage you from eating there, but just be aware that if you go there for wings, check before you eat! Sarah L.