Dining in New London, Connecticut

The Gridlock Grille, 566 Colman Street.

If you’re in the New London area, stop in for breakfast at the Gridlock Grille. The staff are chirpy (maybe a little too chirpy, but I prefer that to dour and snappy).

Surprisingly, they even have a website: http://www.gridlockgrille.com/

The scrambled eggs and rye toast was the best breakfast of the trip. I can still hear our server’s “OK!” reverberating through my memory in response to each “thanks” from me (upon the delivery of water or a coffee refill).

K, if you’re reading this, just know that you’d adore the water here. Tons of ice with just a bit of water squeezed in around it and a straw!

The staff were incredibly kind.

Unfortunately, we didn’t get to any other meals there. If anyone does, let me know what you think!

Island Touch Restaurant, 78 Broad Street.

Not so much a restaurant as a take away place. OK, they did have a couple of chairs and the very kind fellow who was working that night offered to turn off the fan if we wanted to eat there without the drone.

We declined on the grounds that the space was so small and it was such a warm night.  It would have been cruel to deny him his sole source of moving air as he danced ingredients into mighty fine looking dishes.

J reported that the goat curry was delicious. It was accompanied by many satisfied murmurs, if not particular descriptions of the dish.

My vegetable patty was all right. It was modest (smaller than I expected) and more like a pasty than a burger-type thing (again, a misdirected expectation).

The red snapper dinner looked absolutely gorgeous. Our friendly host allowed me to peek at one destined for another belly when I was dithering about what to order. The full fish, surrounded by rice and plantain would have been marvellous weapon of great disruption for my small appetite of the time.

Perhaps we’ll get back there. I will most certainly go for that red snapper!

We washed down our takeaways with Jamaican Root Beer and Jamaican Kola. J liked the Kola. I had a sip, but was more pleased with the root beer, which was refreshing and most appreciated.