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O’Rourke’s Diner, Middletown, Connecticut

On a hill above the western bank of the Connecticut River, down past the charming brick and brownstone buildings of Middletown’s historic Main Street, sits an incongruous shiny silver-and-glass building, with an old-fashioned neon sign overhead proclaiming “O’Rourke’s Diner.” This eatery has been a town institution since 1941, when John J. O’Rourke purchased the building. […]

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The Sunnyside Diner’s Recipe for Dutch Baby

Editor’s Note: The Sunnyside Diner is now closed, but you can still get their recipe for Dutch Baby by clicking the link below. It’s a water-view breakfast spot out of central casting: a gray-clapboard building facing the marshy coast of the Warren River. In warm weather, customers linger at outdoor tables on a long dock […]

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