Best Bargains in Connecticut | 2013 Editors’ Choice Awards

BEST DRIVE-IN DOUBLE FEATURES MANSFIELD DRIVE-IN, Mansfield Take the kids to first-run movies on Wednesday nights. Double features on three screens. Wednesday Carload Nite: $18. 228 Stafford Road. 860-423-4441; mansfielddrivein.comBEST BASEBALL NIGHT NEW BRITAIN ROCK CATS, New Britain With weekly fireworks, kids-eat-free days, and family packages, this baseball park is a home run–not to mention home to one of Double A’s best teams. On Sundays young fans get a post-game chance to run bases. Tickets: from $6. 230 John Karbonic Way. 860-224-8383; rockcats.comBEST RECYCLING MUSEUM CRRA TRASH MUSEUM, Hartford Wonderful waste! Colorful displays offer excellent explanations of single-stream recycling. See today’s collection funneled through the plant. Admission: $4. 211 Murphy Road. 860-757-7765; crra.org/pages/Trash_Museum.htmBEST FREE SHIPS & MUSIC MYSTIC SEAPORT, Mystic Sunday nights in July and August are free to visitors roaming the 19th-century streets. Listen to local musicians; then dine outdoors waterside at Schaefer’s Spouter Tavern. Sandwiches: from $12. 75 Greenmanville Ave. 888-973-2767, 860-572-0711; mysticseaport.orgBEST BARGAIN BURGERS KLAMAY’S STEAMED CHEESEBURGERS, Meriden & Middletown Pile on the lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and pickles, no extra charge. Steamed burgers: from $3.95. 690 East Main St., Meriden; 203-237-8326. klamayssteamedcheeseburgers.com