Is there a “nice” restaurant in Storrs?

[husky8273]

Rapps

Red Rock Cafe where Rapps used to be is worthy, Red Rock Café - Storrs, CT (redrockcafe.net).

 

[Slick]

There hasn't been a decent restaurant in that area since Larry Ross had The Mansfield Depot Restaurant.

That place was good. Is Larry still alive??

 

[LIUCHusky]

I think this place is closed.

If it is, it just closed. I have been there very recently.

 

[LIUCHusky]

If it is, it just closed. I have been there very recently.

The Lakeview site says they will open at 11:30 Friday.

 

[BGesus4]

If the desired experience should include a jager bomb, it really opens up the options

 

[RowdyFan]

I always regretted not going there since Larry was an Ansonia HS classmate of mine.

I was his manager for a number of years. Great guy and mentor. I miss him.

 

[RowdyFan]

That place was good. Is Larry still alive??

As far as I know. After he sold the Depot, he went into real estate sales.

 

[boiwerebad]

Rightfully so, no one wants to live in and/or raise a family in a strictly college town. And if you do you’ll end up like Tyler Olander with more rings than Jim Boeheim.

Are there any legitimate jobs in the Storrs area that aren’t UConn-related?

All I know of is people who work (and now with remote work, used to work) in Hartford, and then live in a lower cost of living town around UConn. That entire part of the state doesn't have much going for it, in my 4 years at UConn only met maybe two people who were from the area, and fairly certain their families worked at UConn or something Hartford related.

 

[boiwerebad]

Red Rock Cafe where Rapps used to be is worthy, Red Rock Café - Storrs, CT (redrockcafe.net).

That place is pretty terrible. My friends and I went right before we graduated and the water tasted like it had copper (or blood) in it. Wings were abysmal compared to anywhere else on campus.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Rightfully so, no one wants to live in and/or raise a family in a strictly college town. And if you do you’ll end up like Tyler Olander with more rings than Jim Boeheim.

Are there any legitimate jobs in the Storrs area that aren’t UConn-related?

College towns are booming, especially with work from home being viable. Mansfield has utterly botched this going back many decades.

There are few places that are more appealing than a midsized college town with a larger than average number of bars, restaurants, live music offerings, plays, sporting events, etc. Mansfield just had and has no vision. It has wasted an opportunity and holds UConn back as well. A lot of UConn employees end up living farther away because Mansfield is so lame.

 

[CTBasketball]

College towns are booming, especially with work from home being viable. Mansfield has utterly botched this going back many decades.

There are few places that are more appealing than a midsized college town with a larger than average number of bars, restaurants, live music offerings, plays, sporting events, etc. Mansfield just had and has no vision. It has wasted an opportunity and holds UConn back as well. A lot of UConn employees end up living farther away because Mansfield is so lame.

Agree with this. And it’s the conclusion of this thread.

 

[Drew]

College towns are booming, especially with work from home being viable. Mansfield has utterly botched this going back many decades.

There are few places that are more appealing than a midsized college town with a larger than average number of bars, restaurants, live music offerings, plays, sporting events, etc. Mansfield just had and has no vision. It has wasted an opportunity and holds UConn back as well. A lot of UConn employees end up living farther away because Mansfield is so lame.

Athens GA is maybe the quintessential version of this. And something Storrs should aspire to be.

45 mins from Atlanta. AWESOME food/music scene. It’s more or less turned into a nice Atlanta suburb. In turn- it’s a huge boon for the university.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Athens GA is maybe the quintessential version of this. And something Storrs should aspire to be.

45 mins from Atlanta. AWESOME food/music scene. It’s more or less turned into a nice Atlanta suburb. In turn- it’s a huge boon for the university.

Athens, Lawrence KS, Boulder CO, Chapel Hill, NC there are a lot of examples. When I was at KU Lawrence was about 40-45k population. Now it's grown to 85k because so many grads just don't want to leave. Stellar music scene there too.

 

[HCCForever]

In the 60's, the only dining (let alone "Fine") in Storrs were Ted's, Huskies, & Kathy John's. The Altnaveigh was indeed fine home country dining for the visiting parents down the road.

But Woody's converted bus, located in what is now the North Parking structure, was "fine" enough for us Northwest Zoners.

One late night, after playing hooky, Risk, & hitting the bong for days, we stumbled down to Woody's Bus & placed our orders at the window.

Woody took the orders, & we waited & waited, shaking in the 0 degree night air. And we waited, & waited some more..... After about 30 minutes, we finally knocked on Woody's window & asked him WTF were our orders.

Woody replied, "What Orders?" and, in the haze of our short-attention-span, we said, "Oh", & stumbled back up the stairs to Northwest's Rogers B - the sole "drug dorm" in a sea of violent drunks (often using lounge furniture to create huge bonfires in the quads up there).

Woody then quickly turned off his sign & bailed from the lot. We were so out of it that it took quite awhile til we finally asked each other - still hungry - what happened.

So Woody's was not so "fine" that night. He often used that ploy at NW. Usually his grinders & pizza's were fine enough for our late night munchies runs.

When we wanted some good food, we'ed pile into Alky Al's beat up Saab & race down 195 to the Willi Bowl. Ha! LOL at those hazy memories. But the food was pretty decent.

I went to 12 classes that semester. Got a 4.0 gpa.

Storrs has more choices now than ever out there amongst the quiet Eastern Connecticut Woods & Dairy Farms.

Of course, the ONLY reason for splurging on a fine restaurant back then was the parents visiting or for some chick who might "respond" to such largess coming her way.

So I completely agree with ClifSpliffy on that.

Sixty years since then & Storrs is still a work in progress with zero "fine food" restaurants. As it should be!

When I wanted fine food in Storrs, I'd talk some gf into hitching down to NYC for lunch at Nathans. Ha!

Father Demo

PS: What ever happened to Woody?

Being at Wright B in the Northwest quad in the late 70's, we often took time out from our late night festivities to head down to Woody's. Fortunately, we always got our orders. For a change of pace on the weekend, we would go to Bonanza's in the ShopRite plaza on Route 32.

 

[MTHusky]

As far as I know. After he sold the Depot, he went into real estate sales.

Here is a link to his Real Estate business, https://lawrenceross.gotofourcorners.com/

 

[ClifSpliffy]

this is a good thread.
somebody asks a legit question, and pages later, it appears to me that there are adequate reasonable answers.

still waiting for someone to tell us mouthbreathers what does 'nice' mean?

 

[ConnHuskBask]

The # of replies that just totally ignore the "nice" and "prefer something walkable" in the OP and go on to recommend places 30+ minutes away is peak Boneyard!!!

I thought it was peak Boneyard as well.

The best ones are when an opposing football fan travels to the Rent and asks for dinner recommendations or places of interest nearby.

"Have you ever been to Cape code!?" Lol

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Everyone I know from Tolland raves about Hops44

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Athens, Lawrence KS, Boulder CO, Chapel Hill, NC there are a lot of examples. When I was at KU Lawrence was about 40-45k population. Now it's grown to 85k because so many grads just don't want to leave. Stellar music scene there too.

my sister went to University of Delaware and even that college town was surprisingly way better than what Uconn has. Seems like its going to take many years if ever for UConn to have that.

 

[husky99]

Tony 2...

 

[husky8273]

Here is a link to his Real Estate business, https://lawrenceross.gotofourcorners.com/

is he the same Larry Ross who played soccer at UConn, brother of Bob Ross??

 

[Kolumbo]

How's the food at Huskies Tavern? Obviously it's no Arby's but probably a decent place to grab a burger or wings on a Saturday afternoon and is on campus. Its website sucks though.

 

[Ddm1212]

Trigo is a good choice on Main Street in Willimantic

Home | Trigo Wood Fired Piz

www.trigokitchen.com

 

[huskypantz]

Remember Kathy John’s ; that place was.. interesting.

You could always tell who went to Kathy John’s for breakfast by the lingering food smell on their clothes.

 

[Vancat]

so.... where'd ya go?