Hartford AAC Tourney Blog and Visitors Guide

by **DSquiz** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:31 am

Hi, I'm a UConn alumni, live near Hartford, and have some free time so I thought I'd make a site to help anyone unfamiliar with the Hartford area who are going for the AAC tournament. I love going to new cities but digging through message boards and yelp can be a pain.

So far i plan to cover The Tournament, The St. Paddyâ€™s Day Parade, Bars/Restaurants/Drink Specials and Entertainment/Museums/Places to See. Let me know what you guys think or what you would want to see more of.

http://connecticutrising.weebly.com

by **LA_Mustang** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:09 pm

Thanks.

by **mustang addict** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:26 am

This is really great thank you. I am planning to be there and I will definitely use this!

by **DSquiz** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:10 pm

Glad you guys like it. I just updated with info on the Pub Crawls and more on the parade. Museums, concerts, and places of interest should be up next.

by **NY Pony** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:55 pm

Max's is a great Hartford steakhouse. Before I went to SMU I went to Trinity in Hartford for a year. Not as bad of a town as everyone makes it out to be but TrinCol is in the straight up hood

by **Digetydog** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:52 am

DSquiz wrote:Hi, I'm a UConn alumni, live near Hartford, and have some free time so I thought I'd make a site to help anyone unfamiliar with the Hartford area who are going for the AAC tournament. I love going to new cities but digging through message boards and yelp can be a pain.

So far i plan to cover The Tournament, The St. Paddyâ€™s Day Parade, Bars/Restaurants/Drink Specials and Entertainment/Museums/Places to See. Let me know what you guys think or what you would want to see more of.

http://connecticutrising.weebly.com

Hot Tomato's - while I haven't been in years, it has pretty good food. We should have picked a place closer to the arena like Agave. City Steam (Uconn's spot) is the best on the list.

Dish, next door to City Steam, has great food and a decent bar. It would have been a better choice than Hot Tomato's.

For people with cars, J Gilbert's in Glastonbury is my favorite steakhouse. Plus, you need to try New Haven style "Apizza" while you are in CT. Frank Pepe's new place in West Hartford isn't far.

by **DSquiz** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:37 am

You gotta know where to get your kegs & eggs so I've updated with food/drink specials and of course the final bracket.

by **Digetydog** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:22 am

DSquiz wrote:You gotta know where to get your kegs & eggs so I've updated with food/drink specials and of course the final bracket.

BTW - You did a great job with it.

The Casinos: while they aren't "that close," the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Casinos are pretty nice facilities and roughly an hour drive away. If I was visiting for the tournament (and didn't have my children), I would probably stay at the MGM at the Mohegan Sun and drive into Hartford for the games. While the Hartford-area is a good place to live, it is not a tourist mecca for a reason.

by **DSquiz** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:10 pm

Thanks!

My last big update just went live, entertainment, museums, and places to see. I've listed everything from the Mark Twain House to the Casinos to Pepe's Pizza. I would definitely give it a look if you want to know where to go in the Hartford area.

by **mustang addict** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:06 am

Thank you for taking care of us!

by **SMU SID** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:51 pm

Please note that the establishment listed as the SMU "spot" was just randomly assigned to us. We won't be there. All SMU events will be at The Tavern.

by **DSquiz** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:50 pm

SMU SID wrote:Please note that the establishment listed as the SMU "spot" was just randomly assigned to us. We won't be there. All SMU events will be at The Tavern.

Great call by SMU. That's a really nice sports bar with a ton of beer on tap and good food. The AAC named it the ECU bar but I can tell you now there will be zero ECU fans there.

by **sadderbudweiser** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:56 am

No "visitors locker room" for the Mustangs!