Eating with Mayor Mike

Captions: Jon at Mayor Mike's, Traffic on the Mass Pike, the Capital building in Hartford, Civil War memorial in Hartford

Our evening in Hartford started off well and ended even better. We got directions form the ladies at the front desk for where to go to find some eats. They gave us map and we started out to Black-Eyed Susan’s for bbq and Cajun food. Unfortunately, the place was closed, so we worked our way up Asylum Street (interesting name…) and found a place called, “Mayor Mike’s.” We took and look and the menu, finding typical American fare and went in without many expectations. Jon ordered the Gorgonzola burger that came with bacon, onion, and the cheese. I ordered the Pesto grilled cheese, which came on Texas toast with tomatoes, cheddar, Monterrey jack, pesto, and cotija. Wow. It was the best grilled cheese sandwich I have ever eaten, and I have eaten my share of toasted cheese. Both of our sandwiches came with fries, but they were more of an after thought. Don’t get me wrong. The fries were really good, but the sandwiches were out of this world.

The bar was hoping at Mike’s but we were alone in the dining room. The manager came over and talked to us about visiting Hartford. When he couldn’t come up with something for us to do Sunday evening off the top of his head, he went and sought out possible activities. He then gave us directions and thoughts for what we might want to do in the morning before we leave. It was an all around great dinner.

We wandered down the block to Bushnell Park and enjoyed seeing the state capital building and a civil war monument in the shape of an arch like one would see in Europe. We also saw a hawk hanging out in the park in a very tall tree overlooking the capital building. Also, I have a new favorite tree—the cucumber magnolia.

We got back to the hotel and watched TV for an hour before going down to the pool. We finished off the evening with a little indoor pool Frisbee. Monday, we are NYC bounding.