Fife 'n' Drum

Connecticut


If you're a fan of 1950s Americana, you'll love this dark woodsy restaurant-cum-diner-cum-bar attached to an inn of the same name. It's delightfully olde worlde, serving hearty comfort food to get you through a day's driving around the Litchfield Hills, or to put you to sleep (if you're the lucky one in the passenger seat) for said day's driving.


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