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'It Has Been A Good Run': CT Ice Cream Shop To Close After Nearly 66 Years 'It Has Been A Good Run': CT Ice Cream Shop To Close After Nearly 66 Years
'It Has Been A Good Run': CT Ice Cream Shop To Close After Nearly 66 Years A Connecticut ice cream shop is set to permanently close after nearly 66 years in business. Hartford County eatery Dari Delite, located in East Windsor at 301 South Main St., will officially close sometime this year, owners Julie Preston Cortese and Frank Dziedziak announced on Saturday, Aug. 6. The final closing date for the eatery has not yet been set. "Business has been off, our soft serve ice cream machine is one step from giving up and we're old and tired," the announcement reads. "It has been a good run of almost 66 years. Times and families have changed. Piling into a car for…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
Award-Winning Dairy Farm Opens West Hartford Ice Cream Shop Award-Winning Dairy Farm Opens West Hartford Ice Cream Shop
Award-Winning Dairy Farm Opens West Hartford Ice Cream Shop A historic Connecticut dairy farm has opened a new ice cream shop in West Hartford Center. Arethusa Farm Dairy is located at the former site of the Toy Chest on Farmington Avenue. It all started in the late 1860s: Webster Family named their Litchfield farm "Arethusa," after a little pink orchid that grew on the swamp. They delivered milk and dairy products to locals for decades. In 1999, sold the farmland to new owners, who went on to establish their own award-winning dairy herd. Arethusa began bottling its milk and selling products in 2009, and a few years later, opened stores in Bantam …

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by Cecilia Levine