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paninis, cheese platters, salads - alongside its expansive all-Italian wine list. For those
eager to avoid the louder late-night eateries, this is a good option on weekends, when the
kitchen stays open to midnight (later for drinks).
Drinking & Nightlife
Vaughan's Public House
PUB
( 860-882-1560;
www.irishpublichouse.com
;
59 Pratt St; pub fare $9-16; 11:30am-1am)
This
popular Irish pub serves a full pub menu - including beer-battered cod and chips, Guin-
ness lamb stew and farmhouse pie - at a long wooden bar. There are also two taps of
Guinness, an excellent happy hour (3pm to 7pm, $3 for 16oz pints) and an amusing mur-
al celebrating famous Irish.
Getting There & Away
ies throughout the Northeast, including New Haven ($13, one hour) and New York City
($40 to $57, three hours).
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Litchfield Hills
The rolling hills in the northwestern corner of Connecticut are sprinkled with lakes and
carpeted with forests. Historic Litchfield is the hub of the region, but lesser-known vil-
lages like Bethlehem, Washington, Preston, Warren and Kent boast similarly illustrious
lineages and are just as photogenic. The
Western Connecticut Convention & Visitors
Bureau
(
800-663-1273;
www.litchfieldhills.com
)
has information on the region.
Litchfield
Founded in 1719, Litchfield prospered from the commerce brought by stagecoaches en
route between Hartford and Albany, and its many handsome period buildings are a testi-
mony to that era. Stroll along North and South Sts to see the finest homes, including the
1773
Tapping Reeve House & Law School
( 860-567-4501;
www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org
; 82 South St; adult/child $5/free; 11am-5pm Tue-Sat, 1-5pm
Sun mid-Apr-Nov)
, the country's first law school, which trained 129 members of Congress.
