what food is connecticut known for
Mystic Pizza became famous for the movie starring Julia Roberts. We are famous for alot of the great seafood restaurants along the shoreline. Connecticut is famous for the first hamburger,<br />One day in the year 1900 a man dashed into a small New Haven luncheonette and asked for a quick meal that he could eat on the run.
PEZ Candy is made in Orange, Connecticut. The first 'cattle' to be branded in the U.S. began when farmers in Connecticut were required to mark their pigs. Supposedly, the first hamburgers in U.S. history were served in New Haven, Connecticut, at Louis' Lunch sandwich shop in 1895. Louis Lassen, founder of Louis' Lunch, ran a small lunch wagon selling steak sandwiches to local factory workers.
The American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) was named as Connecticut's Official State Fish in 2003. The Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) was adopted as the Connecticut's Official State Shellfish in 1989. In 1940 there were 6,200 dairies in Connecticut.