There’s a lot of assumptions in this post that are simply untrue. It’s a massive expensive to construct a new building from top to finish.

There’s a reason why people that flip houses don’t demolish them, they gut them and renovate the interior. The vast majority of the cost to construct a building is in the exterior, especially a commercial grade building, the excavation, the foundation, the fireproofed stairwells and outer shell.

You realise they pay someone to do everything for a new building too right? The fact that things take 10+ years should be an indication that there’s a problem.

Found a place called Dunkin. Seems to be a very exclusive place so you might have to wait in line for awhile.

Silk City in Manchester and Bird House in South Windsor (birdhouse is neighbors to Ct Valley Brewing so might not be as quiet but still good stuff)

The list is alphabetical by town

Perkatory!

Love that Coffee Trade is first, that’s my go-to place.

Cafe Nero in Darien

Also, for something a bit different - Pausa Caffe in Norwalk is an incredibly authentic Italian cafe. It’s a bit tight currently but rumor has it they are expanding next door. The best espresso in the State IMO. And the pastries are so authentic they immediately bring me back to being a child getting a cornetto in the piazza bar while visiting my family in Italy.

Rebel Dog, Silk City, Story and Soil. Silk City is probably my favorite (Manchester) for both food/drink quality and atmosphere.

This guy has been preparing for this question for ages

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• the coffee trade
• Dom’s Coffee Bantam
• arethusa a mano Bethel
• Redding roasters
• Molten Java Bristol
• the roasted bean
• Cafe Real Brookfield
• candlewood coffee Bridgeport
• source coffeehouse Branford
• Willoughby’s roasters Cheshire
• the bean
• Cheshire Coffee Canton
• Giv coffee Darien
• neat coffee East Hampton
• Eco Fairfield
• candlewood market Farmington
• rebel dog Glastonbury
• daybreak
• Raon Jena Hamden
• Bread and Chocolate
• Common Grounds Hartford
• blue state coffee
• Story and Soil
• Semilla Madison
• willoughby’s Manchester
• silk city coffee Middletown
• perkatory roasters
• Klekolo world coffee
• Perk on main Mystic
• Lamplighter Naugatuck
• loaded goat New Hartford
• those guys coffee New London
• blackhall coffee New Preston
• zero profit New haven
• the coffee pedaler
• Koffee?
• Blue state coffee
• Willoughby’s
• Pistachio Cafe
• Fuzzy Newtown
• village perk Norwalk
• deadly grounds Norwich
• Craftsman Cliff roasters New Canaan
• zumbach Old Saybrook
• ashlawn farm coffee Portland
• tandem Plainville
• rebel dog Putnam
• Ben’s beans Ridgefield
• tusk and cup Stafford Springs
• Stafford coffee Stamford
• Lorca
• BonJo
• Turning Point Roasters Sherman
• sacred grounds Shelton
• Three bridges
• Common grounds South Windsor
• birdhouse Southington
• Perkatory
• Southington Coffee Shop
• Lions Den Southport
• Driftwood Trumbull
• shearwater
• Pour Mikey’s Vernon
• Kevin’s coffee roasters West Hartford
• J. Rene coffee roasters
• WeHa Brewing & Roasting Westport
• isle coffee Willimantic
• grounded

Obviously not a comprehensive list, just some of the ones I’ve been to. And I apologize about formatting, am on my phone.

Edit: this list is being read wrong I think due to formatting issues. For example it should be read as “old saybrook - ashlawn farm coffee” and then any other “-“ following until there’s another town named.

Edit 2: I’m going to clean this up and make a separate post about with the info. I’ll include all recommendations people make, so keep sending them!

Cafe Sofia

Rebel Dog

Hartford Baking

Perkatory, Rebel Dog, The Bean @226

Rumors. 22 Mill Plain Rd, Danbury.

Last drop on 25 in Monroe!

Looks at $100 million student rec building from 2019 and $250 million new housing breaking ground now, and knows fully neither are "fixed costs". Well, the rec building is now a fixed cost. Paying for the gym equipment maintenance, the pools, personnel, etc. for that building is now clearly a fixed cost.

As someone who went to a lean running public university (UPR) and then UCONN, it's like night and day in terms of spending and what I consider downright luxuries for students. I know administrative expenses are part of it, but UCONN keeps adding buildings without regards for need or expense. The rec center that cost $100 million added to the student fees (and probably tuition but you won't hear them say it) and it looks like a luxury spa. I'm not saying they don't need fun things to do, although I've been there and they already have plenty, but that building is bonkers. To this day, my undergrad school barely has some ping pong tables in the main student building and the 2010 rebuilt pools for the Central American and Caribbean games (state paid for that one), but hey, $4,940 tuition sure beats $18,524 when the degree is accredited the same and the education equal.

as a poor kid that graduated uconn you just simply have to get good

my undergrad was good and got me a job in my field before I graduated after applying to two places

Tldr

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UConn does indeed have a lot of top notch scholars, but for the most part as a UConn student you won’t have access to them in your freshman or sophomore years.

As a student at any public higher educational institution in Connecticut, your classes are the same regardless whether you start out at community college and transfer to a four year university or if you start right at UConn. At UConn as a freshman or sophomore, you are literally paying $30,000 per year as a in state student to take the exact same classes, using basically the same exact textbooks, in a lecture hall with 300 other students learning the exact same material than you would at community college except your not paying anything because we have free community college for in state students and instead of being in a lecture hall with 300 students your in a class with 20-25 students and you actually can speak with your professor during office hours instead of waiting a week to speak to a T.A. at UConn.

And honestly, the liberal arts and social sciences programs are better at ConnCSU than at UConn for undergrad. If I had a child in college who wanted to major in English or become a teacher, I would tell them to go to CCSU. It’s much more affordable, class sizes are much smaller, and you have more employment opportunities than you would at UConn if you plan to stay local. On the other hand, if I had a child in college who wanted to obtain a degree in the sciences or a mathematics degree, UConn is obviously the better option.

It depends heavily on your major and what your priorities are in choosing your school especially as a undergrad. I think it’s insane that UConn students who attend all four years of undergrad have to take on $120,000+ in expenses now. I personally don’t see much value in that especially in your first two years where there is literally no difference in your classes and quality of your education between UConn and community colleges. But some people value “the college experience” and they really want to go to a big university with D1 sports and something going on all the time even if it will close them $60,000 extra to do it. It’s a legitimate value but not one that I or a lot of people share.

And THIS is part of why UCONN keeps having to raise tuition because they burn money like there's no tomorrow. They add new buildings constantly without regard to their budget.

Central is great, but their president.... She was the dean at my university and got the boot after a 2 week student+employee strike. From what I read, she hasn't changed.