Could Someone Bring the Nordic Lodge Buffet to Connecticut?
I know that buffet-style dining isn't popular during a pandemic, but for duck's sake (thank you autocorrect), can we get an all-you-can eat seafood buffet in Connecticut?
Remember Custy's in North Stonington? It closed down in 2010, but for a brief moment in time, Connecticut actually had some competition for Nordic Lodge. Nordic Lodge has re-branded, it's now known as The Nordic. It's a seasonal, all-you-can eat buffet restaurant, legendary for its inclusion of seafood items as part of your choices. The Nordic is located in Charlestown, Rhode Island, around a two hour trip from Western Connecticut. Let me tell you something, it's not easy to drive back after inhaling 5 lobsters, 38 littlenecks & steamers, a pile of calamari, 28 shrimp cocktail, 12 PEI mussels, prime rib and a salad, but I did it. Can someone please build one closer?
We have some of the best oysters in the world, why can't Connecticut get it together and keep the hungriest of seafood lovers in-state? We put on oyster festivals in Norwalk and Milford, we're slowly being invaded by Southern-style and Asian crab-boil restaurants, but no one has the ambition to get us to spend $135 for eating $50 in seafood over two hours? Two hours goes by so fast, and most diners give up after two chix lobsters.
$135 is what it will cost for 2 hours at The Nordic when they reopen in 2023. Hey Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods - Open up a Nordic-style buffet, or better yet, resurrect Custy's. Great Wolf Lodge and Custy's sounds like a winning combo.
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