Derby, Connecticut

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Beeswing
Willi Carlisle
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"Down on the Derby beat"

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Derby

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Interstate 95 19 songs Hudson River 11 songs

History of Derby

Where the Burger Was Born RoadyGoat

New Haven claims to have invented lunch on the run. At Louis' Lunch, a tiny brick shack, the Library of Congress credits proprietor Louis Lassen with serving the first American hamburger in 1900 — ground steak trimmings slapped between two slices of toast for a customer in a hurry. They still cook it the old way, on cast-iron vertical broilers from the 1890s, and they will not put ketchup on it. The city also gave the Frisbee its name: Yale students tossed empty tins from the Frisbie Pie Company across the New Haven Green and shouted 'Frisbie!' as a warning (the company itself was based in nearby Bridgeport, and the actual flying disc was invented later in California — Wham-O just borrowed the name, swapping one letter). Add Yale's gothic towers and New Haven punches well above its size.

8.1 mi away

Louis' Lunch RoadyGoat

Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut claims to have served the first hamburger sandwich in America in 1900. The Lassen family still uses the original cast-iron vertical broilers from 1898 — the beef is cooked standing up between two metal grates. The burger comes on white toast, no ketchup allowed. Ask for ketchup and you'll be asked to leave. Some traditions are non-negotiable.

8.2 mi away

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana RoadyGoat

Frank Pepe started baking bread on Wooster Street in New Haven in 1925, then switched to pizza — thin, charred, coal-fired apizza that would make New Haven a pizza pilgrimage city. The white clam pie, topped with fresh littleneck clams, olive oil, garlic, and oregano, is considered by many to be the single greatest pizza in America. The original Wooster Street location still has lines out the door every night.

9.2 mi away

Amistad Memorial

1839

Bronze sculpture commemorating the 1839 slave ship revolt and the landmark Supreme Court case that freed the captives.

8.3 mi away

Yale University

1701

Third-oldest institution of higher education in America, chartered in 1701 and named for benefactor Elihu Yale.

8.3 mi away

Eli Whitney Museum

1798

Site of Eli Whitney's armory where he pioneered mass production using interchangeable parts for musket manufacturing.

9.7 mi away

Thimble Islands

1614

Archipelago of small granite islands in Branford's Stony Creek harbor, steeped in legends of Captain Kidd's buried treasure.

16.9 mi away

Danbury Museum - Hat City

1780

Danbury was America's hat-making capital for nearly two centuries, producing most of the nation's hats and sparking a landmark Supreme Court labor case.

19.8 mi away

Things to Do in Derby

food 8.2 mi away
Louis' Lunch

Claims to have served America's first hamburger in 1900. Still uses the original cast-iron vertical broilers. No ketchup allowed.
food 9.2 mi away
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

New Haven's coal-fired apizza legend since 1925. The white clam pie changed pizza forever. The Wooster Street original is sacred ground.

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