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ross_guy t1_ixg1xvt wrote

Why the name?

Edit: Sorry, but if I’m going to recommend a place with such a name to friends and family, it wouldn’t hurt to know how it got said name in order to avoid any awkward conversations.

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blue_blue_blue_blue t1_ixg7hnf wrote

https://blackieshotdogs.com/blackies-story/

“Mary Mahoney left her home in County Kerry, Ireland in search of the American dream; she met and married Art Blackman, a Waterbury native. Together they bought a couple of acres of land on the Cheshire/Waterbury line. Their dream was to own a business and by 1925 they had opened an unassuming gas station. The Blackman’s gas station was a gathering spot for friends and neighbors; soon they were serving hungry patrons hot dogs smothered with the Blackman family’s homemade relish.”

The family’s name!

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CdnfaS t1_ixg55xl wrote

I used to pass this place when I was working up there, I always wondered, but never got an answer.

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