HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Located at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Hartford, CITY STEAM BREWERY may be the most versatile New England gastropub. On an overnight May ’12 jaunt, my wife and I (with dog, Roscoe, in tow) stayed across the river from the ‘Insurance Capital of the World’ in a cheaper East Hartford hotel, traversing the one-mile Founders Bridge to once more peruse one of Connecticut’s finest craft beer havens.

Tucked inside the bustling metropolis next to the Constitution State’s…