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Glenwood Drive-In, Hamden, Connecticut

GlenwoodDrive-In
Hamden, CT
Char-broiled

Closed, opens tomorrow at 11 AM. Open every day, 11 AM to 8 PM. Voted number 1 hot dog in Connecticut. Family owned since 1955.

See more: our food, our story, and how to order

Open every day, 11 AM to 8 PM · 2538 Whitney Ave, Hamden

See more: our food, our story, and how to order

Good food.
Good times.

For over 70 years the same family has run Glenwood, and the food is still the point: char-broiled hot dogs and burgers, fresh seafood and onion rings made by hand.

  • Hot dogsHummel Bros., char-broiled. Chili, cheese or nacho cheese, grilled onions, bacon, or our signature hot relish.
  • Lobster rolls100% fresh lobster meat, from Canada.
  • Onion ringsHandmade: sliced, breaded and fried fresh every day.
  • BurgersFresh certified Angus beef in a bigger patty, char-broiled.
  • SeafoodClams, scallops, shrimp and fish, lightly breaded and fried.
A Glenwood spread: lobster roll, cheese dog, hot dog with grilled onions, onion rings, clams and chicken
Hot dogs and burgers on the grill over open flame
On the grill
A pile of Glenwood's onion rings
Onion rings
A lobster roll on a wooden board
Lobster roll

Family owned since 1955

Voted #1 Hot Dog in CT, and serving Hamden for over 70 years.

The early Glenwood Drive-In: a tall sign listing frankfurts, fried clams and lobster rolls, and a Charcoal Broiled sign
1955

Rocky Stone, a Tip-Top salesman and deliveryman, buys the drive-in. He adds hours and grows the menu. The tall sign out front listed the food: frankfurts, fried clams, lobster rolls.

Glenwood's A-frame building with cars in the lot
1960

His son Frank takes over and keeps growing the menu and the building.

Glenwood Drive-In today, with Kelly's Cone Connection at the right end
Today

Frank's children are in the business. His daughter Kelly opened Kelly's Cone Connection, the ice cream parlor attached to Glenwood.

Three ways to get it

Pick it up

Order online, then pick it up at Glenwood.

Order for pickup

Delivered

Through DoorDash and Uber Eats.

Call it in

(203) 281-0604

Open every day, 11 AM to 8 PM.

2538 Whitney Ave
Hamden, CT 06518
Glenwood's neon window signs: GLENWOOD, DELICIOUS, a hot dog and CHAR-BROILED