Bread And Water Is A New Middletown Restaurant

Bread & Water is a new Middletown Restaurant now open in Middletown’s historic former Pameacha Jail at 51 Warwick Street.

It is located in front of the old Middletown Alms House, 53 Warwick Street, it is a late-Victorian brick residence. This substantial structure, once owned by the first Italian Mayor Leo B. Santangelo, displays intricate stickwork on the veranda, and decorative brickwork, and is in relatively original condition. The building structure is supported by large brownstone blocks. These blocks are the remains of a jail which was built on the Alms House grounds in 1846. It was a small facility, containing only twelve cells, with the principal jail being in Haddam. The building once had a classical cupola on the roof and a central pavilion with a projecting gable roof (both were later removed, but the pavilion has been restored). It is now owned by Bread & Water!

Middletown Alms House (1814) From Historic Buildings of Connecticut:

The building at 53 Warwick Street

(Federal Style) in Middletown was built in 1814 to house the town’s poor.

The Alms House was used as a poorhouse until the Town Farm opened on Silver Street in 1853. A number of businesses and organizations have since used the building, starting with the Hubbard and Curtis Hardware Company:
and later including the Middletown Fire Arms and Specialty Company, the Middletown Rifle Club and the C.B. Stone Oil Company.

The Bread and Water has been in many news articles over the past few weeks:
The Middletown Press
And The Hartford Courant