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Rod Cornish and his Hot Rod Cafe exist to make New London happy

Rod Cornish, left, moves a tray of tomatoes to the oven while making tomato sauce as he films an episode of “Winging It!,” featuring local attorney Scott Sawyer, center, at Hot Rod´s in New London last month. Cornish and his head chef Carlos Paucar started the youtube channel after the COVID-19 pandemic began. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

"I wanted to be one of those restaurants that are a presence in the community. I wanted a bar where you go to celebrate someone's retirement or a birthday or someone getting engaged."

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