Southeastern Connecticut
The Coast Guard knows a bit about the sea, and you'd be remiss if you didn't follow its cadets to the place for summer seafood. The setting's just picnic…
Must-see restaurants in Southeastern Connecticut
Southeastern Connecticut
This 1754 historic house has a low-beam ceiling and creaky floorboards. On the lower pub level, you'll find bar denizens, live music, a good selection of…
Southeastern Connecticut
Offering casual fine dining at its best, this is the place locals come to knock down oysters on the deck out back. Grilled lobster and pan-roasted…
Southeastern Connecticut
A spectacular lobster bisque and other delights from the deep, such as pistachio-crusted salmon and Montauk-jumbo-stuffed shrimp, are served up with water…
Southeastern Connecticut
When pastry chef Adam Young won the Food Network's Best Baker award in 2018, things blew up at this Water St location. Baguettes, ciabattas, chocolate…
Southeastern Connecticut
The same team who converted an old airport hangar into Saltwater Farm Vineyard have performed an equally stunning transformation of an ex-gas station into…
Southeastern Connecticut
Noah's is a popular, informal place, with two small rooms topped with original stamped-tin ceilings. It's famous for its seafood (especially chowder and…
Southeastern Connecticut
North of Grand St, this crimson-walled cafe set in a post-and-beam house offers a creative, modern menu. The restaurant's seafood dishes, often with Asian…
Southeastern Connecticut
So as not to muddle up the lobster-rich menu at Abbott's, the owners opened up down-home Costello's, an old-school clam shack, just down the dock. Here,…
Southeastern Connecticut
This coffee bar is the heart of the downtown lunchtime scene, serving a full coffee menu alongside generous sandwiches and pastries. The outdoor deck…
Southeastern Connecticut
Locals love Recovery Room's pizza – thin crusted and one-size – with a variety of toppings (20 'red' or 'white' pizzas, as well as one 'hot oil'). It's…
Southeastern Connecticut
Gabriella's been whipping up the good stuff here for more than five years. There are dozens of palate-pleasers on offer, such as orange-almond macarons,…
Southeastern Connecticut
Skip Mystic Pizza and head to this stylish spot down the street, where excellent thin-crust pizza is served with toppings ranging from the…
Southeastern Connecticut
Strolling through town is best done with an ice-cream cone in hand. Some of the more quirky flavors, such as pumpkin pie and southern peach, are seasonal,…
Southeastern Connecticut
Reserve a window table with a view overlooking the grounds of the Inn at Mystic or grab a seat by the wood-fired oven for upscale yet informally presented…
Southeastern Connecticut
From as early as mid-July, get lost in the themed interactive corn maze here at Buttonwood Farm, pick pumpkins from their patches, take hayrides and…
Southeastern Connecticut
One word for the lobster roll they've been serving up here since 1947: yowza. A ¼lb of fresh lobster meat, drizzled with butter ('all the butter you need,…
Southeastern Connecticut
Here you can sit at an outdoor bar framing the dock and devour delicious buttered lobster rolls, clam chowder and mussels in white wine. In the fall,…
Southeastern Connecticut
Promising beer, bourbon and burgers, this place delivers. Evocatively set in the old Lathrup Marine Engine building, it's an excellent place to eat and…
Southeastern Connecticut
The food's not bad, but you're paying for the views of the famous bridge, which are stunning. Giant windows upstairs frame swans-a-swimming in the river,…
