Must-see restaurants in Connecticut

Solid pub food like fish and chips backed up with some Connecticut ales (and those from further afield) make this a pleasant dining experience. Lobster…

A tidy little French bistro set in a narrow street off the main drag is a nice place to enjoy a soup or ham sandwich with a glass of continental white:…

The Glastonbury branch of this northeast burger chain is a rowdy joint with a cabinet of bourbon behind the bar, televised football games and red-leather…

A Connecticut staple since 1966, these buttermilk pancakes are somehow light as a feather, and topped with a choice of boysenberries, pecans or maple…

Families, cyclists and Sunday drivers regularly make the pilgrimage to 'The Bean' for creative casual dining, live music (including open mikes and well…

Quiet Cornerners from miles around love Bill Beausoleil's loaves, including Asiago cheese, cranberry-pecan, cinnamon-raisin and garlic cheddar. English…

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,…

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,…

A lovely looking tapas restaurant in an unexceptional strip mall in industrial Danbury. Friendly staff make it even easier to love the food, which is good…

Tastefully done in white tile and wood, this old Appalachian Trail way station does solid omelets and sizable sandwiches, along with healthy kale and…

One of the New Haven 'pizza family,' Sally's has been at it since 1938; the white-clam pie ($12.75) is legendary for good reason, but all pizzas share the…

In the quieter neighborhood of West Haven, Zuppardi's is a great alternative to the New Haven pizza mob, if you're looking for somewhere without the…

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…

Sit at the marble-topped bar with a glass of pinot grigio and watch the chef prepare wood-fired pizzas and northern Italian dishes, such as Tuscan bread…

This light-filled, new-and-used book-filled atrium (you won't believe how many books there are) is a delightful place to devour scrumptious sandwiches and…

Sit down to English tea with crumpets, scones and clotted cream in this quaint wooden teashop. Tea comes served in china cups and there's a light menu of…

Drive in, snag a tree stump for a stool, crack open the cold beer or wine you've brought with you and order up a feast of littleneck clams, lobsters and…

Friendly staff and spotless surrounds welcome you to this homey Chilean-Mexican joint serving delicious tacos, tamales and burritos as big as a baby's arm…

A new, more reasonably priced and homey offer on Main St: wood-oven-fired pizzas in a variety of red and white sauces and toppings. Will you have room for…

Sit at trestle tables and slurp sundaes and housemade, farm-fresh ice cream with holidaymakers and locals. There's a bunch of wacky and wonderful flavors…