January 2019

The results of our latest restaurant survey, presenting our readers' favorite places to eat and drink by county and across the state.

Our panel of experts weigh in on their favorite places to eat and drink throughout Connecticut.

It was opening night at Bistro on Main in Manchester and executive chef Ben Dubow had an unsettling thought. As he looked back at the stations of his kitchen — his line — he realized, “There wasn’t a single person who had worked a hot line before.”

In the late 2000s, Jeff Smart found himself stranded in a pizza wilderness. 

As soon as you open your car door in the parking lot of The Cue, you can smell the aroma from the smoker — a sweet mix of burning wood and cooking meat that on this cold afternoon feels like all the good parts of winter.

When Mike Lincoln Jr., the owner and brewer at Noble Jay Brewing Co. in Niantic, was asked to make a beer in honor of U.S. airman John “Chappy” Chapman, the pressure was on.

In late summer, a new restaurant opened in downtown Hartford called The Press. It’s all about newspapers.

This postcard-worthy restaurant in the heart of Deep River is about as quintessential a neighborhood spot as they come.