Best New Restaurant (Readers' Choice, Statewide Winner and Fairfield County): Nomade, Westport
Winter CaplansonHere it is: The complete list of Connecticut Magazine's 2023 Best Restaurants awards, including the results of our latest reader poll and additional selections chosen by our panel of experts.
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Our annual Readers’ Choice restaurant survey was conducted online during September and October 2022. Voters were able to choose up to three restaurants in order of preference (with the votes weighted accordingly) in each category. Restaurants were limited to a maximum of four Readers’ Choice category wins in the categories in which they received the most votes. If a restaurant had already received four awards in a given category, the award then went to the next qualifying restaurant.
Seating underneath a living moss wall at G-Monkey Plant-Fueled Fast Food in West Hartford.
15 Clark St., Stamford, 203-354-0735
625 New Park Ave., Suite G, West Hartford, 860-937-5457
Gargano Pasta & Italian Market
75 Main St., Old Saybrook, 860-339-3726
261 Orange St., New Haven, 203-691-7984
200 Crown St., New Haven, 475-238-6290
56 Padanaram Road, Danbury, 203-743-6049
15 Water St., Mystic, 860-980-3648
Sicily Coal Fire Pizza at 412 Main St. in Middletown in the historic R.W. Camp’s department store building.
Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media377 Cromwell Ave., Rocky Hill, 860-372-4545
412 Main St., Middletown, 860-788-2237
1217 Chapel St., New Haven, 860-759-5465
Pork belly lollipops at Puente Pub, now open in the Unionville section of Farmington.
Nomade - Statewide winner/Fairfield County
150 Main St., Westport, 203-557-9577
Puente Pub - Statewide runner-up/Hartford County
81 S. Main St., Unionville, 860-404-2074
Materia Ristorante - Litchfield County
637 Bantam Road, Bantam, 860-567-3326
The Brushmill by the Waterfall - Middlesex County
129 W. Main St., Chester, 860-526-9898
Grilled sardines with nardello pepper conserva, roasted garlic, fennel pollen and parsley salad at Fair Haven Oyster Co. in New Haven.
Winter CaplansonFair Haven Oyster Co. - New Haven County
307 Front St., New Haven, 203-745-5741
The Spice Palette - New London County
929 Bank St., New London, 959-201-6913
JRego's Gathering Place - Tolland County
175 West Road, Ellington, 860-454-4458
Pho Delight - Windham County
920 Main St., Willimantic, 860-465-9800
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