New American Restaurants in Connecticut

Our guide to New American restaurants in Connecticut

American restaurants cover a lot of ground: the neighborhood diner with a counter and bottomless coffee, the family restaurant with a long laminated menu, the gastropub doing elevated comfort food, and the “New American” kitchen that builds a short seasonal menu around local farms. What ties them together is a menu built on familiar staples – burgers, sandwiches, salads, steaks, fried chicken and pasta – plus regional favorites that change as you cross the country.

Regional dishes are the best reason to seek out a local American place rather than a chain: a hot brown in Louisville, a pork tenderloin sandwich in Indiana, green chile cheeseburgers in New Mexico, chowder in New England or a loco moco in Hawaii. Ask what the kitchen is known for – the answer is often something you will not find on the other side of the state line.

Opening hours

Based on 6 New American restaurants in Connecticut with published hours, the typical weekday schedule runs from 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM. 100% are open on Sundays, 50% are open seven days a week and 100% stay open until 10 PM or later.

Prices

Across 5 menus from New American restaurants in Connecticut, the median item costs $14.00; half of all priced items fall between $8.00 and $22.00.

Services

Of 169 New American restaurants with detailed profiles in our guide: 100% list “dine-in”, 99% list “accepts reservations”, 88% list “delivery”, 86% list “takeaway”, 86% list “wheelchair-accessible entrance”, and 86% list “wheelchair-accessible seating”.