The Top 94 Places to Eat Near ROLi
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- Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
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Wooster Street is New Haven apizza territory, so opening a Neapolitan pizzeria here takes a certain nerve. The family behind Zeneli trained in Naples and planted that tradition right in the middle of the local institution's turf. Wood-fired, soft-crusted pies with San Marzano tomatoes and proper mozzarella sit alongside classic Italian dishes in a room that feels genuinely like someone's people are running it.
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New Haven-style pizza has its own rules: thin, coal-fired, slightly charred, and not quite like anything you'd get elsewhere. Modern Apizza has been holding down State Street forever, turning out red and white pies with a crust that blisters and snaps. The Italian Bomb, loaded with cold cuts and vegetables, is the order regulars argue about. A casual, loud, no-fuss pizzeria where the line out front is a feature, not a bug.
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- BagelUp #2 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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- BagelUp #2 · The Definitive 30 Best Bagel Shops in New York City
- The New York Times The 16 Best Bagels in New York City Right Now
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northeast · Brian Lewis
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Brian Lewis
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Rank 33. Allium Eatery
Modern New American
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
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Rank 47. La Bastide by Andrea Calstier
Modern French
A converted farmhouse in North Salem with sweeping views of actual countryside, which somehow makes the tasting menu feel earned rather than theatrical. This is a Michelin-starred modern French fine dining room with very few tables, run by a husband-and-wife team whose roots are in the south of France. The cooking is precise and quietly confident, and dessert gets its own moment to shine. Esquire named the Vesper martini among the finest in America, which is a strange fact about a farmhouse, and a good one.
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Rank 53. Cenadou
Modern French
The name is Provençal for "dining room," which sets the tone pretty neatly for this modern French bistro tucked into the North Salem countryside. White walls, dark wood, royal blue chairs, and big windows full of trees give it the feel of somewhere you'd actually want to linger. The kitchen takes Provence-leaning classics and nudges them gently forward, finishing the baba au rhum tableside with a rum pour and Earl Grey whipped cream.
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Rank 57. The Inn at Pound Ridge
Contemporary New American
White clapboard, manicured gardens, and a valet line that reads the room before you even step inside. This is a fine dining destination in a Victorian inn north of the city, where Jean-Georges Vongerichten's kitchen sends out contemporary New American cooking with a country-weekend ease. The menu pulls from his greatest hits, reworked for the setting, which suits the crowd who drove out from Manhattan pretending they live like this.
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Rank 60. The American Hotel
French New American
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Rank 63. Centro 336
Italian
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A white farmhouse with actual working fields out the window sets the scene at this North Salem seafood restaurant, where "farm to table" includes a smokehouse, a curing room, and a farm shop next door. The kitchen grows and preserves much of what it serves, down to the hot sauce and the carrot bread. Cocktails lean into the gardens too. A Michelin Selected restaurant that earns the pastoral postcard without winking at it.
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Rank 67. Duryea's Orient Point
Waterfront Seafood
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Rank 71. Amalfi Coastal Kitchen & Cocktails
Coastal Italian
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Rank 73. Badageoni
Georgian Eastern European
Khachapuri, the boat-shaped bread stuffed with molten cheese and a raw egg yolk you stir together yourself, is reason enough to make the drive to this Georgian restaurant in Mount Kisco. The room is warm and unfussy, Edison bulbs over dark wood, and the menu reads like a gentle introduction to a cuisine most tables are encountering for the first time. Ground lamb kebabs wrapped in lavash show up at nearly every table.
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Rank 79. OKO
Japanese
The open kitchen anchors the room at this contemporary Asian restaurant in Rye, where the chef treats Japanese cuisine as a jumping-off point rather than a blueprint. Nigiri, handrolls, and tempura share the menu with hot dishes and the kind of creative small bites that make the omakase worth considering. The lofty-ceilinged space draws a lively local crowd, and the bar fills up early. Selected by the Michelin Guide.
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Rank 81. Carissa's Bakery
Bakery
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Rank 84. El Verano
Upscale Mexican
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Rank 85. Bistro Ete
Coastal French
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Rank 86. Calissa
Mediterranean
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Rank 89. Dopo Il Ponte
Italian
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Rank 91. Sant Ambroeus
Milanese Italian
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Rank 92. LDV at the Maidstone Restaurant
Coastal Italian
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Rank 93. Il Buco al Mare
Italian-Inspired Seafood
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