The Top 43 Places to Eat Near Story And Soil Coffee

1. The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #88 · Top 100 Coffee Shops

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1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurant
2. James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
3. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant

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1. The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops #67 · Top 100 Coffee Shops

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1. New England Best New Pastry Chef · Yankee Food Awards · Julien Tessier

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1. AAA Five Diamonds

1. New England 20 Best New England Cideries

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Northeast · David DiStasi

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1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

1. New England Best New Italian · Yankee Food Awards
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1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Bolivar Hilario

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2. James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant

1. New England Best Breakfast in Connecticut · Best Breakfast in Every New England State

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.

1. 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza USA Excellent Pizzerias

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1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

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.

1. 50 Top Pizza #34 · 50 Top Pizza USA

1. James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · Shilimat Tessema

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1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

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1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

1. AAA Four Diamonds

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1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Northeast · David Schrier, Jessica Pollard and David Clegg

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1. New England Brewery of the Year · Yankee Food Awards

1. New England 20 Best New England Cideries

1. New England 20 Best New England Cideries

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1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

1. Connecticut Magazine Top New Restaurants

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