Restaurants in New Haven

New Haven has a very large number of good restaurants and it is almost impossible to list just a few since it generates such controversy here at the homefront when someone's favorite gets slighted. There are numerous listings that can be consulted on the web - one place to start is at InfoNewHaven. Choices range from small eateries with a lot of history (the hamburger is claimed to have been invented at Louie's Lunch and pizza - or apizza as they prefer here - at Sally's and Pepe's in the Wooster Square (Little Italy) section of the city) to what at least the NY Times claims are "destination" restaurants (such as Ibiza in the downtown area). Virtually all ethnic cuisines are represented. The listings below are roughly by neighborhood and are by no means comprehensive.

• InfoNewHavenRestaurantList
• Megasite Guide to Dining
• Zagat's Reviews

Downtown/Theaters Area

• Bangkok Garden (Thai)
• BAR (Brewpub)
• Bentara's (Malaysian in Ninth Square)
• Cafe Goodfellas (Italian)
• Caffé Adulis (Eritrean)
• Carmen Anthony's (Steakhouse)
• Claire's Corner Copia(Vegetarian)
• Fire (Italian)
• Hot Tomato's (American)
• Ibiza (Spanish)
• Indochine Pavillion (Vietnamese)
• Istanbul Café (Turkish)
• Lalibella Ethiopian Restaurant
• Louis' Lunch (inventor of the hamburger)
• Pacifico (Latin)
• Pad Thai (Thai)
• Playwright Irish Pub & Restaurant
• Richter's (Bar)
• Roomba (Nouvelle Cuban)
• Scoozzi (Italian)
• Tandoor
• Union League Café (Continental)
• Viva Zapata (Mexican)
• Willoughby's Coffee House (Coffe Café)
• Zinc (American Bistro)

Wooster Square/Upper State Street Area

• Adriana's (Italian)
• Alto Basso (Italian)
• Archie Moore's (American)
• Christopher Martin's (Continental)
• c.o. jones (Cal-Mex)
• Consiglio's (Italian)
• Gennaro's (Italian)
• Grand Apizza (Italian)
• Japanese Noodle House (Japanese)
• Modern Apizza (Italian)
• Pepe's (Italian)
• Pepe's The Spot (Italian)
• Sally's (Italian)
• Tre Scalini (Italian)

Long Wharf Area

• Amarante's (also east shore)
• Anthony's (actually the east shore area)
• Rusty Scupper (Seafood)
• Sage's American Bar and Grill (Seafood)

Audubon/Main Campus Area

• Anna Liffey's (Irish)
• Humphrey's East (American)
• Miya (Japanese)
• Royal India (Indian)
• Sweet Relief Café (Coffee Café)
• Tandoor (Indian)
• Taste of India (Indian)
• Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop

Westville Area

• 500 Blake Street (American)
• Akasak (Japanese)
• Eastern Pearl (Chinese)
• Katz's (Deli)

Notables in the Suburbs

• Bee & Thistle Inn (American), Old Lyme
• Café Allegra (Continental), Madison
• Café Routier, Saybrook (Continental)
• Copper Beach Inn, Ivoryton (Continental)
• Gelston House (American), East Haddam
• Griswold Inn (American), Essex
• Inn at Chester (Continental), Chester
• Pearl of Budapest (Hungarian), Fairfield
• Quattro's (Italian), Guilford
• Raffaello's (Italian), Hamden
• Restaurant du Village (French), Chester
• Scribner's (Seafood), Milford (Seafood)
• Steve's Centerbrook Café, Centerbrook (American)
• Terra Mar Grille (Seafood, Continential), Old Saybrook
• Water's Edge (American), Westbrook
• West Street Grill (American), Litchfield