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Litchfield Restaurant Week Is Here!

Litchfield Restaurant Week is here!

Sponsored by the Town of Litchfield Economic Development Commission, the second edition of Litchfield Restaurant Week launches Friday, March 22, and continues through Friday, March 29.

Our RW, featuring roughly 20 destinations, offers a more variety than many restaurant weeks in Connecticut by also including bakery-cafes, delis, pizza places, and gourmet shops.

That means in addition to enjoying 3-course prix fixe menus in the town’s award-winning restaurants, you can also take advantage of other creative multi-course options – like locally-roasted coffee beans, a coffee drink, and a savory or sweet treat from Krafted Brew Lab, or a grinder, chips, a cookie, and a soda from Petraroia Deli.

All the menus are posted on the official Litchfield Restaurant Week page on the Visit Litchfield CT website, so head there to make your dining plans.

Each venue offers a prix fixe menu at $25, $35, or $45, some for lunch/during the day, others for dinner, some for both lunch and dinner, and some for takeout.

In addition to variety, Litchfield Restaurant Week has star power.

Materia Ristorante is among the 2024 participants and its Chef David DiStasi was named Connecticut’s Chef of the Year for 2023 by the Connecticut Restaurant Association. Materia also won the Restaurant of the Year Award for Litchfield County in the restaurant association’s CRAZIES Awards, as well as a 2024 Overall Excellence award from Connecticut Magazine’s dining experts.

Many other participants also earned top awards from the CT Mag dining experts, including Best Traditional American for The Village Restaurant, and Best New American for West Street Grill and At the Corner – which also won a Best Beer List award. Petraroia Deli won for Best Deli/Sandwich Shop, and Meraki for Best Lunch, Hidden Gem, and Best Deli/Sandwich Shop.

Litchfield Distillery is also participating in Litchfield Restaurant Week by donating two bottles of spirits to participating venues that are creating specialty cocktails for restaurant week, including Materia Ristorante, At the Corner, ATC South Street, Clubhouse Provisions at Stonybrook Golf, Saltwater Grille, and Wood’s Pit BBQ & Mexican Café. Meraki is serving a maple cookie bar for dessert made with Litchfield Distillery bourbon barrel maple syrup.

Call ahead to book your reservations for lunch and dinner (phone numbers are on the RW page), and make sure to check the days and hours participating establishments are open during restaurant week. When you dine out, tag @VisitLitchfieldCT when posting on Facebook and Instagram, as well as tagging posts on Instagram #visitlitchfieldct so we can share your delicious dining experiences.

Clubhouse Provisions

263 Milton Rd. | 860-567-9977

Clubhouse Provisions opened in autumn 2022 at Stonybrook Golf and serves Modern American cuisine blended with classic golf fare. Cocktails, beer, wine are also served in the modern clubhouse or on the deck overlooking the golf course. Open seasonally.

Petraroia Deli

36 West St. | 860-361-6006

Open as of June 1, Petraroia Deli serves Italian-American inspired cuisine with a menu extending from salads and sandwiches to hot foods, grab-and-go items, and prepared dinners to take home. Bread from The Bakehouse; Krafted Brew Lab is the source for coffee and espresso. Grocery essentials, too.

Zini’s Restaurant

938 Bantam Rd. | 860-567-1613

Spaghetti carbonara, veal Parmesan, chicken Marsala, sausage, white beans and escarole—Zini’s is a classic Italian restaurant located at the foot of the Bantam Design & Dining district.

Mockingbird Kitchen & Bar

810 Bantam Rd. | 860-361-6730

Chef and owner Samantha Tilley draws inspiration from the versatile-voiced Northern Mockingbird to create global culinary conversation anchored by the bounty of Tenth Acre Farm. The seasonal menu features sustainably fished and farmed ingredients. *Outdoor dining.

Materia Ristorante

637 Bantam Rd. | 860-567-3326

Materia Ristorante offers fresh and seasonal Italian cuisine, distinctive wines and European hospitality. One of the newest restaurants in Litchfield, it’s also a spot with a lot of positive buzz. Menu highlights include dishes like grilled squid, asparagus, squid ink and saffron sauce, Tagliatelle Al Ragu, risotto with gorgonzola dolce, Bosch pear, walnuts, milk-fed veal chop, pan fried, with crispy potato, and for dessert, tiramisu and panna cotta. *Outdoor dining.

Saltwater Grille/Salt 2.0

26 Commons Drive | 860-567-4900

A classic seafood restaurant with a casual vibe, Saltwater Grille has all the dishes you expect—from a raw bar to lobster tails—as well as burgers, steaks, tacos, mac-and-cheese and lots more. It’s also known for its Happy Hour, and has a second incarnation, Salt 2.0, which offers a quick service concept featuring an everyday affordable, customizable menu. *Outdoor dining.

Arethusa al tavolo

828 Bantam Rd. | 860-567-0043

Executive Chef Dan Magill oversees this extension of Arethusa Farm, a seed-to-table restaurant considered one of the top dining experiences in Connecticut. There’s a sample menu on the website, but it changes and the specials are phenomenal, like this one from an inspired late spring menu: Scottish salmon brushed with ramp soubise, morels, English peas, asparagus, and rye crumbs. *Outdoor dining.

Litchfield Pizza

491 Bantam Rd. | 860-567-2556

A classic pizza place that also offers appetizers, soups, and pasta dishes, including eggplant rollatini with pasta, gnocchi with Bolognese sauce, and cheese tortellini a la vodka with broccoli. Specialty pies like buffalo chicken with blue cheese have a local following.

Hometown Pizza

250 West St. | 860-567-0800

Lots of specialty pizzas, plus appetizers and salads, hot and cold grinders, pasta, seafood over pasta, baked pasta, chicken entrees, veal entrees, baked seafood, steaks and chops, and a children’s menu.