Nick’s Handmade Bagels
491 Bantam Rd.
Nick’s Handmade Bagels, serving fresh bagels and breakfast sandwiches, opened in the former site of Dutch Epicure in February, 2025, to very positive reviews. Hours are Tuesday- Sunday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Breakfast
La Catrina of Bantam
810 Bantam Rd. | 860-361-6401
The second location of a popular restaurant in Westchester County, La Catrina of Bantam (in the former Mockingbird space) features traditional homemade Mexican food with French and Asian influences. It opened in September 2024.
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.
@thecorner
3 West St. | 860-567-8882
A true craft beer haven with a long and always-changing menu, @thecorner has versatile flair. It’s front section is a coffeeshop café in the morning, a new ATC South St. taco and martini bar opened this fall next door, and the core restaurant packs in the fans with salads, burgers, risotto dishes, jerk chicken, a flatbread offering, wings, and lots of specials. *Outdoor dining.
Litchfield Catering & Deli
722 Bantam Rd. | 860-567-9878
Turkey club, corned beef Reuben, chicken salad, breakfast sandwiches, soups—all your lunch favorites are here, as well as an extensive catering menu.
The Ripe Tomato
392 Torrington Rd. | 860-567-8002
A deli with homemade soups, salads, and sandwiches, The Ripe Tomato at the top of the hill between Litchfield Center and the Torrington line is also a morning stop for coffee, muffins, and more—like the range of popular breakfast sandwiches.
Love Hearts Bakery
583 Bantam Rd. | 860-361-6526
The homemade English muffins returned last fall at Love Hearts Bakery, located in The Cove in between Litchfield Center and Bantam. It’s a favorite spot for everything made from scratch that you love to pair with coffee, tea, or chai lattes—like donuts, muffins, coffee cake, cakes, bagels, croissants … With soups sandwiches and more, Love Hearts Bakery is also a popular lunch stop. *Outdoor dining.
Arethusa a mano
822 Bantam Rd. | 860-567-5722
Arethusa a mano in Bantam is part of the Arethusa Farm Dairy empire, which includes the dairy farm on Route 63, as well as the creamery and retail store in the former Bantam firehouse, the acclaimed Arethusa al tavolo restaurant next door, and the nearby and the cheese-making operation. A mano is known for its Stumptown Coffee Roasters coffee, lattes and cappuccinos, as well as homemade bagels, the gleaming case filled with gorgeous pastries and donuts, breakfast sandwiches, and lunch options. *Outdoor dining.
Meraki
239 West St. | 860-361-9777
Meraki, down the hill from the Green, is a breakfast and lunch hotspot with coffee, teas, baked goods and everything else required in a good pitstop. Morning starts with muffins, scones, coffee cakes, breads, local egg sandwiches, breakfast burritos, a hash bowl, and more—and lunch features signature sandwiches, salads and lots more. There’s outdoor seating tucked away in the back. *Outdoor dining.
Toast & Co.
18 Commons Drive | 860-567-0301
Toast & Co. is a very popular breakfast and lunch café with coffee, espresso drinks, teas, pastries, smoothies, milkshakes … and so much more, including dairy free, gluten free, vegan and keto options. In addition to breakfast sandwiches, Toast & Co. offers signature toasts (from avocado to PB & banana), salads, and lunch sandwiches. The pandemic brought an outdoor dining area with picnic tables between toast and the road, which remains popular. *Outdoor dining