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.
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.
768 Bantam Rd. | 860-567-3357
For more than 20 years, Bantam Pizza has been serving hot oven grinders, salads, chicken wings, spaghetti, pizzas, of course, and more (lasagna, manicotti, ravioli, stuffed eggplant), in the heart of Bantam.
19 West St. | 860-361-9400
Ollie’s has a sweet little spot across from the Green and next to the former courthouse. Sit in the window, order a craft beer, and watch the world walk by as you enjoy gourmet pizza—or sandwiches, wraps, burgers, grinders, and salads, as well as entrees that include spaghetti with meatballs and chicken Marsala.
51 West St. | 860-361-6861
Across from the Green in a spot that emphasizes the outdoor dining, DiFranco’s is a family-friendly Italian restaurant with a menu that has everything you want: wings and fried calamari, lots of salads, pizzas, seafood, burgers and steaks, chicken Parm, calzones, and even gluten free pasta. *Outdoor dining.
324 Bantam Rd. | 860-567-3980
Fried goat cheese balls were a recent special—so this is more than an average pizza place. Bohemian is festively and uniquely decorated to suit its name, and the popular spot has a bit of a cult following for its pizzas—though the menu goes far beyond, from “dips and apps” that include mozzarella sticks and wings to salads, tacos and quesadillas, as well as dessert. *Outdoor dining.
625 Torrington Rd. | 860-482-6246
A trattoria-style Italian restaurant on the Torrington side of Litchfield, Da Capo serves contemporary interpretations of Italian classics, as well as New York-style thin crust pizza, in a casual atmosphere with tin ceilings, exposed brick and soft lighting. *Outdoor dining.