Best Restaurant in CT: Daily Meal’s 2019 List

CONNECTICUT — If you love to dine out, we’ve got some good news for you.

The Daily Meal unveiled its “Best Restaurants of 2019,” and the online food and dining site included a restaurant from Connecticut.

Connecticut clearly values a good meal. Roughly 8,297 restaurants are in the state, according to the National Restaurant Association.

The best restaurant in Connecticut, according to the Daily Meal’s report, is Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana at 157 Wooster St. in New Haven.

"Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana is a bucket-list destination you’ll have to make a pilgrimage to if you want to discuss the topic of America's best pizzas with any authority," The Daily Meal says. "The New Haven icon opened in Wooster Square in 1925 and shortly thereafter moved into its current space, at the time making it the largest pizzeria in America. The pizzas here are quintessential New Haven: oblong, just a little charred, thin-crusted, chewy, coal-fired and irresistibly delicious."

The Daily Meal only considered restaurants that served consistently excellent food across all aspects of the dining experience, had frequent menu changes, and showed a strong connection with their local community.

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“Our list of the best restaurants of 2019 encompasses universally beloved fine dining restaurants, casual institutions where time stands still, perfect pizzerias both old and new, trendy must-visit, classic steakhouses as well as some of the very best restaurants to have opened this year,” an author of the report said.

California had the most restaurants on the Daily Meal’s list with 12, followed by New York with 11.

The full list of restaurants is available on the Daily Meal.