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Where to eat in Wallingford / New Haven
57 hand-picked places in Wallingford / New Haven, chosen for people who are in town for something and have one night to get dinner right.
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Top Tables in Wallingford / New Haven
Olea Spanish restaurant · $$$ · Downtown New Haven (~13 mi from Wallingford)Chef Manuel Romero's Spanish-Mediterranean stunner, New Haven's best special-occasion table (last seating 8:30pm).
39 High St, New Haven, CT 06510
Union League Cafe French restaurant · $$$$ · Downtown New Haven, 25 min south4.5 stars on 400-plus Yelp reviews, the area's classic French room in a stained-glass Beaux-Arts hall: get the duck confit and the souffle.
1032 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510
Gaetano's Tavern on Main Restaurant · $$$ · Downtown WallingfordWallingford's upscale tavern for a special night out, polished Italian-American plates and a full bar.
40 N Main St, Wallingford, CT 06492
Late Night in Wallingford / New Haven
Mamoun's Falafel Falafel restaurant · $ · Howe St, Downtown New HavenFalafel and shawarma until midnight weekdays, 1am Fri-Sat, a Yale late-night institution.
85 Howe St, New Haven, CT 06511
Alpha Delta Pizza Restaurant · $ · Yale campus, New Haven, 25 min southOpen to 3am nightly and 4am Thursday through Saturday: the Wenzel, a broiled hero of bacon, cheese and roast beef, is the post-show move.
371 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06511
BAR $$ · Downtown New Haven, 25 min south1,500-plus reviews at 4.3 stars, brewpub and nightclub in one: the mashed potato and bacon pie on cracker-thin crust is the reason to go.
Fast Food in Wallingford / New Haven
Louis' Lunch Hamburger restaurant · $ · Crown St, Downtown New HavenBirthplace of the hamburger (1895), vertical cast-iron broilers, no ketchup, don't ask.
261 Crown St, New Haven, CT 06511
Ted's Restaurant Hamburger restaurant · $ · Broad St, Meriden, 10 min north499 reviews at 4.4 stars and same counter since 1959: the world-famous steamed cheeseburger is a Connecticut-only thing, get one.
1046 Broad St, Meriden, CT 06450
Frankie's $ · WallingfordLocal burger stand with a cult following, juicy double burgers for under $8.
Pizza in Wallingford / New Haven
Sally's Apizza Pizza restaurant · $$ · Wooster Square, New HavenPepe's 1938 rival two blocks down, same coal oven for 80+ years, pick a side in the feud.
237 Wooster St, New Haven, CT 06511
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana Pizza restaurant · $$ · Wooster SquareThe 1925 coal-fired original behind New Haven apizza's national fame; the white clam pie is a bucket-list slice.
157 Wooster St, New Haven, CT 06511
Modern Apizza Pizza restaurant · $$ · State St, New Haven, 25 min south4.4 stars on nearly 2,000 reviews and one third of New Haven's apizza holy trinity: get the Italian Bomb, char and all.
874 State St, New Haven, CT 06511
Sandwiches in Wallingford / New Haven
Meat & Co Sandwich shop · $$ · East RockIts house-smoked D. Wayne Johnson was named the best sandwich in Connecticut; butcher-shop quality throughout.
285 Nicoll St, New Haven, CT 06511
Vinny's Deli $ · Center St, WallingfordWallingford's voted-best deli and the local king of roast beef: get the roast beef grinder with horseradish.
Nica's Market Italian grocery store · $$ · East Rock, New Haven, 25 min south247 reviews at 4.4 stars, an Italian market with a stacked deli counter: the chicken cutlet panini is the move.
603 Orange St, New Haven, CT 06511