Eating Well in West Cornwall

Charcoal Chef in Woodbury serves up good old-fashioned stick-to-your-ribs cooking that will gratify your taste buds as much as your bank account.

Whether because of its location along a busy road, its charming décor, or the quality of its food, The White Horse is clearly one of the most popular restaurants in the county.

Before opening Materia in March with his brother Michael, he was cooking in southern Tuscany for three years and before that worked for five years at Le Bernardin, arguably the world’s greatest seafood restaurant. 

“We don’t need to have a fancy menu. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be refined. The goal is to make the White Hart a place where the whole community can come.”

Chef Carlos Perez has been at @ The Corner since May of 2020 and has led a remarkable turnaround at what had once been a local burger joint.

Veteran chef Robert Arbor has opened Le Gamin, what is arguably the best authentic French bistro in Litchfield County.

Anthony D'Amelio, pastry chef and baker at Swyft Restaurant in Kent, turns every person into a dessert eater.

What makes Mizza’s so great? It’s not the décor, which is pretty basic. But don’t get thrown by that. The reason to come is for the food.

In an area rife with outstanding restaurants, choosing the best of the best was challenging to say the least.

In honor of its centennial birthday this fall, the Mayflower Inn & Spa, Auberge Resorts Collection; welcomed acclaimed chef April Bloomfield.

For those diners who have discovered the delights of his kitchen, eating at Greca is truly one of the only best things about the annus horribilis of 2020.