Connecticut Eats · Farmington, Connecticut · including Unionville
Farmington restaurants: apizza & hot dogs
In and around Farmington, our lists hold 1 apizza place, 2 hot dog and burger icons, and 3 diners and dairy bars, each checked open in October 2026. For hand-checked lobster rolls, the nearest are a drive away, and they're listed below. Beyond the lists, the Connecticut Eats app's directory covers 63 restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries in Farmington, nearest first.
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Unionville is a village in the town of Farmington, so places there are listed under Farmington.
Farmington at a glance
In the app's directory, Farmington has 63 places to eat and drink, 10 in Unionville. Coffee & Café (9), Pizza (8), and Bar & Pub (7) lead the mix. We matched 20 of them to an active state liquor permit. 19 belong to chains with five or more Connecticut locations. None of the 166 places on our hand-checked lists is in Farmington yet, so the classics below come from nearby towns. Farmington is in the Farmington Valley Health District, which posts official ratings; we matched 40 places here to one (more below).
Apizza in and near Farmington
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 27.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
1148 New Britain Ave, West Hartford · 5 mi from Farmington
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · At this address since 2013 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
West Hartford branch of Pepe's with a coal-fired brick oven.
The nearest lobster rolls and clam shacks to Farmington
None of our 58 hand-checked lobster roll and clam shack stops is in Farmington or within 15 miles. The closest are 16 to 28 miles away. The statewide guide lists 58.
Westbrook Lobster
300 Church St, Wallingford · 16 mi from Farmington
Lobster roll Known for: hot buttered; lobster roll; mega lobster roll
Inland location of Westbrook Lobster, a seafood market turned restaurant, serving warm buttered Connecticut-style rolls.
Glenwood Drive-In
2538 Whitney Ave, Hamden · 24 mi from Farmington
Lobster rollHot dogs Known for: charbroiled hot dogs; hot relish; lobster roll; onion rings
Route 10 drive-in serving charbroiled hot dogs and burgers for more than 70 years, plus summer lobster rolls.
Supreme Seafood Restaurant
999 Foxon Rd, North Branford · 28 mi from Farmington
Lobster roll Known for: hot buttered; lobster roll; whole belly clams · At this address since 1989
Route 80 eat-in or take-out seafood spot since 1989, with hot or cold lobster rolls in its signature butter sauce.
Hot dog and burger icons in and near Farmington
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 21.
Capitol Lunch
510 Main Street, New Britain · 5 mi from Farmington
Hot dogs Known for: hot dog with meat sauce; meat sauce by the pint
Family-run downtown New Britain hot dog counter serving Martin Rosol's franks under a meat sauce recipe handed down since 1929.
Doogie's
2525 Berlin Turnpike, Newington · 7 mi from Farmington
Hot dogs Known for: two-foot hot dog
Berlin Turnpike hot dog stand known for its two-foot hot dog.
Diners and dairy bars in and near Farmington
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 45.
A.C. Petersen Farms
240 Park Road, West Hartford · 6 mi from Farmington
Dairy bar Known for: ice cream sundaes with hand-whipped cream; milkshakes; all-day breakfast
West Hartford restaurant and ice cream parlor serving breakfast all day alongside ice cream desserts.
Rich Farm Ice Cream
409 Hill St, Bristol · 8 mi from Farmington
Dairy bar Known for: farm-made ice cream · A branch of Rich Farm Ice Cream, Oxford
Bristol scoop shop of Oxford's Rich Farm, serving the farm's ice cream.
Olympia Diner
3413 Berlin Turnpike, Newington · 8 mi from Farmington
Diner At this address since 1954
Stainless steel roadside diner on the Berlin Turnpike; the family that has owned it since 1974 put the site up for sale and was weighing offers in September 2025 while running the diner as usual.
Health ratings in Farmington
Farmington is one of the 10 towns of the Farmington Valley Health District, which rates restaurants A (Excellent), B (Good), C (Fair), or U (Unsatisfactory) at each routine inspection and requires each one to post its rating. We matched 40 of the 63 places in Farmington to a published rating. We matched none of the hand-checked places on this page to the district's list. In the web search, every place we matched shows its rating on its own page. We don't grade restaurants, and the rest of Connecticut has no statewide inspection results.
Source: Farmington Valley Health District food service ratings, fetched Oct 5, 2026.
What Farmington eats
The 10 most common kinds among the 63 listings in Farmington, from open map data and the state's liquor-permit list. Tap one to search Farmington for it.