Connecticut Eats · Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford restaurants: apizza & hot dogs
In and around Hartford, our lists hold 2 apizza places, 3 hot dog and burger icons, and 2 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 418 restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries in Hartford, nearest first.
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Hartford at a glance
In the app's directory, Hartford has 418 places to eat and drink. Latin & Caribbean (56), Bar & Pub (53), and Coffee & Café (41) lead the mix. We matched 313 of them to an active state liquor permit or a Hartford food license. 62 belong to chains with five or more Connecticut locations. None of the 166 places on our hand-checked lists is in Hartford yet, so the classics below come from nearby towns.
Apizza in and near Hartford
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 27.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
1148 New Britain Ave, West Hartford · 3 mi from Hartford
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.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
221 Buckland Hills Drive, Manchester · 8 mi from Hartford
Apizza Known for: white clam pie; original tomato pie · At this address since 2007 · A branch of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, New Haven
Manchester branch of Pepe's, near Buckland Hills, with a coal-fired oven built like the original.
The nearest lobster rolls and clam shacks to Hartford
None of our 58 hand-checked lobster roll and clam shack stops is in Hartford or within 15 miles. The closest are 20 to 28 miles away. The statewide guide lists 58.
Westbrook Lobster
300 Church St, Wallingford · 20 mi from Hartford
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 · 28 mi from Hartford
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.
Hot dog and burger icons in and near Hartford
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 21. The directory files 1 other place in Hartford under hot dogs, not yet checked by hand: find it in the web search.
Augie and Ray's Drive-in
314 Main Street, East Hartford · 3 mi from Hartford
Hot dogs Known for: footlong hot dog with chili sauce; Powerhouse burger; fried clams; milkshakes
Early-opening East Hartford drive-in, still run by the founding Hutt family, known for footlong hot dogs topped with its own chili sauce.
Doogie's
2525 Berlin Turnpike, Newington · 5 mi from Hartford
Hot dogs Known for: two-foot hot dog
Berlin Turnpike hot dog stand known for its two-foot hot dog.
Capitol Lunch
510 Main Street, New Britain · 8 mi from Hartford
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.
Diners and dairy bars in and near Hartford
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 45. 2 more places in Hartford have “Diner” in the name but haven't been checked by hand: find them in the web search.
A.C. Petersen Farms
240 Park Road, West Hartford · 2 mi from Hartford
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.
Olympia Diner
3413 Berlin Turnpike, Newington · 8 mi from Hartford
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.
What Hartford eats
The 10 most common kinds among the 418 listings in Hartford, from open map data, the state's liquor-permit list, and Hartford's food licenses. Tap one to search Hartford for it.