Connecticut Eats · Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown restaurants: apizza & lobster rolls
In and around Middletown, our lists hold 1 apizza place, 1 lobster roll and clam shack stop, 3 hot dog and burger icons, and 2 diners and dairy bars, each checked open in October 2026. Beyond the lists, the Connecticut Eats app's directory covers 138 restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries in Middletown, nearest first.
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Middletown at a glance
In the app's directory, Middletown has 138 places to eat and drink. Bar & Pub (20), Pizza (13), and Bakery & Sweets (12) lead the mix. We matched 53 of them to an active state liquor permit. 22 belong to chains with five or more Connecticut locations. None of the 166 places on our hand-checked lists is in Middletown yet, so the classics below come from nearby towns.
Apizza in and near Middletown
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 27. 1 more place in Middletown has “Apizza” in the name but hasn't been checked by hand: find it in the web search.
The Little Rendezvous
256 Pratt St, Meriden · 7 mi from Middletown
Apizza Known for: thin-crust coal-oven pizza; house special (sausage, peppers, onion)
Meriden pizzeria baking thin pies in a coal-fired brick oven said to be about 120 years old.
Lobster rolls and clam shacks in and near Middletown
Nearest first, out to 15 miles. The statewide guide lists 58.
Westbrook Lobster
300 Church St, Wallingford · 10 mi from Middletown
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.
Hot dog and burger icons in and near Middletown
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 21.
Ted's Restaurant
1046 Broad St, Meriden · 7 mi from Middletown
Steamed cheeseburgerBurger icon Known for: steamed cheeseburger · At this address since 1959
Meriden counter spot steaming cheeseburgers since 1959, the oldest of the area's steamed cheeseburger joints.
K. LaMay's Steamed Cheeseburgers
690 East Main St, Meriden · 7 mi from Middletown
Steamed cheeseburgerBurger icon Known for: steamed cheeseburger
Meriden steamed cheeseburger shop run by a Ted's alum.
Doogie's
2525 Berlin Turnpike, Newington · 9 mi from Middletown
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 Middletown
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 45. 2 more places in Middletown have “Diner” in the name but haven't been checked by hand: find them in the web search.
Durham Dari Serve
13 Main St, Durham · 7 mi from Middletown
Dairy bar Known for: soft serve twist; homemade hard ice cream; Cannoli; Maple Derby Bourbon Pecan
Ice cream stand with homemade hard flavors and soft serve; its owners also run Cromwell Creamery and, since July 2026, Tall Man's in Cromwell.
Olympia Diner
3413 Berlin Turnpike, Newington · 8 mi from Middletown
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 Middletown eats
The 10 most common kinds among the 138 listings in Middletown, from open map data and the state's liquor-permit list. Tap one to search Middletown for it.