Connecticut Eats · New Britain, Connecticut
New Britain restaurants: apizza & lobster rolls
In and around New Britain, our lists hold 2 apizza places, 1 lobster roll and clam shack stop, 5 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 122 restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries in New Britain, nearest first.
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New Britain at a glance
In the app's directory, New Britain has 122 places to eat and drink. Pizza (19), Coffee & Café (13), and Bar & Pub (12) lead the mix. We matched 28 of them to an active state liquor permit. 23 belong to chains with five or more Connecticut locations. 4 made our hand-checked lists.
On our lists in New Britain
Every place in New Britain that made our hand-checked lists, most honored first. The order comes from honors and years at the address; it isn't a rating. Honors are reported as facts from the James Beard Foundation's own records and other named sources.
Belvedere Restaurant & Cafe
82 Broad Street, New Britain
Polish Known for: handmade pierogi; stuffed cabbage; potato pancakes with smoked salmon; zapiekanka
Family-owned Polish and European restaurant in Little Poland, cooking pierogi, soups and desserts from scratch.
Capitol Lunch
510 Main Street, New Britain
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.
Euro Plate
100 Broad Street, New Britain
Polish Known for: hand-made pierogi; golabki (stuffed cabbage); meatball cutlets; soups
Little Poland restaurant serving hand-made pierogi, stuffed cabbage and slow-cooked stews.
Roly Poly Bakery
587 Main Street, New Britain
Polish Known for: paczki; pavlova; breads
Polish bakery in Little Poland; on Fat Tuesday 2026 customers lined up from 6 a.m. for paczki.
Apizza in and near New Britain
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 27.
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
1148 New Britain Ave, West Hartford · 5 mi from New Britain
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 Little Rendezvous
256 Pratt St, Meriden · 9 mi from New Britain
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 New Britain
Nearest first, out to 15 miles. The statewide guide lists 58.
Westbrook Lobster
300 Church St, Wallingford · 12 mi from New Britain
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 New Britain
In New Britain itself: Capitol Lunch (above). Elsewhere within 10 miles, nearest first. The statewide guide lists 21. The directory files 2 other places in New Britain under hot dogs, not yet checked by hand: find them in the web search.
Doogie's
2525 Berlin Turnpike, Newington · 4 mi from New Britain
Hot dogs Known for: two-foot hot dog
Berlin Turnpike hot dog stand known for its two-foot hot dog.
Ted's Restaurant
1046 Broad St, Meriden · 8 mi from New Britain
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.
Augie and Ray's Drive-in
314 Main Street, East Hartford · 9 mi from New Britain
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.
K. LaMay's Steamed Cheeseburgers
690 East Main St, Meriden · 10 mi from New Britain
Steamed cheeseburgerBurger icon Known for: steamed cheeseburger
Meriden steamed cheeseburger shop run by a Ted's alum.
Diners and dairy bars in and near New Britain
Nearest first, out to 10 miles. The statewide guide lists 45. 3 more places in New Britain have “Diner” in the name but haven't been checked by hand: find them in the web search.
Olympia Diner
3413 Berlin Turnpike, Newington · 3 mi from New Britain
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.
A.C. Petersen Farms
240 Park Road, West Hartford · 7 mi from New Britain
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.
What New Britain eats
The 10 most common kinds among the 122 listings in New Britain, from open map data and the state's liquor-permit list. Tap one to search New Britain for it.