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Restaurants

Numerous restaurants from café and deli style, to full-service elegance grace New Haven. Almost every ethnic cuisine imaginable is available here, too. This guide introduces you to restaurants of downtown New Haven. All listed here are within a 10 to 15 minute drive form the medical center campus. And many of within a few minutes walk from the medical center. The list is by no means exhaustive and we invite you to contact us through this site with new recommendations of downtown New Haven restaurants we may have missed.

This guide is organized into two sections, Wooster Square (New Haven’s Little Italy) and downtown New Haven which includes many neighborhoods such as the town green district, theater district and Ninth Square). Restaurants are organized by type of cuisine (i.e., Italian, continental, Thai) in the downtown New Haven section.

Browse through our New Haven restaurant listing, or if you prefer, click on one of the options below to go straight to your favorite cuisine!

American/Continental

Indian

Mexican

Turkish

Caribbean

Irish

Seafood

Vegetarian

Chinese

Italian

Southern American

Wooster Square
("Little Italy")

 

Eritrean/Ethiopian

Japanese

Spanish

French

Malaysian

Thai

American/Continental:

    Alpine Cafeteria
    100 Elm Street
    203-776-6117

    Atticus Café
    (in the Atticus bookstore)
    1082 Chapel Street
    203-776-4040

    Blue Pearl
    130 Court Street
    203-789-6370

    Casey's On the Green
    (In the theater district)
    266 College Street
    203-624-3903

    Central Steakhouse
    99 Orange Street
    203-787-7885

    Christopher Martins Pub & Restaurant
    860 State Street, New Haven
    203-776-8835

    Copper Kitchen Restaurant
    (In the Town Green district)
    1008 Chapel Street
    203-777-8010

    Galileo’s Restaurant at the Omni
    (In the Town Green district — with views over the Green and Sound)
    155 Temple Street
    203-974-6859

    Louis’ Lunch (birthplace of the hamburger!)
    261-263 Crown Street
    203-562-5507

    168 York Café
    168 York Street
    203-789-1915

    Rainbow Café
    (In the Town Green district)
    1022 Chapel Street
    203-777-2390

    Richter’s Café
    (In the Town Green district)
    990 Chapel Street
    203-777-0400

    Roberto’s Restaurant
    418 State Street
    203-562-9957

    Sage American Bar and Grill
    100 S. Water Street
    203-785-8086

    Scarpellino’s College Street
    204 College Street
    203-624-6000

Starbuck's
1070 Chapel Street
203-624-3361

Templeton’s (in the New Haven Hotel)
229 George Street
203-498-3222

Zinc
964 Chapel Street
203-624-0507

Caribbean

Roomba
1044 Chapel Street (Sherman's Alley)
203-562-7666

Chinese

    Blessings
    898 State Street
    203-624-2462

    Hunan Wok Chinese Restaurant
    142 York Street
    203-776-9475

    Ivy Noodle
    316 Elm Street
    203-562-8800

    Royal Palace
    32 Orange Street
    203-776-6663

Eritrean/Ethiopian

    Café Adulis
    (In the theater district)
    228 College Street
    203-777-5081

    Lalibela
    176 Temple Street
    203-789-1232

French

Nini's Bistro
15 Orange Street
203-848-6472

Union League Café
(in the Town Green District)
1032 Chapel Street
203-562-4299

Italian

Back Room @ Bottega
(In the Town Green District)
954 Chapel Street
203-562-5566

Polo Grille & Wine Bar
(In the Town Green District)
7 Elm Street
203-787-9000

Scoozzi Trattoria and Wine Bar
(in the Town Green District)
1104 Chapel Street
203-776-8268

Indian

    India Palace Restaurant
    65 Howe St
    203-776-9010

    Mom’s Fine Indian Kitchen
    283 Crown Street
    203-624-8771

    Royal India
    140 Howe Street
    203-787-9493;

    Tandoor
    1226 Chapel St
    203-776-6620

    Zaroka
    148 York Street
    203-776-8644

Irish

Anna Liffey’s
17 Whitney Avenue
203-773-1776

The Playwright
144 Temple Street
203-752-0450

Japanese

    Japanese Noodle House
    1012 State Street
    203-787-0535

    Miya's
    68 Howe Street
    203-777-8937 or 203-777-9760

    Samurai Japanese Restaurant
    In the theatre district
    230 College Street
    203-562-6766

Malaysian

Mexican

    El Charo Alegre
    14 Mechanic Street
    203-752-9130

    The Whole Enchilada
    21 Whitney Avenue
    203-772-4454

Seafood

Rusty Scupper
(located on the waterfront with outdoor patio dining)
Long Wharf Drive
203-777-5711

Southern American

Fat Cats Cafe
4 Orange Street
203-562-5400

Sandra's Place
46 Whitney Avenue
203-787-4123

Spanish

Ibiza
39 High Street
203-865-1933

Thai

    Bangkok Garden
    172 York Street
    203-789-8684

    Pad Thai Restaurant
    1170 Chapel Street
    203-562-0322

    Thai Pan Asian
    1150 Chapel Street
    203-752-9898

    Thai Taste
    1151 Chapel St
    203-776-9802

Turkish

Istanbul Café
245 Crown Street
203-787-3881

Vegetarian

Claire’s Corner Copia
In the Town Green District
1000 Chapel Street
203-562-3888

Wooster Square ("Little Italy")

New Haven is often written up in the likes of Gourmet magazine for its concentration of superb Italian restaurants, many located in the "Little Italy" neighborhood of Wooster Square. Food lore has it that pizza, officially called apizza, was indeed invented right here is New Haven’s Wooster Square neighborhood. The legend has a continuous debate though: Was apizza invented at Frank Pepe's or Sally's in Wooster Square? Pizza lovers looking for authentic New Haven Pizza have so many excellent choices, Many people make a concerted effort to try them all before designating New Haven’s best apizza. Here is a listing of Pizza and full-menu Italian restaurants in Wooster Square:

    Alto Basso
    232 Wooster Street
    203-865-1109

    Consiglio's of New Haven
    165 Wooster Street
    203-865-4489

    Pepe's
    157 Wooster Street
    865-5762

    Sally's
    237 Wooster Street
    624-5271

    Tony & Lucille's Little Italy
    150 Wooster St
    203-787-1621

    Tre Scalini Restaurant
    100 Wooster St
    203-777-3373

 

 
 
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