<p>Does anyone have any recommendations for a good restaurant in New Haven?</p>
<p>Central Steakhouse is a GREAT restaurant…99 Orange Street… great steaks, wonderful veggies…also good fish too… </p>
<p>Miya’s is a bit bohemian but also very good Japanese food… they have this appetizer called Tokyo Fries which I still think of…68 Howe Street…they have different sushi…interesting combinations…</p>
<p>Scoozi Trattoria and Wine Bar is a nice option right on 1104 Chapel Street…</p>
<p>Ivy Noodle at 316 Elm was my son’s #1 favorite place… their dumplings are really thick and soft pasta…I prefer a thinner crisper dumpling, but the food is good, fast, reasonably priced…</p>
<p>Educated Burger is always an easy option…</p>
<p>Have fun…</p>
<p>oh there are so many choices!
If you like pizza, go to Pepes or Sallys. Renowned pizza for good reason- unbelievable. Then go to Libby’s for an amazing italian bakery.
Roomba is great for cuban/spanish. Ibiza is supposedly phenomenal for spanish food.
if sushi is your thing, miya’s is the way to go- very unique, huge menu.
Claire’s is the oldest vegetarian restuarant in the country
Thali for great indian, Scoozi is a nice place for italian, and Bentara is awesome with Malayasian food if you like spicy!
Louis Lunch is a bit of a dive but they claim to be the first ones to put the hamburger patty to a bun, and its definitely a new haven institution
Zinc is contemporary American.
Pantry is the best place for brunch.
For a quick bite, Mammouns has the best falafel and hummus i’ve ever had</p>
<p>You might want to check this link from Yale for restaurants:
[Dining:</a> Living in New Haven](<a href=“Living in New Haven | Office of New Haven Affairs”>Living in New Haven | Office of New Haven Affairs)</p>
<p>In addition to some of those mentioned, I’d add Hot Tomato’s --even if it isn’t as popular as it once was–and Cafe Adulis (Ethiopian–very good!)</p>
<p>Thank you very much for all your suggestions! I’ll be sure to try out your recommendations!</p>
<p>I would never waste a few hours standing in line for Frank Pepes again. It was OK but no better than dozens of others I have had without the wait.</p>
<p>Seconding Zinc and Roomba. Always wanted to try Cafe Adulis.</p>
<p>I had a great meal at Zinc a couple of years ago. High end nouvelle Americaine.</p>
<p>Pepe’s is the greatest pizza anywhere. We go out of our way and waste hours to eat it any chance we get. I don’t know why none of the hundreds of other pizza places I’ve tried comes close, but they don’t. If barrons knows of dozens of others as good, please share. In Philadelphia – which does not suffer for lack of good Italian food generally – I would settle for one place 50% as good. And, yes, Libby’s next door has great Italian pastries.</p>
<p>We have a longstanding emotional attachment to Claire’s Cornercopia, a vegetarian restaurant just across Chapel from the Old Campus. My wife was employee #1 when Claire bought Karmel Korner, which was essentially a head shop, and started baking muffins to sell there, and she still gets acknowledged in the cookbooks. The food is pretty good, too, but not elegant at all. We go there whenever Pepe’s is closed. (But I can’t imagine that it’s the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the country, since I’m pretty sure Moosewood in Ithaca was open before 1975. Heck, there are certainly decades-old kosher dairy restaurants on the Lower East Side in New York that could qualify as vegetarian.)</p>
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<p>Claire is puffing a bit if she claims to be the oldest continuously operating vegetarian restaurant. She didn’t open until late 1975, and it was several years before she sold anything other than baked goods there.</p>
<p>Last I heard, Roomba had closed. For a premier dining experience in New Haven, I would recommend The Union League Cafe or Ibiza.</p>
<p>JHS, amen to your comments about Pepe’s and, sadly, Philadelphia pizza. It would also be nice if we could get a really good bagel around here. But I digress.</p>
<p>D has told us very good things about Claire’s. We’ve also enjoyed Hot Tomato and Zinc, but Pepe’s is always our first choice.</p>
<p>We have at least half a dozen in Seattle starting with Via Tribulani.</p>
<p>Ahimsa is a new vegetarian restaurant - very nice and a little more upscale than Claire’s.</p>
<p>If you like Thai - Bangkok Gardens is great. </p>
<p>I liked Hot Tomato - had a great table upstairs, but the portions were a little small. </p>
<p>Loved Cafe Adulis. It was such a great experience.</p>
<p>Roomba is indeed closed, but the owners created a new restaurant called Bespoke @ 266 College St, across from the Schubert Theater–delicious, upscale, pricey. </p>
<p>Kudeta @ 27 Temple St. has awesome Asian, fusion, and sushi</p>
<p>I still have memories of Claires from when I worked at Yale in the early 80s.<br>
Also burgers at Louies…and pizza from Sallys. None are upscale at all. I was broke back then :)</p>
<p>Our daughter took us to Thai Taste. It was really good and I’m not a huge fan of Thai food. It has the reviews to recommend it. Reasonable and plentiful and good for a large crowd.</p>
<p>My vegetarian daughter loves Claires, she has a nice variety of food, bustling on the weekends, but it moves quickly. (great desserts too!) On Chapel St along with Claires there are many small restaurants, where you can get hamburgers, sandwiches, etc. There are also more upscale restaurants. If you are touring, you can see what might appeal to you…a lot have menus in the window.</p>