Seafood is easy to come by at Connecticut restaurants.
Connecticut has long been a hot tourist destination. It offers plenty of access to beaches, outdoor activities and fine dining options, all without the traffic nightmares of many of its neighboring states. If you are planning to visit Connecticut, it has a wide range of beachfront restaurants that are worth a visit. Since it's an ocean-side state, you'll find plenty of fresh seafood at many of Connecticut's restaurants.
Beach House Restaurant
The Beach House Restaurant, located on the shore in Milford, Connecticut, offers a wide array of seafood options. It has a unique "Raw Bar Menu" that lists several raw seafood options, including raw jumbo shrimp, little neck clams and three types of oyster. Dinner entrees include lobster mac and cheese, local swordfish and crab-stuffed flounder. If you're not in the mood for seafood, Beach House also offers chicken and steaks. Don't be fooled by the fancy names; this place is affordable. As of August 2010, all of the dinner entrees were under $35.
Beach House Restaurant
141 Merwin Avenue
Milford, Connecticut 06460
203-877-9300
beachhousemilford.com
Positano's
Located in Westport, Connecticut on the beach overlooking Long Island Sound is Positano's, an Italian and seafood restaurant. The dinner menu features affordable antipasti, salads and dinner options. Entrees include pastas, chicken, lamb and several kinds of veal. The dessert menu features several flavors of ice cream, cheese cake, tiramisu and different types of fruit. Positano's has a wine list that features both Italian and American wines by the bottle or by the glass. As of August 2010, the most expensive item on the menu was the Angus shell steak at $31.95; most entrees were between $20 and $30.
Positano's
233 Hills Point
Westport, Connecticut 06880
203-454-4922
positanoswestport.com
Harbor Lights
Harbor Lights is a restaurant in Norwalk, Connecticut that is located within walking distance of several beaches. It specializes in American and Mediterranean seafood and was rated "very good" by the "New York Times," no small feat for an east coast restaurant. The dinner menu features raw food items such as poached lobster and east coast oysters, a pear and gorgonzola salad and three other salad choices; snow crab cakes, shrimp scampi and escargot casserole adorn the appetizer menu. As for seafood entrees, Harbor Lights serves salmon, swordfish and lobster, among other things. If seafood is not for you, the restaurant also features a New York strip steak, lamb rack and chicken scarpariello. It's the most expensive of all three restaurants; the priciest item on the dinner menu as of August 2010 was the lobster Santorini at $39, and the cheapest item was a green salad at $8.
Harbor Lights
82 Seaview Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut
203-866-3364
harborlightsrestaurant-ct.com
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