Outdoors in Norwich

Food & Drink

Caddy Shack Cafe

Nightlife

Harp & Dragon Pub

Pub grub, Irish fare & dozens of beers on tap, plus trivia, in a dark, stone-walled tavern setting.

Food & Drink

Bella Fiore Restaurante

Time-tested institution focusing on traditional Italian specialties in old-world surroundings.

Food & Drink

Black Dog Bar and Grille

Outdoors

Bluff Point State Park

Peninsula offers over 800 acres of hiking & biking, plus fishing & wildlife on Long Island Sound.

Norwichtown

Baker's Dozen of Norwich

Outdoors

Old Furnace State Park

Arts & Culture

Uncas' Leap at Yantic Falls

Outdoors

Estelle Cohn Memorial Dog Park

Mashantucket

Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center

Expansive museum of Native American history, with life-sized dioramas & a 16th-century village.

Outdoors

Pachaug State Forest

24,000-acre forest offers a range of hiking trails, campgrounds, fresh-water fishing & picnic space.

Food & Drink

La Stella

New York-style pies, pasta, gyros & grinders in a quaint dining room with TVs & chandeliers.

Poquonock Bridge

Haley Farm State Park

Protected open space offering hiking & biking paths & a historic series of hand-built stone walls.

Outdoors

Howard T. Brown Memorial Park

Outdoors

Rocky Neck State Park

Recreation area with bird-watching, fishing & camping as well as a beach suitable for swimming.

Norwichtown

Prime 82 Restaurant & Bar

Poquetanuck

Preston Community Park

Yantic

Brick & Basil Wood Fired Pizza Co.

Westside Norwich

Starbucks Coffee Company

Welcoming coffeehouse with handcrafted coffee, espresso & tea, plus breakfast, lunch & pastries.

Outdoors

Mashamoquet Brook State Park

Taftville

La Stella Pasta & Pastry

Norwichtown

36 Town Grill & Tap

Yantic

Illiano's Grill

Pizza & simple Italian fare in an informal space with a patio & on-site playground.

Uncasville

Hash House A Go Go

Hip chain serving creative, market-fresh American brunch & dinner fare, plus signature Bloody Marys.