Ace Endico Restaurant Spotlight: Local Top Places to Dine Outside

Welcome to the latest edition of the Ace Endico Restaurant Spotlight, where we feature a new list of local restaurants each month to showcase some of the great eateries Connecticut has to offer. This month, we're celebrating that April showers don't just bring May flowers — they also bring excellent weather for dining outside.

Here's a look at the top restaurants with outdoor dining in the greater Danbury area:

Cafe on the Green Restaurant

This Italian restaurant offers a lunch, dinner, and pub menu just minutes from I-84's exit 2. They offer chicken cacciatore, filet mignon with a Gorgonzola brandy sauce, eggplant parmesan, lobster ravioli and so much more.

Dolce R estaurant & Wine Bar

This modern Italian kitchen offers lunch, dinner, ladies night and happy hour menus. Ladies' night is every Thursday from 6-10 p.m., while happy hour is 3-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Farmhouse Restaurant

Newtown's top farm-to-table restaurant, Farmhouse Restaurant offers a kid's menu, daily specials and family platters on top of a brunch and dinner menu.

Red Rooster Pub

This family-friendly restaurant offers standard pub options and American comfort food, including specialty thin-crust pizza.

Tequila Escape Kitchen + Bar

Tequila Escape specializes in Latin American fusion dining "prepared to order from sustainable, organic, wild-caught, and grass-fed and local sources," according to their website.