Connecticut Magazine publishes its Best Restaurants Issue for the upcoming year every December. To say they go deep is an understatement. Restaurant categories include Overall Excellence, Best New Restaurants, Most Romantic, Italian, French, and so on.

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In 2023, restaurants in the Greater Danbury area scored big in many categories. The results of Connecticut Magazine's 2023 Best Restaurant Awards were determined by readers and a panel of experts such as Frank Cohen,  Longtime restaurant critic and food & wine writer for the Hartford Courant, Hartford Magazine, and New Haven Living, owner of CTDish.com.

Other experts were Chef Plum: Multiple Food Network winner and award-winning chef, host of Restaurant Road Trip and Seasoned on Connecticut Public (@chef_plum on Instagram), and Stephanie Webster: Editor in chief and founder of CTBites.com (@ctbites on Instagram), to name a few.

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