The Litchfield Hills splurge worth planning a trip around — a farm-to-table New American restaurant fed by its own dairy farm next door, and an OpenTable Top-100-in-the-US pick.
- —A celebrated farm-to-table restaurant in Bantam, in the heart of the Litchfield Hills, opened in 2013 and named to OpenTable’s Top 100 in the country.
- —Nearly everything ties back to the Arethusa Dairy Farm right next door — the milk, cream, butter, cheese, and ice cream all come from their own ~350 cows.
- —It’s the “one dinner you book ahead” of a Litchfield Hills weekend — refined, seasonal, and genuinely special.
What is it?
Arethusa al Tavolo sits beside the Arethusa Farm Dairy store on Bantam Road, and the connection is the whole point: the restored Arethusa Dairy Farm raises some 350 cows, and chef Dan Magill builds an innovative New American, farm-to-table menu around their milk, cream, yogurt, butter, and cheese. It’s polished without being stuffy — the kind of dinner that makes a Litchfield Hills weekend feel like an occasion.
Why go?
Because every Five-Star Math trip has one meal you actually plan the day around, and in the Litchfield Hills this is it. Save your splurge for here — and don’t leave without something made from the farm’s own dairy.
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- Where: 828 Bantam Road, Bantam, Connecticut.
- Reservations: book well ahead — check the official site.
- Cost: the weekend’s splurge dinner — worth it.
- Pair with: the Litchfield Hills foliage drive.
