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Candlewood Lake · Off the tourist map

Where the people who live here eat.

The bar that doesn't advertise. The Tuesday-night dinner you'd never find by Googling. The donut shop that sells out by ten.

Restaurants

2 stops
  • Brookfield
    IL CAPO
    Editor's pick

    A family-owned Italian restaurant in Candlewood Lake Plaza, serving coal-fired pizza and shareable Italian tapas.

    $$(203) 546-7011
  • Sherman
    American Pie Company
    Editor's pick

    A bakery and American restaurant operating since 1993 at the junction of Routes 37 and 39 near Squantz Pond, known locally for breakfast, chicken pot pie, and scratch-made baking.

    Mon 9am–3pm, Tue–Fri 9am–8pm, Sat–Sun 8am–8pm$$(860) 350-0662