Just a decade ago, Fairfield’s restaurants were eating Westport’s lunch.
Our neighbor to the east still has a great, diverse dining scene.
But diners far and wide are eating ours up, too.
In fact, there are way too many Westport restaurants to cram into one week.
So the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce’s annual Restaurant Week will be two.
Zucca Gastrobar is last alphabetically. But it’s first on many diners’ lists.
It begins tomorrow (Sunday, September 28), and runs through Sunday, October 12. (So, to be technical, it actually spans 2 months)..
The 2025 event features nearly 20 venues, offering a variety of prix fixe meals to suit any interest and pocketbook. They range from one end of Westport, and Saugatuck, all the way to an honorary spot in Southport.
Take that, Fairfield! This is the scene at The Blondinit.
Some restaurants offer just lunch, others just dinner. Most serve both.
Restaurant Week returns! In fact, it’s “Restaurant 2 Weeks.”
The popular Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event begins tomorrow (Sunday, September 25). It runs through October 9. Part of an “Eat Local” campaign, it follows the successful Slice of Saugatuck Festival.
This year, 21 restaurants all over town offer prix fixe meals, in a wide range of cuisines and prices. Each eatery sets their own prices and hours.
Here are the participating restaurants. “L” means lunch; “D” is for dinner; “B” for brunch. Click a link where applicable for menus (some are pending — click here for the most up-to-date information).
The hour-long CNN “Champions for Change” special — hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and featuring Westport’s own Police Chief Foti Koskinas — airs tomorrow (Saturday, September 24, 8 p.m.).
“06880” previously gave an incorrect date of Sunday. Tune in tomorrow! (Hat tip: Alisyn Camerota)
Screenshot from CNN: Alisyn Camerota and Chief Foti Koskinas.
A GoFundMe page has been set up, to help with the education of the children of Mark Blake, the popular and long-serving Westport and Weston Emergency Medical Service supervisor and volunteer, who died Tuesday of complications from COVID. Click here to donate.
As the school year begins, Organic Krush reminds teachers that they get a 10% discount — year round. Founder Michelle Walrath — a former teacher — is proud to honor educators “invaluable service.”
She also adds a plug for their new spiced pumpkin smoothie and pumpkin donuts. “Off the charts!” she says.
“The Wonderful World of Mushrooms” comes to Wakeman Town Farm on October 24 (7 p.m.).
The free lecture is a deep dive, with experts from Essential Earth Farm.
WTF says: “During a billion years of evolution, fungi have become masters of survival. They are primary decomposers that keep our forests alive. They play an integral role in decomposition.”
Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between fungi, soil, and environmental and human health. Click here to register.
Robin Frank writes: “In anticipation of Halloween, let’s remember the dead by investigating art’s historic role in celebrating and memorializing loss.
“Join me for a free lecture called “Hauntings: Death and Desire in American Art” (October 6, 7 p.m., at Museum for History & Culture). Artists of all generations have made the absent present through haunting imagery, ranging from the seductive to the spectral, from portraits to seemingly haunted domestic spaces immortalizing intimate and moving stories.”
Click here for more information, and registration.
Sorelle Gallery’s next exhibition — “Cosmic Botany” — features artist Roger Mudre.
His work is inspired by patterns of nature, and the circle as the perfect form. Titling each painting after plants, he draws upon “microscopic worlds, cellular growth, auras, the cosmos, and places unseen, only imagined.”
The exhibit runs October 1 through 23. An opening reception and artist meet-and-greet is set for October 1 (4:30 to 6:30 p.m.). Click here for more information.
Today marks the middle of Restaurant Week. Rowene Weems had “a lovely dinner outside on a beautiful night at Harvest. The atmosphere was magical, with lights and a full moon. There is also something cool about being next to the train station.”
For more on the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce event, click here.
There’s always something new on Westport’s dining plate.
Even during the pandemic, new restaurants opened all around town. Long time eateries adapted, tweaking menus, offering takeout, and rising to challenging times.
Now’s your chance to sample them all — old and new.
The Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce’s “Restaurant Week” starts today (Sunday, October 17).
Actually, that’s a misnomer. The event is 2 weeks — it runs all the way through October 31.
The Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event features 15 spots (one for each day of the promotion). They offer prix fixe meals, from one end to the other, with a variety of cuisines and price points.
Lunches begin at $20; dinners, $25. Brunch, from $25 up, is also offered at some locales.
California-Mediterranean fusion is on the menu at Capuli, in the former Westport Pizzeria Post Road East space.
This is a perfect chance to head to new spots. Then visit an older one you’ve always wanted to try.
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Screenshot from CNN: Alisyn Camerota and Chief Foti Koskinas.
Mark Blake
Ehud Barak, at Temple Israel. (Photo/JC Martin)
(Photo/Peter Gold)
A haunting image.
Art by Roger Mudre
(Photo/Ken Yormark)
