REstaurants By the Convention center

I will be attending a convention in Hartford in early August.

We will be on our own for lunch several days.

Anybody know of any places really close that would be good for lunch?

REstaurants By the Convention center

1. Vivo, Italian Restaurant in the Mariott Hotel next to the Convention Center. Great food

2. Polish National Home 60 Charter Oak Ave. kiebasa, pierogies, stuffed cabbage, turkey and sandwiches

3 Museum Cafe of the Wadsworth Athenuem (art museum) www.wadsworthatheneum.org/visit/cafe.php museum entrance is on Main St but Cafe entrance is on Atheneum Sq.

4. Arch Street Tavern 85 Arch St. http://www.archstreettavern.com/

REstaurants By the Convention center

Brookerme

Thanks for the list of restaurants. That%26#39;s quite the variety! I%26#39;ll have to make sure AI try some of them out.

I dont have much experience with hotel restaurants but as a local who has ventured down to Vivo at the Marriott (next to the convention center) I have to say that its great. Its a little expensive but the food and the staff are excellent. The restaurant is not your typical hotel restaurant, it was designed exclusivly by the Waterford Restaurant Group which is part of the Waterford Group of Waterford, CT which is one of the city%26#39;s largest downtown developers.

http://www.vivohartford.com/

Hot Tomato%26#39;s at Union Place has it all. This northern Italian restaurant features its own unique pasta dishes, fish, steaks and has its own world famous garlic bread. You can have anything from a New York Strip Steak to a Grilled Atlantic Salmon to Chicken Pesto to a Chicken Salad Croissant. The restaurant features its own outdoor eating area where you can eat and look over Bushnell Park. The restaurant is a great place and is busy with the dinner crowd and keeps hopping late as night as people stroll into the bar.

www.hottomatos.net/web/HT_hartford_lunch.html

Joe Black%26#39;s at 31 Pratt Street (near Pratt %26amp; Main) is one of best new restaurants in the city. Joe Black%26#39;s is the largest Irish pub in New England and opened up in the former Society for Savings Bank which dates back to 1893. There are tons of differant bars and eating areas in the wonderfully restored building. Theres the modern bar, the cottage pub, the victorian and mid-victorian dining rooms and the society room. Besides atmosphere and great nightlife scene theres also great food!!

http://www.joeblacksbar.com/

City Steam Brewery Cafe at 942 Main Street (on the first floor of the Residence Inn) has been a Hartford landmark for years. The restaurant in located in the historic Richardson Building and is an awesome 7 level restaurant. The restaurant is its own brew house and also has its own unique menu. The restuarant is also home to the Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club, an upscale pool room and an outdoor beer garden.

http://www.citysteambrewerycafe.com/

Spris Hartford at 10 Constitution Plaza is a very short walk from the convention center and features fine northern Italian cusine from the ';veneto'; region of Italy. This very hip restaurants features outdoor seating on the plaza and a huge indoor dining room, and an enourmous selection of wines and liquors. Spris is one of two Spris restaurants with the other one being in Miami Beach.

http://www.spris.cc/ct_index.html

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