Cool Hand Lunch
The Bite
Double-dog dare us to eat 50 eggs in an hour like Cool Hand Luke? Can't promise we'll look as hot as Paul Newman did, but if they're cooked up at his Westport restaurant Dressing Room, the bet is on. Open for lunch and dinner, this cozy, country-set CT gem - complete with fieldstone fireplace - serves up amazing apps, entrees, and desserts made with the best that local farms have to offer. The menu gives the scoop on nearby farms where the goods are sourced (and local food means fewer transport emissions). Try the Beef Kettle Pot Roast made with pasture-grazed beef and heirloom potatoes, and save room for the Poached Pear dessert...but give yourself more than an hour.
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Dressing Room, 27 Powers Court, Westport, CT (203-226-1114). Poached Pear dessert, $12.
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