- Brick + Wood, Fairfield: So many pumpkin choices make decisions difficult. Should you opt for the pumpkin soup? The pumpkin pizza with smoked Chix prosciutto sausage smoked mozzarella and truffle honey? Or go for the decadent pumpkin cannoli, pumpkin bread pudding, pumpkin arancini, or pumpkin French toast? Taste Fall: 1275 Post Rd., (203) 939-1400.
- Cask Republic, Norwalk: Spice up cold days with rosemary chicken and pumpkin soup made with ricotta salata and herb pesto. Taste Fall: 99 Washington St., (203) 354-0163.
- City Limits, Stamford: Gluten-free pumpkin muffins are on the menu at this popular diner as are sweets such as spiced pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake. Taste Fall: 135 Harvard Ave., (203) 348-7000.
- Crave 52, Fairfield: Say cheers to Autumn with a pumpkin martini made with Smirnoff vanilla, rumchata, and pumpkin puree with a cinnamon sugar rim. Taste Fall: 52 Sanford St., (203) 292-8080.
- Green + Tonic, Greenwich, Darien, Cos Cob, New Canaan, Westport: Looking for a healthy pumpkin boost? Vitamin -rich Pumpkin chia pudding is packed with fiber and lightly sweetened with maple syrup. Add granola, nuts or dried fruit for a perfect pick-me-up. Taste Fall: www.greenandtonic.com/.
- Johnny Utah's, Norwalk: Shake it up with a pumpkin spice super-shake: a vanilla milkshake blended with cinnamon and pumpkin pie rimmed with candy corn and topped with whipped cream and a homemade slice of pumpkin pie. Taste Fall: 80 Washington St., (203) 299-0711.
- Méli-Mélo, Greenwich: Talk about pumpkin heaven. At Méli-Mélo's restaurant you'll find wicked pumpkin and sweet potato soup; its catering department, on the other hand, can whip up a pumpkin muffin with pumpkin butter and salted caramel, offer crunchy pumpkin a la jardiniere with a mango ginger dressing, a skewer of grilled pumpkin and roasted chicken spicy Thai sauce and goat cheese with pumpkin cranberry crisp. Taste Fall: 362 Greenwich Ave., (203) 629-6153.
- Michele's Pies, Norwalk: With pumpkins plucked from Jones Family Farms in Shelton, you know the pumpkin pie at Michele's is not only fresh, but tasty. Also available: maple pumpkin with pecan streusel. Taste Fall: 666 Main Ave., (203) 354-7144.
- Sign of the Whale, Stamford: Warm up with pumpkin risotto served with pan-seared sea scallops and brown sugar beurre blanc. Taste Fall: 6 Harbor Point Rd., (203) 883-8282.
- Terrasole Ristorante, Ridgefield: Three pumpkin-laced specials are on the menu for Fall: Ravoili All’Uovo Con Zucca (handcrafted oversized ravioli stuffed with whipped ricotta, pumpkin puree and a cage free egg yolk in a brown butter sage sauce), Risotto Con Zucca Capesante E Speck (imported Carnaroli rice risotto simmered in a pumpkin puree topped with three Diver Sea Scallops wrapped in imported Alto Adige speck) and Stinco D’Agnello All’Amarone (braised Colorado grass fed lamb shank with a lamb glaze served over multi-color cauliflower cake with pumpkin mashed potatoes). Taste Fall: 3 Big Shop Ln., (203) 438-5352.
- Two Roads Brewing Company, Stratford: Get your pumpkin fix in the form of beer with Two Roads Brewing's Roadsmary Baby. The brewery also has a limited release of Roadsmary Other Baby, a director's cut of rum barrel-aged pumpkin ale, which will be released in bottles for the first time starting Friday, Oct 21. Taste Fall: 1700 Stratford Ave., (203) 335-2010.
- Tusk & Cup, Ridgefield and Wilton: Sip and savor all that Tusk & Cup is brewing. There's a pumpkin latte, pumpkin chai, a pumpkin Moo-Brew (a cold brew concentrate with milk and organic pumpkin syrup milk -- think a very strong iced latte), hot spiced pumpkin cider topped with whipped cream and caramel and, last but not least, pumpkin gelato made in house Taste Fall: 51 Ethan Allen Hwy, Ridgefield, (203) 544-0800; 142 Old Ridgefield Rd., Wilton, (203) 762-6231.
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