Cappies 2023: Dining

By Insider Staff - Jul 20, 2023 | 0 comments

Smokeshow Barbeque manager Andrew Moran gets ready to cut up some ribs at their present location on Ft. Eddy Road in Concord. The eatery will be moving to South Main Street in January. GEOFF FORESTER

Work on the Angelina’s Italian Restaurant continues and the hope it will be open the first week of August. GEOFF FORESTER

The breakfast buffet at the Red Blazer is so long it doesn't even fit into one shot! THE FOOD SNOB / Insider staff

Al fresco fine dining at Revival in Downtown Concord. Kristina C Carlson

Jose Ramirez spray paints chairs in one of the two new patio areas on Tuesday, May 11, 2020 that El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant will be offering on May 18th as outdoor seating will be available. GEOFF FORESTER

Red Blazer

The Sedona Skillet from Tucker's in 2018

Owner John Constant of Constantly Pizza serves slices during the Pizza Pie Showdown at the Holiday Inn in downtown Concord on Pi Day, Mar. 14, 2018. Proceeds from the event, hosted by the Concord Monitor and Insider, went to support the Friendly Kitchen. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz

Asian Food

1: Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar

2: Moritomo

3: TeaGarden

4: Szechuan Gardens

5: Siam Orchid

Barbecue

1: Smokeshow Barbeque

2: Washington Street Cafe

3: Smoke Shack, Boscawen

4: Georgia’s Northside

5: Beefside

Breakfast Fare

1: Tuckers

2: Hanna’s 1950’s Diner

3: Red Arrow

4: Post

5: Windmill

Buffet

1: Red Blazer

2: Alan’s

3: Tilt’N Diner

4: Kellerhaus

5: Cannoli Shop

Dinner

1: Revival Kitchen & Bar

2: Red Blazer

3: El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant

4: Puritan Backroom

5: T-Bones

Family Friendly

1: Kimball’s Cav’ern

2: T-Bones

3: Alan’s

3: Cheers

5: Red Arrow Diner

Fine Dining

1: Angelina’s

2: O Steak & Seafood – Concord

3: Red Blazer

4: Revival Kitchen & Bar

5: Copper Door

Italian

1: Angelina’s

2: Fratellos

3: CC Tomatoes

4: Villagios

5: Olive Garden

Lunch fare

1: Washington Street Café & Catering

2: In A Pinch Cafe & Bakery

3: Beefside

4: Red Blazer

4: Smokeshow Barbeque

Mexican Restaurant

1: El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant

2: Hermanos

3: Casamigos

4: La Caretta

5: Margaritas

Outdoor Dining

1: El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant

2: Cheers

3: Margarita’s

4: Barley House

4: Tandy’s

Romantic

1: Angelina’s

2: Bedford Village Inn

3: Red Blazer

4: Revival Kitchen & Bar

5: Centennial Inn

Seafood

1: Makris Lobster & Steak House

2: Johnson’s Steak & Seafood

3: Weathervane

4: Dipsey Doodle Dairy Bar

5: Beefside

5: Newicks

Steakhouse

1: Tuckaway Tavern

2: Longhorn

3: O’s Concord

4: Chop House

5: Texas Roadhouse, Manchester

Take-Out

1: Constantly Pizza

2: Washington Street Café

3: Tilton House of Pizza

4: Beefside

5: Red Blazer

Vegetarian Fare

1: Washington Street Café & Catering

2: Co-Op

2: The Kitchen Warner

4: Col’s Kitchen

5: Live Juice