ChowdaQuest, the quest for the fest, was a huge success this year and it placed some amazing restaurants into the 2014 ChowdaFest competition through your votes. Going down on SOUPer Bowl Sunday, 2/2, from 11 am to 3 pm, ChowdaFest VI promises to be even more awesomerest than last year! Tickets will be just $10 and benefits The Connecticut Food Bank! We’ll have more details to share with you shortly, but in addition to everything that makes Chowdafest great like sampling chowders and voting for your favorites, there are tons of new things that you’ll love! And, speaking of liquid goodness, check out the winning competitors for ChowdaFest 2014 to be held at Webster Bank Arena:
New England Clam Chowder:
Bernard’s (Ridgefield) – first year
Donovan’s (Norwalk) – defending champion
Go Fish (Mystic) – first year
Guvnor’s Brewery (Norwalk) – first year
Mansion Clam House (Westport) – 2 time champ
Old Post Tavern (Fairfield)
Rory’s (Darien)
Wood’n Tap (Orange and various locations) – first year
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Traditional Chowder (Manhattan/RI only):
Brennan’s (Norwalk) – first year
Close Harbour Seafood (Plantsville)
Crab Shell (Stamford)
Dunville’s (Westport)
High Tide Gourmet (Madison)
Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale (New Haven) – first year
Mansion Clam House (Westport)
Super Duper Weenie (Fairfield)
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Creative Chowder:
Brewhouse (Norwalk)
Ginger Man (Norwalk/Greenwich) – def. champion
Indigo by the Water (Milford)
Liquid Lunch (Shelton/Milford)
Parallel Post (Trumbull) – first year
Rowayton Seafood (Rowayton)
Southport Brewing Co. (4 locations) – 1x champ
The Spread (Norwalk) – first year
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Soup/Bisque:
Bistro 7 (Wilton) – first year
Crab Shell (Stamford) – 2x def. champion
Liquid Lunch (Shelton/Milford)
Parallel Post (Trumbull) – first year
Post 154 (Westport) – first year
Southport Brewing Co. (4 locations) – 1x champ
Tavern on Main (Westport)
Tikkaway (New Haven) – first year
Dan and Kristien Del Ferraro
OmNomCT 
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