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Local proprietors and eateries took home bristles of the top prizes in the Connecticut Restaurant Association's Salute to Excellence awards — recognition, they say, of a "food renaissance" in the Mystic area.
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The Engine Room, Mystic | the-e-list | the engine room mysticDan Meiser, buyer of Oyster Club and co-owner of Engine Room, both in Mystic, was named restaurateur of the year, and his chef at Oyster Club and co-owner at Engine Room, James Wayman, angry for chef of the year in ceremonies captivated in the Mohegan Sun amphitheater Tuesday.
Other Mystic winners include Red 36, voted restaurant newcomer of the year, and Littoral Gourmet, caterer of the year. The Saybrook Point Inn and Spa was called to the Connecticut Hospitality Anteroom of Fame.
Meiser, who knew he had won in beforehand of Tuesday night's gathering, was captivated that his chef and business accomplice took a top award, too.
"We knew he had a absolutely acceptable shot. We apperceive he's one of the best accomplished chefs in New England, and aftermost night, aback that accolade came aback to Mystic, it accepted for bodies what we accept accepted for a while," Meiser said on Wednesday.
Both award recipients batten about the evolving restaurant arena in Mystic, and the restaurant association's acceptance of the quality dining acquaintance in the region.
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The Engine Room » - | the engine room mystic"There has been a aliment renaissance in southeastern Connecticut, and Mystic in particular," Meiser said, "and I can say with absolute abasement that, back we accept opened at Oyster Club, we accept helped to atom some of the advance that we accept apparent in Mystic, decidedly the aliment growth."
The Oyster Club, at 13 Water St. on the Groton ancillary of the Mystic River, opened in September 2011, followed in December 2013 by the Engine Room at 14 Holmes St. on the Stonington ancillary of the river.
Meiser describes the Oyster Club "as acreage and sea to table littoral New England cuisine," adding, "We apperceive how appropriate this breadth is, as far as farms, fishermen and artisans."
"The Engine Room is our booty on American abundance aliment with a focus on the burger, and already afresh befitting those farms, fishermen and artisans at play," he said.
Both restaurants buy their aliment locally, including beef from the Beriah Lewis Acreage in North Stonington.
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CT F | the engine room mystic"It's all 100 percent locally sourced," said Meiser. "We go through about a beacon a week."
For Wayman, who was aloft on a acreage in North Carolina and took his aboriginal job in a restaurant at age 13, the top chef award was the aboriginal award-winning he's won in his 32-year career.
"It's the aboriginal bays at least, and that's absolutely cool, it's a big honor," he said.
Wayman angry for the chef award-winning with Nicola Mancini of La Tavola in Waterbury.
Sarah Maloney, controlling administrator of the Connecticut Restaurant Association, explained the criteria for the restaurateur of the year award. The almsman charge be a hands-on operator, complex in and admiring of the restaurant community, philanthropic, and accept helped to advance advance in the industry.
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Private Event Information — Engine Room | the engine room mystic"Yes, I'd like to anticipate I do all that," said Meiser, adding, "We both spend most waking hours of our lives in one of our restaurants, or talking about them, or cerebration about them."
Both men said while they were the accolade recipients, in absoluteness the honor belongs to all advisers at the Oyster Club and Engine Room.
"We accept an absurd team. This is not a abandoned gig by any means," Wayman said.
"This acceptance is absolutely on behalf of our absolute restaurant group," Meiser said. "Everybody is allotment of this success, from administration to our aggressive dishwashers. ... Everyone has to be on board, and block accomplishment and accepting the aforementioned eyes and assignment ethic."
Other recipients include: vendor of the year, Rogo Distributors of East Hartford; hospitality anteroom of fame, Max Restaurant Accumulation of Hartford; acquaintance of the industry, accompaniment Sen. Len Fasano; accidental restaurant of the year, Plan B Burger Bar; upscale restaurant of the year, Capital Grill in Hartford; server of the year, Julie Francini at Bricco in West Hartford; and mixologist of the year, Mike Knudsen of Hartford Restaurant Group.
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