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Reviews
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Good News Earns Four Stars
Connecticut Magazine's highest rating
"Where Carole Peck is today, the culinary hotshots will be tomorrow. Organic, free-range, locally farmed, artisanal, natural-Peck's been insisting
on it for years. Getting there first is her game and
she's at the top of it right now....
"Lively, surprising, fun-with food so pure and fresh,
exciting and flat-out good that I am forced to reevaluate my definition of four-star. Does wildly delicious, rule-breaking cuisine in a free-spirited,
make-you-want-to-smile cafe qualify? I say: You bet!"
- Elise Maclay, Connecticut Magazine, March 2005
Best Restaurant Statewide
Connecticut Magazine
Readers' Choice Poll 2001
Best American Statewide
Connecticut Magazine
Readers' Choice Poll 2003, 2004 & 2005
Golden Spoon Award
1999 Restaurateur of the Year
"The happiest place in New England."
Jane & Michael Stern
Gourmet Magazine
"Carole Peck is the Alice Waters of the East Coast."
The New York Times
"This is adventurous eating without being scary or off-putting. While Peck places a premium on local produce-organic wherever possible-she also leans heavily toward the unusual or offering a twist on the obvious."
--Janet Reynolds, Preview Connecticut, September 2003
Preview Connecticut magazine on the web: www.previewct.com
"Carole Peck... constructs dishes in her head in the way some people put together the notes of a jazzy composition, making each meal a little symphony of fresh, bold tastes."
--Abigail Leab Martin, LCT Magazine, October 2003
"Exceptional take-out food."
Brooke Hayward
Travel & Leisure
"Chef Peck borrows flavors from cuisine all over the world and also partners with local farmers to keep her restaurant stocked with indigenous produce. Add skill, imagination and willingness to take risks, and what you get is an ever-evolving menu of dishes that are so exciting. They're practically educational."
Todd Lyon
Connecticut Life
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"Go Ahead and Order the Pasta..." - Published in the Dec. 2007 issue of "LCT," a monthly publication of the Litchfield County Times |
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"One Chef, One Restaurant Stand Apart..." - A review by Douglas P. Clement, editor of the Litchfield County Times & Passport Magazine |
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Preview Connecticut - "This is adventurous eating without being scary or off-putting. Peck leans heavily toward the unusual or the twist on the obvious." -- Janet Reynolds |
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LCT Magazine - "Carole Peck constructs dishes in her head in the way some people put together the notes of a jazzy composition, making each meal a little symphony of fresh, bold tastes." -- Abigail Leab Martin |
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American Style Magazine - Carole Peck's innovative, health-conscious food is showcased in a playful, multi-hued setting at the Good News Cafe, which her painter-husband oversees with loving attention.... Peck creates whimsical and imaginative culinary art that rivals the sculpture, paintings and decorative objects with which she and her husband have filled the cafe." -- Nancy Pappas |
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Connecticut Magazine Readers' Choice Poll - Year after year, Carole Peck's Good News Cafe has consistently placed among the state's elite in Connecticut Magazine's annual Readers' Choice Poll. Recent honors include the coveted selection as Best Restaurant Overall Statewide in 2001. Again in 2004, the magazine's readers named the Good News Cafe as the state's Best American Restaurant. |
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Connecticut Magazine reviews - Carole Peck is exploring the outer reaches of nutritionally correct food, coming up with dishes so scintillating they taste better than the rich heavy restaurant food of yore.... A visit is an eye-opening experience. Walls are hung with exciting contemporary art, table settings are playful, and the food is a bouquet of taste treats." -- Elise Maclay |
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Our Becky's Creations Gain Stamp of Approval - US Postal Service selects Good News pastry chef extraordinaire Becky Shea Vermilyea to create Christmas cookies photographed and featured in new Christmas stamp issue to be released for 2005 holiday season |
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Weekending in New England - "This is the hippest, most happening restaurant in town.... The two dining rooms...seem to be always busy, and sometimes people are craning their necks in search of celebrities." -- Betsy Witteman |
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Waterbury Republican-American - "For Carole Peck, executive chef and owner of the renowned Good News Cafe, it is food that helps to define a country's culture, just as much as its music, its dress and its language." -- Edna Wells |
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Connecticut Magazine Awards Good News 4-Star Rating - A review by restaurant critic Elise Maclay published in the March 2005 issue of CT Magazine |
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Good News' Fourth Annual Community Benefit - Once again this year, we came together on April 1, 2005, to "let our good fortune benefit others." |
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