The Recovery Room

445 Ocean Ave., New London

I know when I go back to a place time and time again and eat the same thing over and over again, I have found a winner. The Chopped Pasta Salad at the Recovery Room has stolen my heart and my tastebuds. The huge blue bowl is chock full of mixed greens, gorgonzola, juicy tomatoes (salmonella free), fresh bacon bits, chicken, bite-sized pasta, mushrooms and red onions. I can't reproduce it at home, no matter how hard I try. (The restaurant did share the recipe with The Day earlier this year; see it at theday.com.) It's a great big delicious bang for eight bucks.

- NICOLE WARFIELD

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