Final nominees and honorees for Connecticut Restaurant Association ‘s annual Crazies awards have been announced and now it’s all up to the public to vote to choose the winners.

The annual Crazies award winners, ‘the best of the best in the restaurant and hospitality business ‘ according to the CRA, will be announced Dec. 8 at a gala at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

The panel of industry experts that worked for months to come up with the finalist list have chosen as 2025 honorees: Spartan Restaurant & Bar in Waterbury and Willimantic Brewing Company , Willimantic, to join the Hospitality Hall of Fame.

Courtesy Mike Urban Willimantic Brewing Company was founded in in 1997 by David Wollner, one of the first brew pubs in the state of Connecticut.

They also chose Esaul Rodriguez of Pue

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