The menus and specials are constantly changing to reflect the seasons using local farms to provide ingredients whenever possible. Specialties of the House are prepared at table-side and include Caesar Salad for Two, Filet Mignon au Poivre, and Roast Half Duck Flambe. Fresh fish, pasta, and poultry round out the menu. We offer at least one Vegetarian or Vegan dish every day, and with proper notification, we can accommodate your need for vegan, gluten-free, or heart-healthy dishes for you and your guests. All of the menu items are available for takeout, just call ahead to have your order ready when you arrive, and make sure to ask about our Daily Specials.

During 2023, the Fife ’n Drum is celebrating our 50th Anniversary!

After all these years, we’re still kind of “old-school”….  Our legendary Specialties of the House are still all prepared at table-side - including our famous Caesar Salad for Two, Filet Mignon au Poivre, and Roast Half Duck Flambe.  Fresh fish, pasta, and poultry still round out the menu. And while Friday is still Prime Rib Night, we also offer at least one Vegetarian or Vegan dish every day; and we can accommodate your need for vegan, gluten-free, or heart-healthy dishes for you and your guests. All of the menu items are available for takeout, just call ahead to have your order ready when you arrive, and make sure to ask about our Daily Specials.

The David Armstrong Room offers a dining experience that is casual by day and dramatic by night. With its high ceilings, large fireplace, brick, and wood-paneled decor, this room is used for lunch and dinner each day. During the cooler months, the table next to the fireplace is the most sought-after seat. On the walls are the prints of the late local artist, David Armstrong. These marvelous prints are a tribute to Kent: several are favorite local spots of the artist in and around town: “Numeral Rock” and “Preservation” while the portraits are of people whom the artist grew up with, “The Old Man,” his father Bill Armstrong, a legendary master at Kent School, “Eric Sloane” weatherman, fellow artist and collector of Americana, and Bart Segar, who for many decades was known as our “Town Character”.

Our northernmost dining room, The Sloane Room, is the more formal of our rooms, and is decorated with signed landscapes and Artists’ Proofs by the late New England artist, Eric Sloane. The beamed low ceiling dining room, a construction style typical of the early 1900s, is now used mostly for private parties, meetings, and holiday dinners. In addition, small weddings, private parties, bridal and baby showers, conferences, private luncheons, and dinners are usually accommodated in this room.

The south facing Glass Room was built in 2003 to celebrate our 30th anniversary.  With its high ceiling and large glass windows, this dining room is a wonderful addition for lunch, dinner, or small private parties. The fireplace in the winter makes it cozy and warm.

Do you like wine?  The Fife ’n Drum has won Wine Spectator’s BEST of EXCELLENCE AWARD every year since 1991, and in 2023 was one of only 2 winners in all of Litchfield County.

Music is also on our menu Friday thru Sunday evenings. Utilizing a talented roster of regional musicians from songwriter George Potts to singer Wanda Houston, to pianists David Grausman & Larry Ham (to name but a few) and sometimes spontaneous performances by Broadway performers, the Fife follows the musical tradition established by Dolph Traymon over 50 years ago.

We look forward to serving you - for the first time or the 50th!