Best of Danbury: Great Things to Do In and Around Danbury

opens IMAGE file Bookstore/Café

Barnes & Noble, Danbury Square, Danbury
Byrd’s Books, Bethel (above Molten Java Café)
Rainy Day Paperback, Bethel
The Relay Bookhouse LLC, Bethel

Coffee Houses and Diners

3 Brothers Diner, White Street, Danbury
Community Coffeehouse, Madison Avenue, Danbury (Christian musicians featured once a month on Saturday night)
Mill Plain Diner, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
Molten Java Café, Greenwood Avenue, Bethel (live music on Wednesday nights – “Jazz Jam”; seasonal outdoor seating, wifi)
Mothership on Main , Main Street, Danbury
Rumors European Café, Mill Plain Road, Danbury

Ice Cream

Cold Stone Creamery, near the mall, Backus Avenue, Danbury
Dr. Mike’s Ice Cream Shop, Greenwood Avenue, Bethel
Dubl-Twister (across from White Hall), White Street, Danbury
Il Bacio’s, Germantown Road, Danbury

Movie Theatres

AMC Loews Movie Theatre opens IMAGE file , International Drive, Danbury (off Federal Road)
Bank Street Theater, New Milford (bankstreettheater.com, $5 Tuesdays)
Edmond Town Hall, Main Street, Newtown
The Palace Danbury, Main Street, Danbury
Ridgefield Play House, Ridgefield

Museums

Charles Ives House, Mountainville Road, Danbury
Danbury Museum & Historical Society
Danbury Railway Museum, White Street, Danbury
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield
Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield

Music/Theatre

Danbury CityCenter Concerts on the Green, Ives Street, Danbury
opens IMAGE file Danbury Concert Association Series, Ives Concert Hall, White Hall, Midtown campus (four weekend classical music concerts)
Heirloom Arts Theatre, Danbury (heirloomarts.org)
Ives Concert Park, Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury
Musicals at Richter, Aunt Hack Road, Danbury
Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield (ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
WCSU Theatre Arts Department, Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury

Parks

Bear Mountain Reservation, Bear Mountain Road, Danbury
Danbury Town Park, Hayestown Road, Danbury
Farrington Woods, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
Hatters Community Park, East Hayestown Road, Danbury
Huntington State Park, Sunset Hill Road, Bethel
Kenosia Park, Christopher Columbus Avenue, Danbury
Kent Falls State Park, Kent (north of New Milford)
Meckauer Park opens IMAGE file , Shelter Rock Road, Bethel
Putnam Memorial State Park, Black Rock Turnpike, Redding
Richter Park, Aunt Hack Road, Danbury
Rogers Park, Memorial Drive, Danbury
Squantz Pond State Park, Shortwoods Road, New Fairfield
Still River Greenway,opens PDF file Brookfield
Tarrywile Park & Mansion, Southern Boulevard, Danbury

Recreational

Strikers of Brookfield Bowling Alley, Brookfield (just north of the 4 corners)
Danbury Duck Pin Bowling, East Hayestown Road. Danbury
Danbury Ice Arena, Danbury
Danbury Sports Dome, Shelter Rock Road, Danbury
New Milford Lanes, New Milford
Escape 101, Kenosia Avenue, Danbury
opens IMAGE file Golf at Richter Park, Aunt Hack Road, Danbury
Golf Performance Center, Ridgefield (mini golf & driving range)
Golf Quest, Brookfield (mini-golf and indoor driving range)
Liberty Paintball, Patterson, NY
Monster Mini Golf, Danbury
Skiing in Southington, Mohawk, Woodbury, CT or Patterson, NY
Thunder Ridge Ski Area, Patterson, NY
WCSU Westside Nature Preserve (start by the softball field and follow signs)

Restaurants (Local)

Bambu (Asian), Lake Avenue, Danbury
Black Angus Grill (American), Eagle Road, Danbury
Della Francesca, Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury
Edo II (Japanese, Korean), Padanaram Road, Danburyopens IMAGE file
Elmer’s Diner (American), Padanaram Road, Danbury
El Ranchero (Mexican), White Street, Danbury
Favi (Brazilian), Balmforth, Danbury
Galapagos (Ecuadorian), Ives Street, Danbury
Good Taste (Chinese), Main Street, Danbury
Goulash Place (International), Highland Avenue, Danbury
Hanna’s Middle Eastern Restaurant (Middle Eastern), Lake Ave, Danbury
Holiday Diner (American), White Street, Danbury
Ichiro (Japanese), Newtown Road, Danbury
JK’s Texas Hot Weiners (American), South Street, Danbury
La Mitad Del Mundo (Ecuadorian), Main Street, Danbury
Mariposa Taqueria, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
Minas Carne (Brazilian), Osborne Street, Danbury
East Meets West (Pizza & Hibachi), Main Street, Danbury
Pancho’s Tacos (Mexican), White Street, Danbury
Panda House, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
Pho Vietnam Restaurant (Vietnamese), Padanaram Road, Danbury
Pippa’s Sports Café (Pub Food), South Street, Danbury
Planeta Brazil, Newtown Road, Danbury
Po-Yo (Rotisserie chicken), Main Street, Danbury
Rosy Tomorrow’s, Old Mill Plain Road, Danbury
Salsa Fresca (Mexican), Federal Road, Danbury
Sesame Seed Restaurant (Middle Eastern), West Wooster Street, Danbury
SoHo (Pizza), (across from White Hall), White Street, Danbury
Sonic (American), White Street, Danbury
Square One, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
Stanziato’s Wood Fired Pizza, Lake Ave Extension, Danbury
Sycamore Drive-in (Drive-in American), Greenwood Avenue, Bethel
TK’s American Café (Sports Bar), White Street, Danbury
Two Steps Downtown Grille (Southwest), Ives Street, Danbury
Vivianne Middle East Food (Middle Eastern), Tamarack Avenue, Danbury

Other

Danbury Fair Mall, Danbury
Danbury Public Library, Danbury
Elephant Trunk Flea Market, Route 7, New Milford (Sundays only, weather permitting)
New York City – HART bus to Brewster, N.Y. (to catch the Metro North train to Grand Central station in NYC), call 203-748-2034 for locations
Stew Leonard’s Dairy Store, Federal Road, Danbury