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

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, 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
• 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, 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, 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
• 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, Danbury
• 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