Danbury

Danbury is a great place to decide how you want to leave Connecticut.

Danbury Fair Mall is worth visiting

Really good variety of eating places: Pizza Hut, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, 3 Diners “Windmill”, “3 Brothers”, “Holiday” diner… Great hot dogs go to JK’s, great ice cream go to Double Twister, or Friendlys. Want great hamburgers try Sycamore (which is in Bethel, but right around the corner from Danbury)... Chili to die for… Sycamore and at the Sycamore you can get old fashion service right at your car during the summer months. I would skip on going to the movies, at 9 dollars a pop, just the ticket – that’s too expensive for my tastes…

We have the mall of course, great diners, great restaurants including many brazillian delights from our 1/4 population of latin/brazil and hispanic communities…

Places to Shop, While The Mall Is A Wonderful Place To visit, it is very beautiful – it is also expensive…. so dedepeneding what you are looking for, we probably have a department store or speciality store that is much more reasonalable in price & much better service: a few I can think of off the top of my head:

Target, Walmart, Kmart, paperback book exchange, Bobs Stores, Dress Barn, Linens & Things, The Christmas Tree Shop, Toys R Us, The Bagel Man.

IF you like duckpin bowling we have that in Danbury, but if you want regular bowling you have to drive north on 7 about 3 miles til you reach Brookfield and there is a full-service bowling alley, with snack bar, and real bar, video games and more.

Kids like roller skating or roller blading, we got a place just for you… Fun Stop – on Mill Plain Road, full service skating rink, with snack bar, and video games.

mid-to-expensive dining would include Jim Barberies, Stake House, and more… I will update this list, as I track down the names & addresses of the restaurant that are at least worth a look.

My opinion of Danbury is colored by the rigors of business travel. I got to enjoy the fall color on the drive up from NYC, and the view from my office window was really, really nice. Lots of rolling, wooded hills.

However, I didn’t get to see much of the city proper. I’ll spend more time getting around town this next week.

Travelling here on business next week.

Judging from the entries here, it appears that I should visit the mall. Anything else to do here, locals?

Hmmm. Perhaps I’ll drive to NYC while killing time here in the evenings.

Still my favorite place in CT (probably…)

I came to Danbury 3 years back on a transfer from GE India. Ever since this has been like my second home. This is a pretty scenic New England town which has the right balance of country life and a small town. Nice residential places, schools, parks, golf courses combined with a beautiful mall.

Lots of changes I have seen here in my personal life and the city.Opening of a Walmart, Target and a BestBuy (WIP) in the city in last 2-3 years, myself getting married 2 years back and so much more. This city is close to NYC (45min drive) and Boston(2.5 hr drive) and is relative quieter but then the bustling city life is not too far.

gotta love my hometown…