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 - Pour Me, Main Street, Danbury
- Rumors European Café, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
Ice Cream
- Cold Stone Creamery, near the mall, Backus Avenue, Danbury
- Cream and Sugar Café, PT Barnum Square, Bethel
- 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)
- Bethel Cinema, Greenwood Avenue, Bethel (foreign films, independent studio films, special offers)
- Edmond Town Hall, Main Street, Newtown
- Empire Cinema, Route NY-22, Brewster, NY
- Palace Theatre, 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)- Ives Concert Park, Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury
- Musicals at Richter, Aunt Hack Road, Danbury
- Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield (ridgefieldplayhouse.org)
- Heirloom Arts Theatre, Danbury (heirloomarts.org)
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
- Roger’s Park, Memorial Drive, Danbury
- Squantz Pond State Park, Shortwoods Road, New Fairfield
- Tarrywile Park & Mansion, Southern Boulevard, Danbury
Recreational
- Brookfield Lanes 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
- Dolrbills
Bowling and Family Entertainment, 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
- SkyZone Trampoline Park, Francis J Clarke Circle, Bethel
- Thunder Ridge Ski Area, Patterson, NY
- WCSU Westside Nature Preserve (start by the softball field and follow signs)
- Woodbury Ski and Tubing Area, Woodbury, CT
Restaurants (Local)
- Amba Vilas Palace (Indian), 54 Pembroke, Danbury
- Bambu, Lake Avenue, Danbury
- Black Angus Grill (American), Eagle Road, Danbury
- Bangkok Restaurant
(Thai), Old Newtown Road, Danbury - Della Francesca, Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury
- Edo II (Japanese, Korean), Padanaram Road, Danbury
- El Ranchero (Mexican), White Street, Danbury
- El Bacano (Ecuadorian), Ives Street, Danbury
- Fresh (Juice Bar), 259 Main Street, Danbury
- Galapagos (Ecuadorian), Ives Street, Danbury
- Good Taste (Chinese), Main Street, Danbury
- Great Wall (Chinese), Germantown Road, Danbury
- Goulash Place (International), Highland Avenue, Danbury
- Hanna’s Middle Eastern Restaurant (Middle Eastern), Lake Ave, Danbury
- Ibiza Tapas, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
- Ichiro (Japanese), Newtown Road, Danbury
- JK’s Texas Hot Weiners (American), South Street, Danbury
- La Mitad Del Mundo (Ecuadorian), Main Street, Danbury
- Mezon, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
- Minas Carne (Brazilian), Osborne Street, Danbury
- Moon Star (Chinese), Hayestown Avenue, Danbury
- Outback Steakhouse (Steak & Seafood), Newtown Road, 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
- 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
- Square One, Mill Plain Road, Danbury
- Stanziato’s Wood Fired Pizza, Lake Ave Extension, Danbury
- Sycamore Drive-in (Drive-in American), Greenwood Avenue, Bethel
- Terra Brasilis Restaurant (Brazilian), Main Street, Danbury
- 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)
- 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