Best of Danbury: Great Things to Do In and Around Danbury
Bookstore/Café
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
Movie Theatres
Museums
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
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