Wondering if some can help me out with soem sugggetions. I am driving up to Mass. with my 4 yr old son from NJ. Looking for two things to break up the trip for him.
1. a place to eat. I usually stop for wings at archie moores in new haven. Looking for somehting different and i know there a a bunch of good restarasunts and pizza iunt hat area, i jus dont know shich ones (outdoor dining preferred).
2. Any outdoor attraction along the way in CT or RI, even i nice park to just get out of the car.
Any advice is appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Modern (my favorite) is open for dine in, but has no outdoor seating.
If you want a nice place in RI, Roger Williams zoo/park in Providence is nice spot.
but not much for a 4 year old to do.
East Rock is decent and the drive up and view are cool, but it's been a while since I've been and I avoid it if possible. Just dumpy and sketchy. Like most of New Haven, it's not what it once was. Although that may have changed it's been a decade or more since I've been there.
Haha, same here.
Lol, yup - me too.
www.mysticseaport.org - ( New Window )
just my 2c - unless you go to the aquarium which is kind of cool.
Once through NH the Seaport is cool, and would probably interest a 4 year old
I hesitated to click on this thread because I thought the same and wasn't ready to read about a potential tragedy. Ufff, glad it wasn't that. Lol
I agree Mystic is suitable. Also right near Mystic (really part of the same town) is the old, historic part, Stonington village - on a peninsula going out into the Sound. I found Stonington very interesting and as I recall there is a park at the very end - the point - with space for a kid to run around and spectacular views of the water.
Lol me too
just my 2c - unless you go to the aquarium which is kind of cool.
Oh no you di-int
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is very boring too for an adult and especially a kid (IMO) - I say this as a man who as a kid who took our school field trips there.
just my 2c - unless you go to the aquarium which is kind of cool.
Oh no you di-int
lol, sorry, people love Mystic it seems.
I hated it and if I was in the mind of a 4 year old and had to pick Mystic or Roger Williams park/zoo it's not close.
but again, I'm not taking 95 from Jersey to Massachusetts so none of these spots are convenient for me.
If I'm taking 684 to 84 and depending on the time you want to eat - I'd stop in Newtown, CT at the Blue Colony Diner.
great diner with a traditional diner menu and they bake their own desserts - cannoli, black and white cookies, big chocolate chip cookies - my kids loved it when we had to pass though the area. and they have outdoor seating.
Or there is a Pepe's pizza in Danbury or Waterbury depending on your timing. but not sure about outdoor seating - satellite locations not as good as Wooster street, but still good - better than 99% of the pizza anywhere else.
lol, sorry, people love Mystic it seems.
I hated it and if I was in the mind of a 4 year old and had to pick Mystic or Roger Williams park/zoo it's not close.
but again, I'm not taking 95 from Jersey to Massachusetts so none of these spots are convenient for me.
If I'm taking 684 to 84 and depending on the time you want to eat - I'd stop in Newtown, CT at the Blue Colony Diner.
great diner with a traditional diner menu and they bake their own desserts - cannoli, black and white cookies, big chocolate chip cookies - my kids loved it when we had to pass though the area. and they have outdoor seating.
Or there is a Pepe's pizza in Danbury or Waterbury depending on your timing. but not sure about outdoor seating - satellite locations not as good as Wooster street, but still good - better than 99% of the pizza anywhere else.
I definitely like Mystic, and actually I live in Newtown. Ha I can understand not liking Mystic, I just really like the pubs/restaurants and the aquarium is cool. I do however have to disagree on the diner, that is definitely nothing special... lol. Although you are right the bakery stuff is cool and they have those cake mice which are actually pretty good. Ferris acres creamery is in Newtown and definitely worth a stop if you like ice cream... I don't eat a ton of sweets though. Beer is my weakness.
it's literally right off the highway and there is a gas station right next to it.
Plus, I'm a huge diner fan. And I have eaten at bad diners, maybe Blue Colony is nothing special, but it's reliable and as a parent traveling with kids if i happened to just venture in there I'd make note and make sure to go again (if it was convenient to my trip). Good food - everything from breakfast to sandwiches, to salads, and it has kid friendly foods and clean bathrooms.
I wouldn't make a special trip to go there, but as a convenient place to stop to eat, hard to beat it.