Danbury's New City Center Café Now Open for Business

The City Center Café in Danbury is now open for business.

Get our free mobile app

Back in early July, an announcement was made that a new café was coming to downtown Danbury from Jerry Barton and his aunt Terry Waterhouse Scalzo. The pair have prepared the space for business and their doors officially open this morning on the corner of Main and West Street in the Hat City.

Lou Milano

The location was last a coffee house known as Barrister's that closed during the COVID-19 pandemic after a two year run. I remember this location fondly as the old City Center Danbury offices. Once a year, my morning show partner (Ethan Carey) and I would do our radio show live there to announce the summer events series coming to Danbury.

The City Center Café will serve coffee, breakfast, lunch and desserts. More specifically, grab-and-go sandwiches, salads and gluten-free baked goods but I'm most excited about the milkshakes.

This could become dangerous for my weight seeing as it is walking distance from my home. Hey, at least I'll be walking there so if I go and have three milkshakes and walk back home, I'm bound to burn off at least one of them.

When we spoke to Jerry Barton back in July, he had this to say about the new business:

"My vision is to grow CityCenter. With Kennedy Flats and Brookview 2 coming in, it's growing more and more. CityCenter needs to shine; the area can thrive. I live in Kennedy Flats and love the downtown area. It has a lot to offer, lots of different foods from different cultures but it is missing a few things I would like to see happen."

The City Center Café will be open from 6 AM - 6 PM Monday through Friday and 8 AM - 4 PM on Saturday and Sunday and will offer free Wi-fi. You can visit them on Facebook or on their website.

Listen, I am in the corner of any small business trying to make a go in downtown Danbury. I love this city, I live there and there is a comeback in the air right now.

I have to admit that my interest in this place working may be coming from a selfish place too. I hear that Jerry intends to name a coffee drink after Ethan and I and that is in line with my 5 year plan. I intend to have a dish or beverage named after me in every eatery in Danbury. I really shoot for the stars.

City Center Cafe Facebook with permission

Whether out of curiosity or in an effort to support small business in Danbury, you should go check them out today. I know I will.

Alleged UFO Images from All Over CT

These folks claim to have spotted UFO's in the sky over CT. Some are a downright jokes, others are hard to explain away and a few will give you the chills.

50 Most Popular Chain Restaurants in America

YouGov investigated the most popular dining brands in the country, and Stacker compiled the list to give readers context on the findings. Read on to look through America's vast and divergent variety of restaurants—maybe you'll even find a favorite or two.

In 1970, Two Men Robbed a Danbury Bank + Blew Up the Police Station

The story of the Pardue brothers, their connection to Danbury and what happened in the Hat City in February of 1970 came to us from Mike Allen. Every Tuesday Mike joins the Ethan and Lou Show on I-95 for a feature called "The Place You Live" and this week it was a local story unlike any I'd ever heard.

John Pardue was a 27-year-old man in 1970 who lived in Danbury, his brother James was 23, and living in Lusby, MD. Before the story finds its way to the Hat City, and the brothers rob the Union Savings Bank on Main Street, they had already racked up quite the list of astonishing crimes.

Prior to Danbury, they robbed banks in Lewisboro, NY, Georgetown, CT and Union, MO. They also killed their father, their grandmother, two other men who helped them pull off the robbery in Georgetown, CT and had, at minimum, a role in the death of an innocent Bridgeport man that they stole a car from. John and James Pardue were hardened criminals before their Danbury bank robbery.