Best Date Spots in Connecticut

Written By Zoe Jensen

We asked Connectic*nt readers: What’s the best date spot in Connecticut? We got a lot of answers, from restaurants to pottery nights to grocery store runs. We organized them all below for your viewing pleasure. We also asked what people are loving in general, and put those below to bring some extra love for your day.

Best Museums for a Date in Connecticut

  • Yale Peabody

  • The Wadsworth

  • Mystic Aquarium

Best Nightlife/Drinks for a Date in Connecticut

  • Old Barracuda

  • Firehouse 12 for sexy drinks

  • Club C*nt

  • Cafe Nine

  • Conspiracy

  • Ordinary

  • Elicit Brewery Patio

  • Anchor Spa

  • Brignole Vineyards

  • Wabi Sabi

Best Food for a Date in Connecticut

  • Artisan restaurant in blue back square

  • Wasabi in Orange

  • Kawa Ni

  • Bushido Back Room

  • Fair Haven Oyster

  • Casanova NHV

  • Pizza House

  • Millwright in Simsbury if you’re trying to be fancy

  • Los Garcias in Waterbury if it's warm out

  • Villa Lulu

  • The Mobil acrossthe street from North Haven Auto Body because they have the best slushies

  • Eat Noodle, Bridgeport

  • Gioia

Best Outside Spots for a Date in Connecticut

  • Sleeping Giant State Park

  • Lizzy Park

  • Swim at Pequonick River Valley

  • Lake Wintergreen

  • West Rock

  • Under a tree by the river in East Rock Park

  • Unwinding and connect with nature and my partner at Guida Conservation in Middletown

  • Anywhere near the water

  • Manresa Powerplant

  • Seabluff Beach, we can run to and from the tide coming in so we don’t get trapped on the rocks

  • Hammonasset Beach at sunset

  • Ender Falls in Granby

Best Activities for a Date in Connecticut

  • Stew Leonard's

  • IKEA

  • Book Barn Niantic

  • Escape New Haven

  • Best Video to pick out a movie together orrrr Institute Library

  • Claypen

  • Pandemonium in Deep River

  • Redscroll so I can pretend I’ve never heard music before and he made me discover it

  • The Clay Date in Amity

  • Pick out records for each other at GRAILS

  • Collage night at Three Sheets

  • New Haven Ice Rink

  • Costco

  • Collinsville Antique

  • Summer Jazz Festival in Bushnell

What’s one thing you love?

  • The sound of someone playing brass instruments outside in the city

  • Alone time together

  • Kisses on the forehead

  • Tea

  • Candlelight

  • Bubble butts

  • Kisses on the cheek

  • Art

  • Playing together

  • Interpolations

  • Cats

  • Music

  • A red lip

  • Big handmade scarf from a friend

  • Cannolis

  • Wind turbines

  • Calico cats

  • Remembering the little details

  • Cold morning, hot shower

  • A home cooked meal

  • My gf

  • Dogs

  • Playing music with my friends

  • The ocean

  • love

  • Experiencing expansive love year after year in a long term partnership

  • Dancing

  • Stickers

  • Cool pants

  • Sucking dick

  • Music made by people I love

  • Olives

  • Telling my friends I love them

  • Hand written love letters

  • Showing that you are listening to me, whether by bringing it back up in convo or something else

  • Small considerations

  • My culture 🇭🇹

  • My kitten

  • Crochet

  • Pets especially cats

  • Black cats

  • Foxes

  • Caesar salad, side of skinny fries, red wine possible med rare steak addition

  • Cozy mornings with my partner

  • My friends :) 

  • Coffee and boba

  • Getting that first text

  • Cosquillas

  • Thrifting for opposite seasons

  • The feeling of peeing after sex

  • My life!!!

  • Zozee

  • Handmade trinkets

  • Dimples

  • Used books

  • Giggling

  • Letters

  • Dragonflies

  • Dinner

  • Finding cool rocks in the wild

  • Handmade cards

  • Za

  • Sharing music with those I love

  • New Haven

  • Taco Bell potato soft taco

  • Community

Zoe Jensen
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