Guilford Town Green

The Guilford Green is in my opinion the most beautiful historic green in all of Connecticut. I am biased because I live nearby but I enjoy every walk, run, and shopping trip to his picteresque location. The stores are all quaint and original. The Village Chocolatier and the Tea store are jump to mind as being really fun. Then there is historic Page’s Hardware which has been there forever. There are great restaurants nearby — two favorites are South Lane and a world class Thai restaurant call Som Siam. Historic churches and creative clothing stores round out the unique — NON-​franchise local flavor. The green itself is huge and rectangular… a fantastic place for art festivals, concerts or a game of frisbee.
The newly designed Markeplace is a combination of food, coffee, and supplies kind of place… check out the white and blue tiled wall that were uncovered recently in a renovation… they are ancient but still beautiful. Meryl Streep starred in a movie that used this quaint location for a set.

Such a cute area to just walk around and peek into small shops. Great place to take kids and animals!

Home of one of the best art festivals in all of Connecticut each year around the middle of July, check it out and you won’t be disappointed.

First to review– I am now an honorary member of the village green (digital) preservation society. The Guilford Town Green has been a part of my life for the last eleven years that my aunt has lived in town. I have walked it with her, my grandma (now passed), my sister, cocker spaniel Hannah (passed), and cocker spaniel Roxie (wild dog). I have parked my car there to go for a jog to the marina or for a longer run around Sachem’s Head. It is an attractive space to host the town’s many public events. The Green is Guilford’s heart, informs a sense of place through history, and brings people in town together. They don’t build them like that anymore.