What's Open, Closed Around Thanksgiving

Day by day, here's what's open and what's closed (for each day, in alphabetical order by boldfaced keyword or name). Most links go to each organization's holiday information Web page:

CLOSED EARLY:

• Darien public schools will be closed early (PDF)
• Darien Library has announced it will close early, at 6 p.m.

EXTRA SHOWS AT DARIEN PLAYHOUSE:

• The Muppets at 1, 3:30, 6:30 and 8:45 p.m. (1 hr. 38 min.) — IMDb—trailer—trailer—website—Rotten Tomatoes
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1: 7 p.m. (1 hr. 57 min.)—IMDb—trailer—website—Rotten Tomatoes

SPECIAL EVENT

• The Turkey Bowl high school football game between Darien and New Canaan starts at 10:30 a.m. at New Canaan High School.

 CLOSED:

• Banks—Expect every bank to be closed (TD Bank, which is often open on holidays, will close) although banks in Connecticut may open at their discretion on holidays if they give prior notice.
• Bus service—the CT Transit website says buses will not run on Thanksgiving Day; Norwalk Transit District will also have no buses running.
• State Courts
• Town Dump— (Darien "Refuse Disposal area & Recycling Center")
• Darien Library—closed
• New York Stock Exchange
• Post offices
• Schools in Darien (PDF)
• Darien Senior Center (PDF)
• State offices, including the state Department of Motor Vehicles, which will be open on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Darien town government offices
• U.S. government offices
• YWCA Darien-Norwalk ("We follow the Darien schools calendar for inclement weather and other closings.")

OPEN:

• Darien YMCA—open 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Y members and their friends and families can attend a series of "special group exercise programs" that morning (more information on this will be posted later).
• Metro-North says it "will operate a holi­day schedule with extra AM inbound service for those of you going to see the Macy’s Parade. And there will be lots of late morning and early afternoon outbound service to get you home or to the folks’ house for that holiday dinner. In the evening, there is plenty of service to get you back home, too."

SOME STORES

• Best Buy—closed until midnight Thursday/Friday
• Costco—closed
• County TV and Appliance—9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• —open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (pharmacy open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
• Dunkin Donuts—open 'round the clock, all year long. Every. Single. Day.
• Grieb's Pharmacy—10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Heights Pizza—11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Home Depot in Norwalk—closed
• Kohl's in Norwalk—opens midnight Thursday/Friday
• Old Navy—most stores open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (they re-open at midnight, Thursday/Friday)—PDF
• P.C Richard & Son in Norwalk—closed
• Starbucks in Darien—5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• —closed
• Toys R Us—opens at 10 p.m.
• —open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (pharmacy closed)
• Walmart—opens at 10 p.m.

SOME SUPERMARKETS

• Palmer's is closed
• Stop & Shop (both Heights Road and Old Kings Highway South locations), 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (pharmacy closed all day)
• All ShopRite and Grade A stores in Stamford and Norwalk—Closed
• Whole Foods—7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Fairway Market is open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Other businesses: open at each owner’s discretion.

CLOSED:

• The Depot youth center (calendar)
• Schools in Darien (PDF)
• Darien Senior Center (PDF)
• State offices, except for the state Department of Motor Vehicles (see below)
• Darien town government offices (except for the dump, which will be open)
• U.S. government offices (except for post offices, which will be open)
• YWCA Darien-Norwalk ("We follow the Darien schools calendar for inclement weather and other closings.")

OPEN:

• Banks
• Bus service: the CT Transit website says it "will operate a regular schedule with reduced commuter connection service" this day. Norwalk Transit District will operate as normal.
• State Courts
• State Department of Motor Vehicles offices, including the ones in Norwalk and Bridgeport, are open from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Town Dump— (Darien "Refuse Disposal area & Recycling Center")
• Darien Library—open normal hours
• Metro-North says that on this day "will oper­ate a 'Saturday' schedule with a lot of extra service during the a.m. and p.m. peaks, as well as inbound between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. It is NOT a normal weekday schedule, but there is plenty of service."
• New York Stock Exchange (opens at 9:30 a.m., as normal; closes early at 1 p.m.)
• Post offices

STORES OPEN FOR EXTRA OR DIFFERENT HOURS

• Barrett Bookstore—10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Best Buy in Norwalk—opens midnight Thursday/Friday through 10 p.m.
• Costco in Norwalk—9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• Darien Thrift Shop—opens at 10 a.m.
• Grieb's Pharmacy—7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Kohl's in Norwalk—open 24 hours, midnight to midnight
• Lord & Taylor in Stamford—opens at 5 a.m.
• Palmers—8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• P.C. Richard & Son in Norwalk—5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• Target in Stamford—opens at midnight Thursday-to-Friday
• Upper Crust Bagel Company—6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Whole Foods—7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Other businesses: open at each owner’s discretion.

EVENT:

• Tree-lighting, 5 p.m., Sunday, at

CLOSED:

• The Depot youth center, and it won't reopen until Tuesday (calendar)

OPEN OR CLOSED AS NORMAL for their business hours on Saturday, Sunday or both days:

• Banks open as normal
  
• Buses (CT Transit and Norwalk Transit District) follow normal schedules
• The state Department of Motor Vehicles offices in Norwalk and Bridgeport open as normal from from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Town Dump— (Darien "Refuse Disposal area & Recycling Center"), open Saturday
• Darien Library—open Saturday and Sunday
• Post offices—open on Saturday
  

Other businesses: open at each owner’s discretion.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 4:09 p.m. Monday to add information on state courts. This article was originally posted at 5:57 a.m. The timestamp has been changed for layout purposes on the Darien Patch homepage.