Here’s what’s open and closed from Thanksgiving Day through the weekend (with information about the Turkey Bowl, Small Business Saturday, and other Thanksgiving-related events.
Links below are to web pages with holiday closing information.
Day Before Turkey Day (Wednesday, Nov. 28)
SUPERMARKETS, ETC.:
Costco: 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Flour Water Salt Bread: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. — and no bagels this day
Palmer’s Market: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sono Baking Co. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pick up Thanksgiving orders ONLY after 10 a.m.
Stop & Shop: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Whole Foods Market: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
PHARMACIES:
CVS: Store: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Pharmacy: OPEN 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (closed 1:30 to 2 p.m.)
Grieb’s: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Darienite.com called them.)
Walgreens: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Pharmacy: OPEN 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (normal hours)
OTHER:
Darien Library will CLOSE EARLY at 5 p.m. (It will reopen at 12 noon on Friday.)
Darien Public Schools will be CLOSED; schools will reopen Monday, Dec. 2.
Darien Town Hall: 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. (regular hours)
Thanksgiving Day
Transfer Station/Recycling Center: CLOSED (normal open hours return Friday)
Almost everything else is CLOSED — BUT:
SUPERMARKETS, ETC.:
Costco: CLOSED (normal open hours return Friday)
Flour Water Salt Bread: CLOSED
Palmer’s Market: CLOSED
Stop & Shop: OPEN 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Whole Foods Market: OPEN: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sono Baking Co. OPEN from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Pick up Thanksgiving orders ONLY after 10 a.m.
PHARMACIES:
CVS: Store: OPEN, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Pharmacy: OPEN FOR SHORTER TIME, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Grieb’s: OPEN 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Darienite.com called them.)
Walgreens: CLOSED
OTHER:
Darien YMCA: 7 a.m. to 12 noon
HAPPENING: TURKEY BOWL — at Darien High School kicks off at 10 a.m. Darien Athletic Foundaition’s livestream of the game can be found here.
Parking on DHS campus, including the Methodist Church as well as on High School Lane & Nutmeg Lane will only be permitted with a school issued parking pass.
All others driving can park at Middlesex Middle School, St. Thomas More Church, or at the Noroton Train Station (outbound side or Post 53 side). Shuttle buses will be provided to and from Middlesex Middle School as well as Noroton Train station. Carpooling is encouraged!
Friday (November 29 — Black Friday)
SUPERMARKETS, ETC.:
Costco: 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (normal open hours return Saturday)
Flour Water Salt Bread: CLOSED
Palmer’s Market: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sono Baking Co. CLOSED.
Stop & Shop: OPEN 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Whole Foods Market: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
PHARMACIES:
CVS: Store: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Pharmacy: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (closed 1:30 to 2 p.m.)
Grieb’s: OPEN regular hours — 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Darienite.com called them.)
Walgreens: Store OPEN 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Pharmacy: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (closed 1:30 to 2 p.m.)
OTHER:
Connecticut state government offices should be OPEN. It is not a holiday for state employees.
Darien Public Schools will be CLOSED until Monday, Dec. 2.
Darien Library will OPEN from 12 noon to 4 p.m. (a correction: we originally said 6 p.m.)
Darien Town Hall is OPEN from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Person-to-Person is CLOSED and reopens Tuesday. (Darienite called them.)
Post Offices are OPEN.
Transfer Station/Recycling Center/Dump CLOSED
HAPPENING: Deadline to register online for Saturday’s DARIEN DEPOT OVERSTUFFED TURKEY TROT: You can find out more and register here. (Online registration ends at midnight, Friday, Nov. 29, but you can register at the event, starting at 9 a.m.)
Saturday (November 30 — Small Business Saturday)
SUPERMARKETS, ETC.:
Costco: 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (normal Saturday hours)
Flour Water Salt Bread: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (and bagels will again be on sale)
Palmer’s Market: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sono Bakery: 7:30a.m. to 3 p.m. (kitchen closes at 2 p.m.)
Stop & Shop: OPEN 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Whole Foods Market: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
PHARMACIES:
CVS: Store: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Pharmacy: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closed 1:30 to 2 p.m.)
Griebs’: OPEN regular hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Darienite.com called them.)
Walgreens: OPEN 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Pharmacy: CLOSED
OTHER:
Person-to-Person is CLOSED and reopens Tuesday. (Darienite called them.)
Transfer Station/Recycling Center OPEN: 7 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. (normal hours)
HAPPENING: SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY: American Express is donating $1 for every purchase made using an eligible American Express Card at a qualifying U.S. small business on Small Business Saturday, Nov 30, to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to support recovery efforts for small businesses impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Here’s a map and list of qualifying small businesses in Darien.
HAPPENING: DARIEN DEPOT OVERSTUFFED TURKEY TROT: You can find out more and register here. (Online registration ends at midnight, Friday, Nov. 29, but you can register at the event.) The event takes place at the Darien High School Cross Country Trail. Race Options are a timed 5K or 1 mile walk/run. Bib Pickups are available during the week before the race and on race day starting at 9 a.m. Some starting times are at 10 a.m., others at 10:30. See this registration page for more details and costs. The proceeds benefit the Depot Youth Center.
Sunday (December 1)
HAPPENING: DARIEN SPORT SHOP ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. outside Darien Sport Shop, featuring DHS Tudor Singers, hot cocoa from the Boy Scouts, candy canes from the town and a visit from Santa.
SUPERMARKETS, ETC.:
Costco: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (normal Sunday hours)
Palmer’s Market: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sono Bakery: 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (kitchen closes at 2 p.m.)
Stop & Shop: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Whole Foods Market: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
PHARMACIES:
CVS: Store: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Pharmacy: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed 1:30 to 2 p.m.)
Grieb’s: regular hours, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Darienite.com called them.)
Walgreens: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Pharmacy: CLOSED
OTHER:
Person-to-Person is CLOSED and reopens Tuesday. (Darienite called them.)
Transfer Station/Recycling Center is CLOSED, as usual for a Sunday.
Monday (December 2, Cyber Monday)
Town Hall, the Transfer Station and schools will be open, with normal hours, along with everything else.
Sono Bakery, Flour Water Salt Bread and Person-to-Person in Darien are CLOSED.
HAPPENING: CYBER MONDAY (an excerpt from a USA Today article):
“The shopping holidays now often segue straight into each other with no real break, like Amazon’s Black Friday Week, which ends Nov. 29 and bleeds directly into its Cyber Monday sale from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2. While the deals are labeled as being part of two different events, they function as one long sale.
“In some cases, the same sales may simply roll over into the ‘new’ holiday promotion and be rebranded. In other cases, stores may choose to save certain sale types for one day or the other, so while Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have become more or less the same thing, make sure you pay attention to the official sale dates on those items you really want.”