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Holiday Shopping in New Canaan: New Canaan Music [Q&A]

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For this installment in our local holiday shopping series, we talk to Phil Williams, owner of New Canaan Music at 90 Main St. Here’s a transcription of our conversation. ***

New Canaanite: How are things going so far for the holiday shopping season? 

Phil Williams: We kicked things off this season, symbolically and in reality, with the Holiday Stroll on Friday night and Saturday. It really seems to be picking up in earnest. That’s a defining marker.

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Maddie’s on Pine Street Closes After 18 Months

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Maddie’s, a Pine Street eatery that mainly offered burgers and fried chicken sandwiches, closed this past weekend after about 18 months. A sign on the door at 78 Pine St. reads “Permanently Closed” and includes this message: “With sadness and immense gratitude, we will be closing permanently with our last day being 12/07. It has been an absolute pleasure to have served New Canaan and we thank all of our customers for their support.”

Signed “The Maddie’s Team,” the note is similar to one posted on the eatery’s website. It wasn’t immediately clear why Maddie’s closed.

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Holiday Shopping in New Canaan: WAVE on Elm [Q&A]

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Today we’re launching a series talking to New Canaan retailers about this holiday shopping season. Our first Q&A is with Heather Satin, owner of WAVE, a jewelry, clothing, accessories and home furnishings shop at 86 Elm St. Here’s our exchange. ***

New Canaanite: How is the holiday shopping season going so far? Heather Satin: It’s definitely picking up.

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‘It Was Just Time To Move On’: Connecticut Muffin on Main Street Closes

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A mainstay of downtown New Canaan that’s been continuously owned for more than a decade, Connecticut Muffin this week closed its doors permanently. Tuesday was the last day of business for the coffee shop at 108 Main St. Reached by NewCanaanite.com, Christopher Ahumada-Figueroa, son of owner Giannina Ahumada-Figueroa, said it was “just the right time for us to move on.”

“I used to work there for some time but I moved on because I had to pursue my own career,” he said. “That’s one of the reasons why we decided to leave it, because we don’t have the help for it. And apart from that, it was just time to move on.

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What’s Open & Closed: Thanksgiving in New Canaan

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The biggest football game in the state will take place at 10 a.m. Thanksgiving morning as the fourth-ranked New Canaan Rams visit the third-ranked Darien Blue Wave in the annual Turkey Bowl. This year’s matchup is the 99th time these two powerhouse programs and arch rivals will face each other, this time with state playoff seeding on the line. For those unable to go in person, the game typically is broadcast live on NCTV 78 here (here’s the Darien feed as a backup). What follows is a look at what’s open and closed for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Town Hall will close at 1 p.m. Wednesday and reopen Monday.