Holiday Shopping 2023: No. 299

For today’s installment of our local holiday shopping series, we stopped into the home and gift shop No. 299 on Main Street. 

Here’s a transcription of our conversation with owner Jackie Fucigna. ***

New Canaanite: Please give us some background on No. 299 and a general idea of what people can find here. Jackie Fucigna: The business started about 12 years ago in my garage and just grew organically from there.

Local Business Q&A: No. 299 on Main Street

[Editor: Here’s the first installment in a new series we’re running through Christmas, catching up with our local New Canaan merchants as they navigate the second straight holiday season since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.]

For this first installment of our Q&A series, we put some questions to Jackie Fucigna, owner of No. 299, a home decor and gift shop at 110 Main St. (next door to Connecticut Muffin). Here’s our exchange. New Canaanite: Jackie, you opened your New Canaan shop, No.