City: Norwalk, CT

Category: Shopping

Telephone: (203) 847-7214

Address: 100 Westport Ave.

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Description: With its humble beginnings as a small dairy store, Stew Leonard started a grocery with the farmers’ market approach back in the 60s. He envisioned a place where kids could watch the milk get pasteurized and bottled while their mothers shopped. Far outgrowing his initial idea, Stew’s has grown into the World’s Largest Dairy Store, complete with interactive farm animal–themed automatons for children; an actual, real farm with cows, goats, chickens, and geese in the front; and a very welcoming atmosphere. Being one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For rounds out this specialty store, which is an event for any family. Today, there are new locations, including Danbury and Newington, but this is the original. Including a grocery in this Insiders’ Guide is rare, so you know this is something special, like an amusement park where you happen to buy groceries.