Shopping Guide

Liquor Store
If you didn't bring your beverages with you we WOULDN'T RECOMMEND doing your shopping in Hartford.  Here are a couple of options. In Connecticut, liquor stores close at 8pm.

Putnam Plaza Super Liquors.  Less than 10 minutes away in Glastonbury.  Take route 2 to exit 6 Griswold Street Glastonbury.  Take a right off the exit and follow to the first light at Main Street.  Turn Right on Main Street.  At the second light, turn right into the Dunkin Donuts plaza.  The liquor store is straight ahead.

If you want to pick something up on the way to the picnic on Saturday there are a couple of options:

Country Road Package - take route 2 to exit 12.  Go straight at the end of the exit to the light at the center of town  (you will go past reunion sign to go to park) .  The package  store is on the right in the Seven Eleven plazza.

Marlborough Wine and Spirit -  Take route 2 to exit 12.  Go straight at the end of the exit to the light at the center of town (you will go past reunion sign to park).  Turn right on route 66.  The package store is located in the strip mall just past Liberty Bank

Grocery
Stop and Shop
Take route 2 to exit 6, Griswold Street.  Take a right off the exit, follow through the intersection at Main Street. At the second light turn right into the Stop and Shop Plaza.
Malls
Buckland Hills Mall
Located in Manchester, CT.  This is about a 20-30 minute drive depending on traffic.  Take route 84 to the buckland street exit and follow signs to the mall.  There's every conceivable kind of shopping in the mall and various plazas that surround it.
Summerset Square
Located in Glastonbury, this upscale plaza is just 10 minutes from Hartford.  Take route 2 to exit 6, Griswold Street.  Take a right off the exit, follow through the intersection at Main Street to the next light.  Summerset is on the left across from the entrance to route 2.