Stratford’s Iconic Danny’s Drive-In For Sale, Future Uncertain: Report

STRATFORD, CT — The future of Stratford’s iconic Danny’s Drive-In is uncertain as the business and its property are for sale, according to the Connecticut Post.

Danny’s Drive-In, which started as a three-season hamburger stand in 1935, reopened in April under new management, News12 Connecticut previously reported.

However, it closed abruptly earlier this year after an “on-vacation” sign went up only a few months after the reopening, the Post reported. The last post on the eatery’s Facebook page was posted on June 15.

The realtor representing the family told the Connecticut Post that there is still hope that Danny’s Drive-In will return, but its fate won’t be known until a sale is complete.

Danny’s Drive-In, which is currently located at 940 Ferry Boulevard in Stratford, was opened in 1935 by Danny Smith and the stand has been “steadily cooking burgers, hot dogs, and now much more for over eight decades,” according to its website.

“Danny's Drive In sits on a corner of land on the Stratford side of the drawbridge separating Stratford from Milford across the Housatonic River, has been prime real estate since George Washington - yes, that one - ordered a bridge be built there during his inspection tour of the new United States,” reads a post on its website. “Ever since, each successive bridge has borne his name. Danny's was originally a three-season hamburger stand with a flip-up facade until another president, Dwight Eisenhower this time, ordered the construction of an interstate highway system in the U.S. The operation moved out of the way of the forthcoming I-95, and opened the current building in 1952, where it rode the cresting wave of the boom years all the way to today.”

Read the full story at the Connecticut Post here.