Sunny Daes Ice Cream

Homemade ice cream, gelato & froyo — made in-store

📍 Fairfield, CT

4.5 (344 Google)

📍 808 Post Rd, Fairfield, CT

📞 (203) 254-0990

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Sunny Daes is a Fairfield County homegrown ice cream brand that makes its own ice cream, gelato, and frozen yogurt fresh in each of its five local stores — no franchise shortcuts. The Post Road Fairfield location is a neighborhood staple where grandparents and grandkids can dig into generous scoops of house-made flavors in a casual, welcoming setting. Multiple county locations in Norwalk, Stamford, Westport, and Trumbull make it easy to visit wherever you are.

Grandparent-Friendly Details

Walk-in

Walk-ins welcome

Accessibility

Wheelchair & stroller accessible

Parking

Easy parking

Noise level

Quiet

Typical visit

~20 minutes

Best age range

Ages 1–14

Fun Things to Do Here

Ideas to make the most of your visit to Sunny Daes Ice Cream

Flavor Prediction

Before ordering, each person secretly predicts what flavor the others will pick. Reveal after the order.

Ice Cream Critic

Describe your ice cream like a food critic: "Notes of summer, a hint of nostalgia..." Grandkids love this.

Ice Cream Alphabet

Go around naming ice cream flavors A to Z. No repeating. It gets hard after M.

Dream Flavor

Everyone invents their ultimate ice cream flavor combination. The wildest one wins — you decide.

Memory Round

Each person shares one ice cream memory while eating. Where were you? Who else was there?

Budget & Insider Tips

Grandparent Money Tips

• Single scoops are usually plenty — grandkids' eyes are bigger than their stomachs with ice cream. Start small and work up.
• Weekday afternoons skip the weekend line and sometimes come with daily specials — ask if there's a flavor of the day.
• Many shops offer a "kid's size" smaller than the small that's not on the menu. Worth asking.

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