CTMQ’s Guide to Bridgeport

Everything Bridgeport

I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Bridgeport CTMQ-style… as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of CTMQ.

What do you know about the city most famous for being Connecticut’s most populous – and unfortunately beleaguered? You can scroll down for my list of things to do in town. Or, as always, you can click on the town’s tag to see what I’ve done.

If I’ve missed anything in town or if anything has closed or changed, please let me know.

All The CTMQ Bridgeport Stuff

Museums

305 Knowlton
Artspace Gallery
Barnum Museum
Beardsley Zoo
Bridgeport History Center
Carousel Museum at the Beardsley Zoo
City Lights Gallery
The SHU Discovery Science Center & Planetarium
Dundon House at Captain’s Cove
First in Flight Museum at Captain’s Cove
Housatonic Museum of Art
Schelfhaudt Gallery at UB

Hikes, Bikes & Paddles

Aspetuck Land Trust – Intro

Great Salt Marsh Island

Bridgeport’s Town Trails – Intro

Multi-Use/Rail Trails

Pequonnock River Trail – Intro

Food & Drink

Merritt Canteen
White’s Diner
Micalizzi’s Italian Ice & Ice Cream
Timothy’s Ice Cream
Asylum Distillery
Aspetuck Brew Lab
Brewport Brewing Company
Berlinetta Brewing Company
Tugboat Bar at Captain’s Cove

Looking for your favorite restaurant? Here is an explanation as to why it’s not here.

Everything Else

CT Art Trail: The Housatonic Museum of Art
CT Freedom Trail: 2 Sites & Little Liberia
Father Panik Village
Pleasure Beach
Remington Shot Tower
St. Margaret’s Shrine
Arnold Bernhard Center Egg
Fayerweather Island (Black Rock Harbor) Lighthouse
Tongue Point (Bridgeport Breakwater) Lighthouse
Bunnell’s Pond Fishway
Peqauonnock River Apron Fishway
Angie’s at Aqua Seafood Market
PT Barnum & Tom Thumb Gravesites
PT Barnum Statue at Seaside Park
Elias Howe Statue
James O’Rourke Statue
Lewis Latimer Statue
Henry Bergh Monument
Abraham Lincoln Speech Plaque
Gustave Whitehead Fountain Memorial
Site of First Subway Sandwich Shop
Beardsley Zoo Carousel
Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
Goofy Giant Cow