In days long past my family would drive up to Danbury, Connecticut for the big Danbury State Fair. In days more recent, though not as recent as I’d like to think, we would drive up to the Danbury Fair Mall that took its place. Sometimes, if it was a Sunday, I’d see a large gathering of motorcycles, parked under the towering white silo of Marcus Dairy. This informal meeting of motorcyclists has been going on at the Marcus’ Dairy Bar restaurant for as long as anyone there can remember. Hundreds of them stop by before their Sunday rides, most getting a bite at the Dairy Bar (Jane & Michael Stern love the turkey sandwiches). But an era has passed for Marcus Dairy and their distribution business is moving elsewhere. The land will be turned into, no gasps of disbelief here, a strip mall called “The Shops at Marcus Dairy.” The Dairy Bar will re-open there and the 75′ silo will remain, but the motorcycles will be “homeless” during the construction. And the replacement will never be quite like the quaint Marcus Dairy. (sources: NY Times, a participant’s photos, Danbury Planning Commission minutes)