Outback Steakhouse exits Danbury, Dollar Tree enters Wilton

Outback Steakhouse has closed one of its three Fairfield County restaurants while a popular discount retailer has opened a store in the region.

Outback Steakhouse at 116 Newtown Road in Danbury provided takeout and curbside service during the early weeks of Connecticut”™s response to the pandemic, but gave no advance notice that it was closing. The chain continues to maintain a Fairfield County presence in Shelton and Wilton.

Separately, the Dollar Tree chain opened a store at 14 Danbury Road in Wilton”™s Gateway Center plaza. The location had been vacant for five years and was last occupied by the now-defunct Mrs. Green”™s Natural Market.

This is Dollar Tree”™s sixth store in Fairfield County, joining two in Bridgeport and stores in Danbury, Norwalk and Stratford.