Holiday Men’s Night on Friday, December 16th from 6-9pm. Participating businesses will stay open late so that husbands, boyfriends, sons and father’s can do some holiday shopping. With their store receipts showing a purchase from participating shops, they can have their gifts wrapped for free at wrapping stations located at the Whalers Inn, The Scuttlebutt and Bank Square Books. Participating Downtown Businesses include; The Scuttlebutt, Bank Square Books, Mystic Gem Company, Stonewear Clothing, Catherine M, The Cooper Shoppe, Tidal River, N.L. Shaw, Fripperies, Peppergrass & Tulip ,  and The  Rose.

When shoppers bring a receipt showing their purchase from a participating Downtown Business at Azu, Bravo Bravo, Captain Daniel Packer Inne or Ancient Mariner they will receive a ½ price glass of beer or wine.

Specials:Captain Daniel Packer Inne will offer 20% off gift certificates paid in cash on that evening and also on Dec 7,14,and 21.Musical Entertainment:Daniel Packer Inne- Marty Maroney playing in the pub after 10PMSee More

From 6 pm – 9 pm, stroll the streets of Historic Downtown Mystic, and listen to the carolers rejoice in the holiday spirit. Merchants will keep their shops open late so everyone can get a head start on their holiday shopping while enjoying refreshments  in the shops. Enjoy carols from the Mystic River Chorale and the Ledyard High School Carolers. The Pine Point Chamber Choir will perform in front of Bank Square Books while characters from the Mystic Ballet's production of the Nutcracker stroll the streets and pose in store windows. Also making his way through Downtown Mystic will be the one and only saxophone Santa, Kevin MacMahon.

Our latest shipment of Patagonia has arrived.  Come down this weekend to try on some warm and cozy Down Sweaters and Nano Puff jackets.

Sorry for the delay with this month's give away.  Congratulations to Lynn Nicol, this month's winner!  Thanks to you for liking Tidal River and supporting independant business.  You can win too, just "like" us here on facebook.

Taste of Mystic

Friday, September 9 2011 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Email: alexa@mysticchamber.orgPhone: 860.572.9578Website: http://www.mysticchamber.orgAdmission: FreeLocation: Cottrell Street

The Taste of Mystic is back and will once again take place on Cottrell Street in Historic Downtown Mystic. This year’s Taste will be held Friday September 9th, 5 pm to 9:30pm, Saturday, September 10th, 11am – 9:30 pm and Sunday, September 11th, 11 am - 5 pm. 

Almost thirty restaurants have signed up to deliver a variety of gourmet specialties. The Greater Mystic Chamber of Commerce is pleased to host this event for the community again this year and would like to thank all of the proud sponsors including; The Day, F&F Distributors, Levine Distributing, Radio stations; WCTY, WNLC, KOOL 101, and WICH as well as Foxwoods Resort Casino and Coca-Cola Bottling Company. 

This year’s attendees will be treated to entertainment by The Cartells, Robb Durula, High Times, High Times, the Kevin Crandall Band and High Times. We will also be featuring family entertainment by Sirena Sultana and the Sirens of the Sahara a belly dance troupe, the Mystic Highland Pipe Band, a k-9 police demonstration as well as karate demonstrations and balloon creations from April’s Balloon Creations.

Twenty-seven restaurants have already signed up to deliver a variety of gourmet specialties. Look forward to some great food from: Angie's Pizza, Armen's Gourmet Endings, Beachside Catering, The Black Sheep, Bufords Family Restaurant, Captain Daniel Packer Inne, Daniel's Dairy Downtown, David Burke Prime, The Fisherman, Flanagan's, Cedar’s Steak House, High Rollers Luxury Lanes and Lounge,  The Shrine, Jasper White's Summer Shack, Mr. G’s,  Munchies Food Truck, Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream, Mystic Pizza, North End Deli, Olde Tymes Restaurant, On the Spot Catering, Pizzetta, RiverWalk Restaurant, Savin Rock Roasting Company, The Pita Spot, Thai Jasmine Inc., The Bridge Restaurant, The Portuguese Fisherman, Voodoo Grill, Wide World of Bagels and more, Zhang's Restaurant  and the Mystic Rotary Club.

Admission is free, but Taste Tickets (to purchase food and drink) are available now and would make an excellent gift for clients or yourself. Buy now, don’t wait in line! 

The Taste of Mystic Committee is also looking for volunteers throughout the weekend. If you have questions or would like to volunteer call the Chamber at 860-572-9578 or email Alexa Shelton at alexa@mysticchamber.org.

The Downtown Mystic Streetscape Project has once again started.  This phase will have our sidewalk removed for a couple of weeks.  With the exception of one possible day, and a late morning or two, we will still be open for business during the construction.   There will also be limited on-street parking on W. Main St (M-F from 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. when the crew breaks up).  We just wanted to let you all know that we are still validating parking (one hour) for the Mystic Art Association parking lot with purchase.   All of the Downtown Mystic businesses appreciate your continued support during this beautification project.

Sorry this is a day late, we've been busy trying to finish getting stock back on the floor.  We finally have our power back on at the store!  We really hope you all have power back on at home by now!!!

We hope you all made it through the storm with minimal damage and distruption. As far as we know, Downtown Mystic is currently still without power.  We were closed Sunday and Monday, but will be open from now on, power or not.  We will have shorter hours until power is restored.  We anticipate being open at least from 10 am until 5 pm. until restoration, at which point we will return to our normal hours of operation.    

We are in the midst of our tax free week here in Connecticut.  All clothing and footwear under $300.00 is now tax free until the close of business on Saturday, August 27.  (We are still operating on our summer schedule, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.) 

The first shipments of Fall Product from Patagonia, Horny Toad, O'Neill and QuikSilver are all here.  Pieces will be up on the website for purchase soon, and are waiting on the store floor for you now!