• A bar that plays music 50% quieter than all the other ones.
• A bar that plays music released after 2010.
• A board game store/gathering spot. I'd take a Battlegrounds Gaming like in Norwalk or if someone could manage what Board Room does in DC that'd be fantastic. Board Room is especially great because they just sell alcohol. You can order food to the venue and they don't care. Probably cheaper for the venue not to worry about overheard on spoiled food and works for guests too. They can also do cheaper drinks because they can safely assume people will be there for 2-3 hours.
• More places like Third Place that orient their business around small-scale event space. It provides an opportunity for lesser-established arts/organizations to do something cool locally and it has the added benefit of providing a lot of seating if you want to meet friends somewhere.
• An Alamo Drafthouse. The Majestic was sold to AMC during the pandemic, which is a shame because that would've been an excellent spot for an Alamo (not that they're expanding or anything). Every time I go to that theater there's some high school kids talking through the entire movie. That's why I drive to Yonkers to see movies.
• A grocery store downtown (but north of I-95). Hopefully in that retail space at the Smyth?
• A diner that's open 24 hours. I think we lost all of them after Bulls Head closed?

That's off the top of my head. I don't think I'm representative of the typical Stamford person but that'd be my requests.