Kennedy & Perkins

While most other optical stores only stock a handful of lens choices, Kennedy & Perkins knows everyone's eyes are unique and we make available over 20 different kinds of lenses to get the best optics for your individual eyes. Kennedy & Perkins leads New England in fitting personalized progressive lenses, the newest in free form lens technology. We can have lenses made not just for your prescription, but for your eyes, and only your eyes. The staff at Kennedy & Perkins are all trained and certified opticians who hone their craft and their knowledge of the optical industry to help you select the best designs and optics to meet your needs at a price you can afford. We attend product seminars and continuing education classes to keep up with the newest innovations in eyewear and optics. Looking and seeing your best. That is the goal at Kennedy & Perkins, and that is why Connecticut turns to Kennedy & Perkins for the finest selection, quality, prices, optics and service. Founded in 1946 by Richard L. Kennedy Sr., after he returned from service as a Marine in the South Pacific, the family-run business is still providing the finest eyewear, contact lenses and eye examinations in the New Haven and Shoreline community with stores also in Hamden, Old Saybrook, Branford, Orange and Guilford. Kennedy & Perkins has over two dozen trained staff members, more than half of whom have been with the company for 15 years or more, and 4 independent doctors of optometry with only one goal in mind, to make their customers look and see better. Kennedy & Perkins also has its own in-house lab where we fabricate all glasses right on the premises. Today, Kennedy & Perkins Guild Opticians is run by Richard Kennedy's son, Richard L. Kennedy Jr. and his son-in-law, J. Dart Messick, who are committed to continuing the traditions of "excellence in eye care" that were the foundation of Richard L. Kennedy, Sr.'s vision 70 years ago.