Whiskey a Go-Go
Like many spirits, whiskey is having a moment. This month, for instance, Wine Spectator magazine turned over its cover to a tasting of American whiskeys. Now Burlington will gain its very own whiskey...
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It’s been almost seven months since the Alchemist Pub & Brewery was forced to shut its doors in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene’s wrath. This week, its devotees will finally be able to return to...
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Last Friday, Clean Slate Café opened in the historic Montpelier building that was previously home to the Thrush Tavern. With a bright new interior, decorated with Vermont maps and travel ads from...
View ArticleFlatbread & Fiddlehead
For a few months, the sign proclaiming “Beer and Pizza” over the door of 6305 Shelburne Road was only half true. While Fiddlehead Brewing opened in January, the owner of flatbread eatery Folino’s Pizza...
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By offering its wares at pop-up restaurants, catering company Misery Loves Co. helped bring the Vermont food scene into the 21st century. Next step? A food truck. Last week, Misery debuted its cheerful...
View ArticleBites for Brews
Nine weeks from sketches to opening may seem like a breakneck pace for a kitchen expansion, interior renovation and new menu, but the peeps behind Three Penny Taproom are an energetic crew — as are...
View ArticleWhere the River Runs Beer
Last summer, Brattleboro’s Tim Brady and David Hiler shared an epiphany over a beer at Harpoon Brewery. Both had been working for years in hospitality management and consulting, which often took them...
View ArticleAn Axis of Beer
One factor that can delay the opening of new craft breweries is the waiting time for equipment, which is in ever-heavier demand. Now, having weathered that lengthy wait, two Vermont restaurants — Crop...
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Diners who can’t get to Winooski at lunchtime are in luck. Misery Loves Co. begins supper service this week. Dinner is served Thursday through Saturday, 5 to 10 p.m. *****Just in time for a major...
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Tiny Montgomery Center is on its way to becoming a tourist destination — and, perhaps, a culinary one. When the Inn opens this weekend at 241 Main Street, it will give that building a very different...
View ArticleCrumbs: Asian Deli in Winooski; James Beard Awards Update
When Namaste Asian Market opened two years ago at 235 Main Street in Winooski, it brought the area an eclectic range of foods from across Asia. Inside the tightly packed store, visitors find Japanese...
View ArticleVermont Ale House to Open in Stowe
When Ken Peer saw that Stowe’s Red Basil Thai Cuisine had closed last fall, he jumped. A former restaurateur in his native Syracuse, N.Y., he thought the sprawling space would be perfect for a comfy,...
View ArticleCrumbs: Mule Bar Opens Thursday; ArtsRiot Plans Burlington Café; Vermont-Made...
Dry-aged steak frites. Battered monkfish cheeks with chips. Chef Jean-Luc Matecat will be spinning some serious victuals when Mule Bar opens on Thursday at 38 Main Street in Winooski. The spot will...
View ArticleVermont Tap House Opens in Williston
Back in 1991, the Handy family opened Evergreen Eddy’s Wilderness Grill in the then-new building at 70 Marshall Avenue in Williston. Later, they replaced it with a Ponderosa Steakhouse franchise. Now,...
View ArticleLocalfolk Smokehouse to Become a Brewpub
If the state of Vermont is a craft-brewing mecca, the Route 100 corridor could well be its nerve center. This fall, Waitsfield’s Localfolk Smokehouse will join the string of microbreweries that now...
View ArticleLake Champlain Chocolates Readies Its New Café
The resurrection of the old Sondik Supply building at 716 Pine Street looks to be nearing completion as Lake Champlain Chocolates staffs its new 44-seat café, South End Kitchen, and education kitchen...
View ArticleProhibition Pig to Begin Brewing Its Own Beers
Soon the two-story brick building at Waterbury’s 23 South Main Street — the birthplace of the Alchemist’s Heady Topper— will again have house-brewed beers flowing from its taps. Earlier this fall,...
View ArticleWaitsfield to Get a Brewery-Restaurant
Last night, Charlie Menard attended a hearing to seek approval from the town of Waitsfield to move forward with his latest project. Assuming he succeeds, Waitsfield citizens will celebrate come...
View ArticleA New Tracking System for Beer Lovers
Once upon a time, Burlington’s ONE Pepper Grill had 187 bottles on its beer list. “It was a real headache” to manage, jokes ONE Pepper’s co-owner, Toby Dion. As Dion began thinking of a way to catalog...
View ArticlePeru to Gain Lakeside Microbrewery This Summer
Lake Champlain’s “Left Bank” will get a little saucier this summer when a microbrewery opens in Peru, N.Y. Valcour Brewing Company will have views of the lake and the island from which it takes its...
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