Closings at BTV and in Waitsfield; New Noonie Deli
After 21 years in business, One Flight Up at the Burlington International Airport will close at the end of April. Airport director Gene Richards says business has been down since 9/11, when he saw a...
View ArticleBrave Coffee & Tea Co. launches in Waterbury Center; North Branch Café...
For the three years that Chris and Heidi Townsend owned Black Cap Coffee in Stowe, they felt like the business had a split personality, they say. In front, they were running a busy café that they both...
View ArticleFeldman's Bagels Opens in Burlington
“It’s extremely exciting to see the dough rising again. It’s not exactly like riding a bicycle, but making a bagel — you still remember,” said Roy Feldman last Friday. He had just taken his first batch...
View ArticlePine Street to Gain a Friday Night Food Truck Stop
Since Seven Days reported last week on a Friday-night food-truck powwow coming to Burlington’s South End, Felix Wai— half of ArtsRiot, the event’s organizers — says he’s received “lots of calls from...
View ArticleJuni's Dog Haus Opens in Waterbury
What would Jesus do? If he could cook like the members of the Moretown-based Church of the Crucified One, he would expand. Last Friday, the group, led by executive chef Martin Smith, opened Juni’s Dog...
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 ArticleNew Restaurant Roundup
Warm weather has a way of hatching new restaurants and bars. No matter where you live in the state, chances are there’s a new place in your ’hood — or at least on the horizon. Last week, the intensely...
View ArticleJuniper Opens at Burlington's Hotel Vermont
A fractured ankle couldn’t keep Douglas Paine from a successful opening. Though he’s leaving the line to other cooks until the end of the month, the chef oversaw the debut of Hotel Vermont’s first...
View ArticleCaterer Opens Vermont Thai Restaurant in Milton
Kae Alexander opened Thai Catering of Vermont at the end of July 2012, and it wasn’t long before demand outgrew her Shelburne home kitchen. That problem was solved on May 10 when she opened a new...
View ArticleNew Say Cheese! Food Truck in Rutland
Last year, when Tom Carieri sold his 23-year-old Laney’s Restaurant in Manchester, he told his wife, Franci, that he was done with the food business. “The only thing you’re going to see me eating is...
View ArticleInternational Eatery Opens on Burlington's North Beach
Where can you get gyros, red Thai curry, Philly cheesesteaks and Junior’s Italian pizza? At the beach, of course. Memorial Day brought the opening of a seasonal stand called the Beach House on...
View ArticlePacific Rim Reopens This Week in Burlington
After a two-year absence from the Burlington foodscape, the staff of Pacific Rim Asian Café is slinging salmon and bibimbap again in a new spot on lower Church Street. On Tuesday, owner Rich Brandt...
View ArticleAnatolian Grand Bazaar, Yogurt City, Vin Bar & Shop
Anatolian Grand Bazaar began its soft opening at Burlington’s 163 Pearl Street on Monday, May 20. The mother-and-son team of Nazan Bozkurt and Efe Çimrin has filled the airy, white-walled space with...
View ArticleBluebird Chef Moves to Amuse
Executive chef Michael Clauss has left the Bluebird Restaurant Group for the Essex Culinary Resort & Spa. The Daniel Boulud protégé will work the same culinary muscles he used as a contestant in...
View ArticleNewport Gets a New Locavore Restaurant and Tasting Center
Necessity was indeed the mother of invention in the birth of the Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center. With only 800 square feet in which to manufacture her Eden Ice Cider, Eleanor Leger had outgrown her...
View ArticleVegetarian Restaurant Comes to Burlington
For years, Burlingtonians have bemoaned the lack of a fully vegetarian restaurant in the city. They’ll finally get their wish in mid-July with the opening of Revolution Kitchen at 9 Center Street, most...
View ArticleMad River Grill to Open in Warren
Dinner out at a midrange price point can be hard to find in a ski town. Providing just such an option is Mark Rogers’ goal for Mad River Grill. The steakhouse will open on June 28 at 527 Sugarbush...
View ArticleTwo New Restaurants at Topnotch in Stowe
Following a multimillion-dollar renovation, Topnotch Resort & Spa in Stowe will reopen its doors on June 28. Guest rooms and the lobby overlooking Mt. Mansfield have been overhauled for a...
View ArticleWicked Wings Opens Second Location
Never underestimate the power of a plate of chicken wings: It’s enough to birth nations — or maybe just mini-chains. Such is the case of Wicked Wings, which will build on the success of its Johnson...
View ArticleSwiss Fondue and Crepes by Heinz in Stowe; Café Latina Launches Dinner Menu
Every nomad eventually takes a rest. So it is with Heinz Remmel, the crêpe-slinging Stowe chef, who will open his own café at 48 South Main Street in the village by mid-July. “I’ve not been able to...
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