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Alice Eats: Dinner at Sneakers Bistro

by Alice Levitt Posted on June 25, 2013 at 12:09PM

28 Main Street, Winooski, 655-9081My review of Mule Bar appears in the paper tomorrow and in the Bite Club newsletter today. But the brand-new restaurant wasn't the only place on the Winooski roundabout that I visited last week.Sneakers Bistro may have started serving breakfast and lunch 33 years ago, but it was March of this year that the beloved egg slingers began serving dinner from Wednesday through Saturday.Despite an otherwise busy downtown, only one other couple was eating when we arrived.

What's With All the Carrots Downtown?

by Alice Levitt Posted on June 24, 2013 at 3:24PM

If you've been seeing carrots on the streets of Burlington, you're not imagining things. The roots have been stenciled on sidewalks from Church Street Marketplace to the Intervale Center to trace the very short distance separating Burlington restaurants from the farms that produce their fresh ingredients.The carrots will lead the way this Thursday, June 27, when, at 5 p.m., foodies will make the trek from the intersection of Church and Pearl streets to the Intervale.

Grazing: Rabbit, Rabbit Everywhere?

by Corin Hirsch Posted on June 21, 2013 at 4:20PM

At first, I thought it was just me. Lots of places — Italian, French, 'nouveau Vermont,' whatever — seemed to suddenly have a rabbit dish on the menu. Braised rabbit.

Dishing With...Winemaker Kathleen Inman

by Corin Hirsch Posted on June 21, 2013 at 2:39PM

Since yesterday, Burlington has been quietly filling with prominent winemakers who are in town for this weekend's waterfront Burlington Wine & Food Festival.Among them is Kathleen Inman, the winemaker at Inman Family Wines in California's Sonoma County, who arrived in BTV yesterday for her first-ever visit, starting with a dinner at Pistou where her wines were featured.Inman has been making wine since 2002, three years after she and her husband purchased a Russian River Valley farm and planted thousands of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris vines. At her Olivet Grange Vineyards, she resolved to make the "lower-alcohol, higher-acid wines," that she grew fond of while living and traveling in Europe over the previous 15 years.Even before that long spell across the pond, winemaking was perhaps always lurking in Inman's blood; she was born in Napa Valley, albeit to a teetotaling family of Seventh-Day Adventists.

Alice Eats: Chalkboard Menu Mondays at Hen of the Wood

by Alice Levitt Posted on June 18, 2013 at 11:59AM

92 Stowe Street, Waterbury, 244-7300Once in a great while, I break from the usual Alice Eats format of meals for two that ring up at less than $35. These very special blog posts stick to the spirit of the column, though.

Grazing: Quick, Fresh Ricotta (With Spring Peas and Mint)

by Corin Hirsch Posted on June 14, 2013 at 4:49PM

'Tis spring, the time when we cut back, eat fresh and slim down. Yet somehow, I didn't get the memo.

Alice Eats: Juni's Dog Haus

by Alice Levitt Posted on June 11, 2013 at 11:55AM

2653 Waterbury-Stowe Road, Cabot Annex, Waterbury, 882-8016Vermont is always just a little bit behind on national culinary trends. Hot dogs with quirky, homemade toppings is but one of them.

Magic Hat Settles Trademark Dispute With Kentucky Craft Brewer West Sixth

by 7D Staff Posted on June 6, 2013 at 12:46PM

Maybe they hashed things out over a pint.In a statement released on its Facebook page this morning, Magic Hat Brewing Company announced that it has reached a settlement with Kentucky-based craft brewery West Sixth Brewing. You may recall that Magic Hat filed an injunction claiming trademark infringement against West Sixth and its "6" logo, which Magic Hat claimed looked a little too close to the label for the South Burlington brewery's #9 beer.

Taco Tuesdays and Pizza Fridays

by Alice Levitt Posted on June 4, 2013 at 1:17PM

Did you ever wish there were a Mad Taco in the Burlington area? Starting today, there almost is. Winooski's Mule Bar, owned by the same team that owns Mad Taco, inaugurates its Taco Tuesday today with a menu similar to the small chain that has links in Waitsfield, Montpelier and Waterbury.Each Tuesday the bill of fare will be different, but will likely always include a range of tacos, tortas and dinner plates.

Alice Eats: Noonie Deli

by Alice Levitt Posted on June 4, 2013 at 12:34PM

1 Marketplace, Unit 10, Essex, 871-5975The story of Noonie Deli is long and winding. Jennifer Silpe and Blue Paddle Bistro's Mandy Hotchkiss started it as a cart on Burlington's Church Street in 1986, and the mobile operation soon ballooned to nine fixed locations across Vermont.But soon, almost all of them were gone.

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