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Ardelia Farm & Co.
Irasburg
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Ardelia's
Lakeside dining begins with a breakfast buffet and concludes with three-course dinners and award-winning wine lists. Dressy-casual attire requested. Open June through October.
Vergennes
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Arkham
Evening crowds imbibe cocktails, craft beers and rainbow-colored specialty shots until 2 a.m. nightly. Air hockey and TV sports provide entertainment; karaoke on Saturday.
Brattleboro
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Aromas of India
Sarita Devi cooks a vegetarian menu of northern Indian dishes, such as spiced potato- and paneer-stuffed paratha bread; the chunky vegetable curry called pav bhaji; and the street food samosa chaat, or crunchy samosa chunks topped with chickpeas, spiced yogurt and chutneys. Everything is made from scratch.
Williston
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Arrowhead Lodge
Local beer and cider flow at this neighborhood taproom. The menu of "sandwich-ish" melts — ranging from chipotle-maple bacon to Fresno Thai veggie — uses local ingredients, too.
Milton
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Artesano Ice Cream
These handmade frozen flavors are always changing. Local faves include spicy Thai peanut ice cream and elderberry sorbet. Open late May through mid-October.
Groton
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Artesano Mead
Sample delicate, honey-based meads — ranging from dry to sweet and bubbly — in the tasting room and retail shop. When the weather's warm, treat yourself to handmade ice cream.
Groton
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Artisans at Lake Placid Lodge
Warm up by three fireplaces as you peruse the 46-page wine list at this Relais & Chateaux property. Try the venison tartare or roast pheasant with maitake mushrooms.
Lake Placid
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Asia Restaurant
House specialties include spicy shrimp and Volcano Beef: a meaty sauté with snow peas, pineapple, peppers and water chestnuts.
Lyndonville
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Asian Food Mart: Taste of Asia
Burlington
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Asian Gourmet
Lunchtime brings sushi combos and Chinese mix-and-match plates. At dinner, chefs prepare tofu teriyaki, mala lamb and sashimi platters.
Brattleboro
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Asian Mart
Essex Junction
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Audubon Vermont Sugarhouse
Richmond
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Auntie Dee Dees Homemade VT Baked Goods
Baker Danielle Ekasala channels 30 years of experience into artisan breads, baguette sandwiches, and pastries such as croissants, cinnamon rolls and fruit Danishes.
East Burke
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Ausable Brewing Company
Brewmaster Dan Badger brings experience from California's Mammoth Brewing and Vermont's Long Trail Brewing Company to this farmstead brewery just two miles from the Port Kent ferry.
Keeseville
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Autumn Mountain Winery
Reds and whites are born from estate-grown grape varieties such as frontenac blanc and St. Croix. Taste them on the weekend or at winter Wine Down Wednesdays.
Brandon
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Ava's Candy Corner
The shop's edible nostalgia includes freshly made cotton candy, sugar buttons and wax soda bottles, while gummy bears, worms and alligators are among the modern treats. Hot outside? Stop for a scoop of ice cream.
White River Junction
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Avellino Bakery and Catering
The caterer is known for its specialty pizzas, and they're offering them for takeout. Call to order a pie, fresh-baked bread or other Italian specialties.
Rutland
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The Avocado Pit
Fast burritos, bowls, salads and tacos with housemade "pit sauce" come with a little kick or a big one. The daily lunch special gets you two tacos and a drink for $5.
Bennington
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Ayers Brook Goat Dairy
Randolph
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Babas Tacos
You can get street-style tacos and burritos cradling carnitas, steak or chicken — or a melty quesadilla, cheese flauta, or elote. The food truck is based out of the Parkside Cafe in Hinesburg but still travels all over.
Hinesburg
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Babes Bar
Owners hailing from the Windy City bring Chicago-style hot dogs, laid-back drinks and a welcoming vibe to their bar, which has become rural Bethel's melting pot.
Bethel
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Babette's Table
Waitsfield
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Back Country Café
En route to the mountain, skiers fuel up on popovers, pancakes and banana-bread French toast. Make it a boozy brunch with a mimosa or Bloody Mary.
Killington
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Back Road BBQ
Go whole hog at this rolling barbecue joint — the meats are local and smoked 'till they fall apart. Much of the produce for the salads and sides is grown by the pitmasters and their farmer-friends.
Cabot
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Backdoor Bread
A whole-grain bread bakery that mills its own flour offers retails sales two days a week.
Charlotte
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The Backroom
At the back of a general store, New York Times-starred chef Kevin Lasko hosts intimate, family-style dinner parties every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. Closed in summer.
Pittsfield
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Backyard Bistro
Longtime local restaurateurs Jill and Adam Spell are launching Backyard Bistro with an American fusion menu nodding to their past restaurants. La Villa favorites will include the Smash Burger, Misty Knoll chicken with maple-bourbon sauce, and Fat Cow Farm Bolognese over housemade fettucine. Conch fritters, Cajun-spiced dishes and tropical cocktails will recall Auggie’s Island Grill. Specials like lobster boiled dinners and family brisket dinners will be offered, too. A tent behind the building will encourage outdoor eating, and there will be ticketed concerts that customers can hear while eating at reserved tables.
Charlotte
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Bada Bing
Known for years as Planet Rock, the below-ground "gentlemen's club" features friendly pole-riding dancers and inexpensive drinks.
Barre
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The Bagel
Bakers turn out 20 different styles of bagel daily, plus 15 flavors of cream cheese — pumpernickel with bacon horseradish, anyone? Breakfast and lunch sandwiches reign here.
Stowe
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Baird Farm
North Chittenden
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Baja Burrito & Cantina
Head inside the Chalet Killington for a taco, enchilada, fajita or burrito — and margaritas, of course. Open daily autumn through spring.
Killington
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Bakery at the Shack
Stop by for maple syrup made on-site and a visit to the Sugar Shack's Norman Rockwell exhibit; stay for a cider doughnut, maple-frosted sugar cookie, creemee or freshly baked seasonal pie.
Arlington
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The Bakery (Rutland)
All the breads are made in-house at Roots the Restaurant's sister bakeshop. Try an egg-and-cheese on an English muffin, or go for locally raised and braised pork with blueberry barbecue sauce on toasted sour white.
Rutland
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Baking School at King Arthur Baking Company
Bakers rise before dawn to hand-shape baguettes, sticky buns and scones at the flour company's flagship campus. In addition to perfect pastries, the airy post-and-beam café serves artisan sandwiches, salads and soups.
Norwich
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Bakkerij Krijnen
Netherlands native Hans Krijnen turns out perfect Dutch pastries and slow-leavened, crusty breads. Locals love the blueberry-and-goat-cheese scones and vegan soup du jour.
Bennington
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Bangkok Thai To Go
Champ Chompupong, founding chef-owner of Burlington’s Bangkok Bistro, runs Bangkok Thai to Go in the University Mall food court. The succinct menu of freshly cooked items includes pad kee mao (drunken noodles) and tom ka chicken soup. Lunch special boxes come with a choice of prepared dishes from a buffet, such as pad Thai, fried rice, egg rolls and panang curry.
South Burlington
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Bar 802
In a cabin-like setting, aprés-ski visitors dunk tater tots into housemade chipotle ketchup or fill up on flatbreads and black bean burgers.
Stratton
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Bar de Courcelle
Montréal
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Bar Renée
At this natural wine-focused bar and small retail shop, customers sip unique wines from France and around the globe alongside wines, ciders and coferments from Vermont. Pair a glass with a salty snack.
Burlington
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