Constable
Constable, NY · Food & Drink
sevendaysvt.com
Letters to the Editor (10/7/26)
How in the world do you leave the Olde Northender out of your dive bar story [“We (Heart) Dives: An Uncomprehensive, Unscientific Guide to Some of Vermont’s Dankest, Dingiest, Most Beloved Bars,” September 30]? Without disparaging the Other Place, I believe I have the credentials to recognize greatness when it comes to dive bars, and the Olde Northender can hold its own with any dive bar. Additionally, it has a much better dive bar location than the OP. Is your bias showing that you could not have two from Burlington, even though the population would support two?
mychamplainvalley.com
A Slice of Burlington: Ken’s Pizza & Pub
Ken’s Pizza & Pub is a longtime Burlington favorite located in the heart of downtown on Church Street. Known for its casual, welcoming atmosphere, Ken’s serves up pizza alongside a variety of classic pub favorites. With a laid-back vibe and a menu featuring something for everyone, Ken’s has become a go-to spot for locals and visitors alike. For more information, visit their website.
takingthekids.com
This Vermont Historic Mill Buffet Makes A Memorable Stop For Homemade Favorites
Few buildings manage to successfully reinvent their purpose, but this old mill in Vermont does exactly that. Inside, a buffet now fills the space where machinery once ran, serving homemade favorites to anyone who visits. Trays stretch across the room, refilled consistently throughout busy meal hours. Nothing sits under heat...
classicnewyorkhistory.com
The Plattsburgh Michigan: The North Country’s Fiercely Defended Chili Dog Religion
Travel north on Interstate 87 through the Adirondacks and eventually the food vocabulary changes. Around Plattsburgh and the Champlain Valley, one regional specialty appears again and again on diner menus and roadside signs: the Michigan. To an out-of-town visitor, the name can be baffling. Why would a North Country hot...
cheeseconnoisseur.com
Cabot Creamery Wins 11 Gold Medals at Regional Competitions
Waitsfield, VT – Cabot Creamery has received 20 awards, including 11 gold medals, at The Northeast Gold Medal Cheese Competition in West Springfield, Massachusetts and the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York. “Producing high-quality milk and crafting exceptional dairy products is a source of pride for our...
sevendaysvt.com
Haymaker Bun to Close Burlington Café, Focus on Nationwide Wholesale
Changes are coming to the Burlington outpost of Haymaker Bun. After service on October 17, the bakery and café in the Soda Plant will cease retail operations and become a production bakery for the business’ frozen four-packs of buns, which are now able to be shipped across the U.S. through a collaboration with Ferrisburgh’s Dakin Farm.
nosh.com
Small Town Cultures Has Got Feeling Human Again in the Bag Launching Single-Serve Pouches Along with their New Look
PLATTSBURGH, NY (Sept. 28, 2026) - While fermented veggie jars are a common sight among refrigerator doors, glass vessels don’t exactly make portable snacking options. Which is why Small Town Cultures decided to bag up its most popular fermented foods into lunch box-worthy 2 oz. single-serve pouches you can take anywhere.
islands.com
10 East Coast Beer Gardens That Feel Like Bavarian Getaways
You don't have to cross the Atlantic to find a quintessential Bavarian beer garden where the tables are long and sticky with hops, the beer is served by the stein, and the sharp aroma of pretzels and bratwurst lingers in the air. Across the East Coast, breweries, restaurants, and outdoor drinking spaces have borrowed from Germany's biergarten tradition, creating places where a casual afternoon can stretch into an evening over a cold pint.
colchestersun.com
Colchester Food Shelf seeks food and monetary donations so families can choose their own protein for Thanksgiving
COLCHESTER — This Thanksgiving, the Colchester Food Shelf is giving families a choice about what protein they serve at the table. From now until the end of October, the food shelf is requesting monetary donations so it can purchase $15 grocery gift cards for people to choose their own protein for Thanksgiving, rather than give everyone a turkey outright.
The Burlington Free Press
Popular Burlington brunch spot The Grey Jay to close
The Grey Jay , the Mediterranean-spiced brunch spot nestled at the top of Church Street, is set to close. A real estate listing from VT Commercial says the Burlington space is available for lease, with new operations able to start up in February 2027. The restaurant's owners didn't answer multiple requests for comment from the Burlington Free Press to explain what happened or what the timeline looks like, but chef and co-owner Cara Tobin told Seven Days that the restaurant would officially close Oct. 12. The restaurant opened in December 2022 at 135 Pearl St., where it’s been serving up shawarma wraps, shakshuka and breakfast classics like French toast. That cuisine helped the Grey Jay become a finalist for a 2025 James Beard Award. The building for many years was home to Burlington’s only LGBTQ+ bar and nightclub, Pearl’s, which was later renamed 135 Pearl. The bar was open for 22 years, and Tobin and manager Allison Gibson’s made sure to honor that legacy with a photo collection in the front foyer. Tobin and Gibson opened the eatery as a sister restaurant to Honey Road at the bottom of Church Street. Honey Road is set to celebrate its 10-year anniversary
Only In Your State
Vermont's Best Donut Comes From a 1920s Cider Press
It takes 36 pressed McIntosh apples to make a single gallon of cider, and at the best donut stop in Vermont you can stand at a window and watch it happen on a rack-and-cloth press built in the 1920s. Then you walk twenty feet to a second window and watch the donuts being fried. In […]
WCAX
Stowe Starbucks among nationwide closures
STOWE, Vt. (WCAX) - The Starbucks in Stowe has shuttered its doors, making it one of 250 locations closed nationwide over the last week. The store on Main Street opened only three years ago. Many visitors we spoke to at the time said they preffered to support local busineses instead.
Tabby's Pantry
After 75 Years, This Beloved Vermont Seafood Spot Has Officially Served Its Last Meal
Ray’s Seafood Market & Restaurant in Essex Junction served its final meal on September 12, ending a family-run Vermont business that traced its roots to 1949. The closure leaves Essex Junction without one of its longest-running seafood destinations as the family says retail operations will not continue.
sevendaysvt.com
Vermont Giant Pumpkin Growers Check Their Work at the Annual Weigh-Off
Growers from four states brought their biggest and best to the Vermont Giant Pumpkin Growers Association’s annual weigh-off at Sam Mazza’s Farm Market in Colchester on Saturday. Seventeen giant pumpkins, in shades from light apricot to safety orange, were the marquee event. But there was prodigious produce of...