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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 […]
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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.
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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.
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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...
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Made in Vermont: An autumn staple produced by a globally known maple brand
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Fall has arrived and so has pumpkin spice season, so Runamok Maple is putting out a product to encapsulate the autumnal spirit. “It’s all those nice warming spices like ginger, clove, cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg,” Runamok Maple co-founder Laura Sorkin said. Customers of Cambridge’s...
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Spice Up Your Week At This Vermont Indian Eatery Everyone’S Talking About
You can tell within about ninety seconds. Not from the menu or the decor. From the smell that reaches you before you have even sat down, the one that makes you stop mid-sentence. Vermont is not the first place anyone pictures for this. Snow, cheese, maple, flannel. Cardamom does not...
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Tandem Closes After 11.5 Years on Bristol’s Main Street
A longtime shared commercial kitchen, business incubator and community gathering place has closed its doors at 26 Main Street in Bristol. Lauren Gammon of Nomadic Chef Catering and Jess Messer of Savouré joined forces to open Tandem in 2015, using the production space — marked only by a blue tandem bicycle hung above the door — for their already established businesses.
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Saxby’s Cafe Holds Grand Opening
Saxby’s Experiential Learning Cafe, SUNY Plattsburgh’s newest food option, opened its doors September 9 with an opening ceremony that included campus community members President Alexander Enyedi, Vice President Karen McGrath and Student CEO Ashlee Morris. Saxby’s on SUNY Plattsburgh’s campus is the 30th location that the Philadelphia based...
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The Grey Jay to Close in Burlington in Mid-October
The Grey Jay, the eastern Mediterranean-inflected breakfast, brunch and lunch restaurant from the team behind Burlington’s Honey Road, will close after service on October 12, according to executive chef and co-owner Cara Chigazola Tobin. She and general manager and co-owner Allison Gibson took a hard look at the Grey Jay’s numbers pending the renewal of their lease on 135 Pearl Street in Burlington. “As much as we love it, it just doesn’t quite work,” said Chigazola Tobin, 44.
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Grab A Michigan Red At This Plattsburgh Drive-In That Has Fed Locals Since 1918
Some roadside spots refuse to change, and that stubbornness is exactly why people keep coming back after decades. There is a little stand in northern New York where car hops still clip trays onto rolled-down windows and a regional specialty called the Michigan has kept generations loyal. People drive up...
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FEMA to buy out Riverside Avenue restaurant property after land deemed unsafe
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - It’s the end of an era for a Somali restaurant in Burlington after the land it sits on off of Riverside Avenue was deemed unsafe. Winding along the Winooski River, Burlington’s Riverside Avenue is home to businesses, housing, and even a few empty lots. In 2024, the slope off Riverside was deemed unstable by UVM researchers.
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First Bite: The Harborvale in Burlington Could Make Waves
Hotel restaurants are usually what the kids call a “liminal space,” somewhere meant for passing through. There’s food all day, and time means nothing. At the Harborvale, which opened July 1 inside the renovated and rebranded hotel of the same name along Burlington’s Battery Street, food is served from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. But there’s at least one distinct time: sunset.
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This LEGENDARY Morning Institution Has Been Winning Hearts Since 1925 in Burlington, VT
On Bank Street in downtown Burlington, Henry’s Diner has been serving breakfast from inside a genuine railroad dining car since June 1925. 🍳. This legendary morning institution survived a devastating 1969 fire, multiple ownership changes, and a full century of Vermont history while still turning out the same home-cooked comfort food that made it famous.
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Downtown Saranac Lake now sweeter thanks to Sugar Shack
Sugar Shack is located at 14 Broadway in Saranac Lake. — SARANAC LAKE | Thanks to Katrina Glynn, downtown has now gotten a little sweeter. The local resident recently opened the Sugar Shack on Broadway, a sweet new business venture filled with treats for people of all ages. Glynn...