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Fine Dining · Farm-to-Table · New American

East Burke

A restored 1904 neoclassical mansion built for Elmer Darling, set on an 86-acre hilltop estate between Lyndonville and East Burke. Its Supper Club is a roughly 2.5-hour multi-course set tasting menu built on local ingredients, at $85 per person before drinks, tax and tip.

Restaurant · Cocktails · Farm-to-Table

Greensboro

The restaurant and bar of a historic inn above Caspian Lake, with dinner served in two dining rooms and on a wraparound Queen Anne porch with lake views. The kitchen holds Vermont Fresh Network's 2024 Gold Barn distinction for local sourcing (Breadseed Farm, Snug Valley Farm, Jasper Hill cheeses), and the bar is known for a curated cocktail list plus a permanent Hill Farmstead draft line.

Fine Dining · Comfort Food · New American

West Glover

Chefs Maria Hill and Steve Vazzano moved their flood-battered Parsons Dinner House from Barton village to a countryside manor in West Glover in 2025. The 40-seat restaurant spreads across several dining rooms and a fireplace lounge, serving seasonal upscale comfort food at dinner and a Sunday brunch; three upstairs rooms rent as lodging.

Fine Dining · Italian · Mediterranean

Newport

Newport's upscale waterfront dining room on the second floor of the old Boathouse building on Main Street, overlooking Lake Memphremagog. Owned by the East Side family (Gray's Landing), it pairs an elegant dining room with a tapas lounge and martini bar; the kitchen is led by Italian-born chef Daniele Coletta, so the menu leans Italian and Mediterranean with local Vermont ingredients and weekly chef's specials.

Fine Dining · Farm-to-Table · New American

Lower Waterford

The candlelit fine-dining room of the Rabbit Hill Inn, an adults-only country inn in the tiny village of Lower Waterford. Everything is made from scratch with high-end local ingredients on a menu that changes often: Vermont cheese plates, house pastas like gnocchi Bolognese, a nightly market catch and a short-rib pub burger. Book through the restaurant or OpenTable.

Restaurant · Austrian · European

Derby Line

A five-room country inn in a restored 1901 house on Derby Line's Main Street, steps from the Canadian border, with a lodge-style dining room and fireplace lounge. Austrian-born chef-owner Fritz Halbedl (ex-Royal Caribbean) and his wife Paula serve schnitzels, sauerbraten with spaetzle and red cabbage, bratwurst and Salzburger nockerl, along with German beers on draft and a Sunday brunch.

Cafe · Cafe · Charcuterie

St. Johnsbury

A small market, espresso bar and natural-wine bar opened in June 2024 by Maggie Gray and Gavin Wynkoop-Fischer in the former Cosmic Cup Cafe space. By day it serves coffee, baguette toasts, breakfast sandwiches and grain bowls; later it pours natural wines alongside charcuterie, tinned fish and a rotating menu of small plates and sandwiches. Pantry shelves stock specialty groceries.

Restaurant · Asian · Thai

St. Johnsbury

A Thai restaurant on Memorial Drive occupying the former Kham's Thai Cuisine location, serving curries, noodle dishes, stir-fries and fried rice made to order. The dining room is warm and casual, and online ordering is available for pickup. It has quickly become one of the highest-rated restaurants in St. Johnsbury.

Pizza · Craft Beer · Pizza

West Glover

A beloved pizza pub tucked behind the Lake Parker Country Store in tiny West Glover, sourcing from local farms and pouring a deep list of Vermont craft beer. Pies range from classics to the Green Mountain Special, and the room doubles as the area's gathering place for trivia, open mic and live music; picnic tables go out in summer.

Restaurant · American · Eclectic

Lyndonville

A small chef-run cafe in a farmhouse-style room on Depot Street, open a few evenings a week with an open kitchen. The changing menu ranges from lobster bisque and maple-chipotle chicken salad to nightly specials and homemade desserts like bread pudding and key lime pie.

Pub · American · Pub Food

Island Pond

The historic hotel on Island Pond's main street, with a renovated tavern done in a vintage-industrial style and guest rooms upstairs. It is the village's main sit-down dinner spot with a full bar and a banquet room.

Restaurant · American · Breakfast

Newport

A long-running, family-owned waterfront landmark on Lake Memphremagog, now part of the Gray's Landing hospitality property alongside Le Belvedere and Tavern on the Hill. The nautical dining room, lakeside decks and bars cover everything from weekend breakfasts and a Sunday brunch buffet to prime rib, steaks and fried seafood baskets. It is the default 'take the family out by the lake' spot in Newport.

Restaurant · American · New American

Lyndonville

The restaurant at the Wildflower Inn sits atop Darling Hill on the Kingdom Trails network, with a pub, sunroom, patio and beer garden that look out over the valley toward Burke Mountain. The menu is casual fine dining: Vermont-raised burgers, crab cakes, mussels, steaks and seasonal specials, with Hill Farmstead beer and a full bar.

Restaurant · American · BBQ

Jay

A converted late-1800s farmhouse inn in Jay village, about four miles below the resort, with a fireplace pub and dining room serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Owner-chef JR's menu runs from homemade corned beef hash and Brault's-sausage gravy to house-smoked BBQ, 14-inch pizzas, and steaks.

Restaurant · Cocktails · Gastropub

St. Johnsbury

The in-house restaurant and speakeasy-style bar at the St. Johnsbury Distillery, with a menu built around the distillery's rums, gin and mezcal. Plates range from maple-rum glazed apps and smash burgers to flank steak, short-rib shepherd's pie and a tomahawk dinner for two, backed by an extensive house-spirits cocktail list. Kids are welcome, the porch is dog-friendly, and there are trivia nights and special multi-course dinners.

Pub · American · New American

East Burke

The year-round pub on the second floor of the Burke Mountain Hotel, whose big windows frame Willoughby Gap. Vermont craft drafts (Fiddlehead, Lawson's, Switchback) and cocktails go with burgers, crispy chicken sandwiches, ribeye, bowls and wings.

Restaurant · Italian · Mediterranean

St. Johnsbury

A chef-owned Italian and Mediterranean bistro on Eastern Avenue, also home base for the Vermont Catering Company. The dinner menu runs from house pastas and veal saltimbocca to blackened salmon, steak tips and a 12 oz NY strip, with a full bar and curated wine list. There is a cozy dining room and bar plus a street-side patio in warm months, with live music on weekends and special prix fixe nights.

Restaurant · American · Steakhouse

Jay

The golf course clubhouse restaurant on the Tramside side, with mountain views and a patio ringed by fire pits. Summer menus cover breakfast through dinner, from smash burgers and nachos to NY strip and seafood Newburg, with weekly specials and outdoor live music.

Restaurant · Buffet · Chinese

Derby

An all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet in the Derby shopping plaza near Walmart, with a la carte takeout too. The spread covers the usual American-Chinese favorites - sesame chicken, boneless ribs, lo mein, egg rolls, wings and fried rice.

Pub · American · Pizza

Jay

Jay Peak's main sit-down pub on the second floor of Hotel Jay at the Tramside base, built around a ceramic-tile hearth oven. The kitchen turns out breakfast, hearth-fired pizzas, shareable plates, and grilled steaks, and the adjoining Eleven Patio adds firepits and couches with mountain views.

Diner · American · Comfort Food

Jay

Stateside's diner-style restaurant, named for the resort's late food and beverage director Howard Johnson. The all-day menu leans hearty, with pork-belly poutine using Brault's (Troy) meats, goulash over spaetzle, and steak frites.

Restaurant · American · New American

Jay

The resort's dressier dining room inside the Tram Haus Lodge, named for longtime Jay Peak employee Alice Lewis. It is pitched as the spot for families and special occasions, and hosts ticketed pairing dinners such as the fall Decanted bourbon dinner.