Speeder & Earl's Coffee Pine Street ★ 4.3
Family-owned Vermont roastery and cafe since 1993. The Pine Street cafe in the South End Arts District is the more relaxed of the two outlets,
Signature drink: Speeder's Blend espresso
Cafés in South End / Pine Street
Brio Coffeeworks Cafe ★ 4.5
Woman-owned specialty roastery and cafe inside the Soda Plant building on Pine Street. Nate and Magda Van Dusen launched in 2014; specialty lightly-roasted.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter, lightly roasted
Bakeries in South End / Pine Street
Scout & Co. Pine Street Bakery ★ 4.5
Scout's Pine Street kitchen at 696 Pine bakes the pastries that stock the Old North End and Winooski cafes. Sourdough sandwiches and grab-and-go.
Worth the queue: Daily-changing pastries from the Pine Street kitchen
Coffee Roasters in South End / Pine Street
Brio Coffeeworks ★ 4.6
Woman-owned roastery in the Soda Plant on Pine Street; Nate and Magda Van Dusen launched in 2014. Specialty lightly-roasted single-origin focus;
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Burundi
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail, Subscription
Speeder & Earl's Coffee ★ 4.3
Family-owned Vermont roastery and cafe since 1993; the Pine Street cafe is the public face. Roasting facility is in Williston (not open to the public);
Sources from: Various Central and South American origins
How they serve: Espresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
Street Food in South End / Pine Street
Maharaja Spice ★ 4.4
Indian food truck parked in front of Switchback Brewing on Flynn Avenue. Curries, samosas and biryani; pairs with a Switchback Ale next door.
Try: Indian curries, samosas, biryani
Burlington Farmers Market vendors ★ 4.5
The Saturday market in the South End brings 80-plus vendors including a rotating roster of prepared-food stalls. Empanadas, momos, breakfast tacos in summer.
Try: Rotating prepared-food stalls
Breweries in South End / Pine Street
Zero Gravity Craft Brewery ★ 4.7
Zero Gravity opened in 2004 inside American Flatbread; the Pine Street brewery opened 2015 and absorbed the Great Northern as the current Beer Hall.
Tip: Beer hall seating is first-come, first-served. Covered outdoor patio in season.
Switchback Brewing Co. ★ 4.5
Switchback opened in 2002 under master brewer Bill Cherry; the first 100 percent employee-owned brewery in New England. The Beer Garden and Smokehouse runs.
Tip: Closed Monday and the dog-friendly patio is the seat; the Beer Garden Smokehouse kitchen closes at 20:00 even when the bar runs to 21:00.
Queen City Brewery ★ 4.4
Queen City has 16-plus taps that rotate through German lagers, English ales, monastic styles and Scottish winter warmers from the renovated South End.
Tip: BYO food or order delivery as there is no kitchen onsite; the beech-smoked lager pours faster than the South End helles.
Burlington Beer Company ★ 4.5
Burlington Beer Co. moved its taproom from Williston to a 14,000-square-foot former brick warehouse on Flynn Avenue in 2021. 48 taps and a 46-foot bar;
Tip: Full kitchen; one of the few breweries in town that takes reservations.
Citizen Cider Press House ★ 4.4
Vermont's biggest cidery closed its Pine Street pub April 2025 and opened the Press House Pub at 180 Flynn Avenue October 2025, consolidating production.
Tip: Full food menu and cider cocktails; rentable for private events.
Markets in South End / Pine Street
Burlington Farmers Market (Summer) ★ 4.7
Saturday flagship moved from City Hall Park to 345 Pine Street in the South End for the 2024 season. 80-plus farmers, prepared-food vendors and craft stalls.
Burlington Winter Farmers Market ★ 4.5
The winter market runs twice a month November-April at the Burlington Beer Company taproom on Flynn Avenue. Hot-house greens, root vegetables, cheese, meat,
Food Festivals in South End / Pine Street
South End Art Hop ★ 4.6
The South End Art Hop fills 1.5 miles along Pine Street September 11-13, 2026. SEABA is the organiser; food trucks at every block and the Pine Street.
Burlington Farmers Market (season) ★ 4.5
The weekly Saturday farmers market is its own food festival across the season; 80-plus vendors with prepared food, produce, cheese, meat and crafts.
Cooking Classes in South End / Pine Street
Cooking with Stephanie ★ 4.7
Chef Stephanie Gurrieri has run small-group classes since 2019 from her South End kitchen or in the client's home. Three-hour hands-on; pasta, Thai, Indian,