Bistros, trattorias and the everyday places where Burlington actually eats.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Burlington actually eats.
14 places
Order The New Vermont Sampler with Vermont cheddar and house maple-fennel sausage.
The Burlington Hearth location of Vermont's wood-fired flatbread chain. Big upper-deck patio, in-house brewery (Zero Gravity's original home),
Order Whatever the pasta of the day is, plus an antipasto plate.
Subterranean Church Street Italian; fresh pastas made in-house, Wood Mountain Fish seafood and a wine bar with craft cocktails. Open from 16:00.
Order The brisket by the pound, smoked wings and a side of cornbread.
Vermont's best-known barbecue room out of an early-1900s Riverside Avenue farmhouse on the Winooski River. Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
Order The pastrami sandwich and a glass of natural orange wine.
Aaron Josinsky and Laura Wade's market-cum-restaurant in Winooski. Lunches, grab-and-go, natural wine and cocktails; daytime only and closes at 19:00.
Order Mock eel, dan dan noodles and a sizzling clay pot.
Family-style classical Chinese with Sichuan touches; the Bank Street fixture since the 1990s. Mock eel and dan dan noodles are the long-running signatures.
Order French onion soup, the daily quiche and a glass of Cotes du Rhone.
The corner French bistro on Church Street. The sidewalk patio is the canonical downtown lunch seat; the weekend brunch is a Burlington Sunday institution.
Order Pho tai with meatballs; banh mi for take-away.
Family-owned Vietnamese counter on North Winooski Avenue; the Burlington pho benchmark. BYOB. Closed Sun-Mon; queues hard at lunch and dinner.
Order Daily sandwich plus a charcuterie plate to share.
Old North End neighborhood bar with house-baked bread, in-house charcuterie and a natural-wine list. Small plates and deli-inspired sandwiches.
Order Whatever the cocktail of the month is plus the daily blackboard plate.
Bohemian downtown bar-restaurant with a tranquil solarium and an outdoor patio. Open since 1982; the cocktails-and-eclectic-plates Burlington institution.
Order Choco Monkey sweet crepe and the Johnny Crepe with maple-BBQ pulled pork.
Burlington's waterfront creperie on the corner of Lake and College streets on Lake Champlain. Member of the Vermont Fresh Network sourcing local producers.
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Order Two slices and a Sip of Sunshine pour.
Long-running Main Street pizza counter near UVM; thin-crust slices, craft beer, arcade games and pool in the back. Late-night standard till 02:30 weekends.
Order A naturally leavened Margherita pizza plus a Fiddlehead Mastermind IPA from next door.
Sourdough wood-fired pizza on Route 7 in Shelburne, sharing a building with Fiddlehead Brewing. BYO Fiddlehead; voted Vermont's Best Pizza since 2023.
Order Whatever is off the hearth, plus a Vermont-gin cocktail.
Hotel Vermont's lobby-level bar and restaurant from Executive Chef Doug Paine. Wood-burning hearth, ingredient-driven cocktails, terrace overlooking the lake.
Order Half-bird fried chicken, half-dozen Vermont oysters and a biscuit.
Sister room to Misery Loves Co.; opened August 2022 at the top of the Winooski rotary in the historic Block Building. Fried chicken and East Coast oysters.
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