Burlington's cocktail rooms range from polished downtown lounges to music bars that happen to pour serious drinks. Devil Takes a Holiday sits on St Paul Street across from City Hall Park as the city's upscale vintage lounge, The Whiskey Room hides inside the Ri Ra building with deep American and Scotch lists, and Radio Bean on North Winooski has paired live music with cocktails since Lee Anderson opened it in 2000. Its sister room, Light Club Lamp Shop, carries the nooked-lounge end of the same family.
Cocktail bars in Burlington
8 cocktail bar places in Burlington we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Burlington · Cocktail Bar across every city.
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Devil Takes a Holiday
- ★ 4.8
- $$$
- Church Street Marketplace
Drink Hand-crafted seasonal cocktails
Devil Takes a Holiday on St Paul Street across from City Hall Park, an upscale Burlington cocktail lounge with hand-crafted drinks and a chic vintage room.
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The Whiskey Room
- ★ 4.4
- $$$
- Church Street Marketplace
Drink Whiskey flights from a 100-plus-bottle list
Speakeasy-style whiskey bar inside the Ri Ra Irish Pub building; old-bank room with dark wood and a fireplace.
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Light Club Lamp Shop
- ★ 4.3
- $$$
- Old North End
Drink Craft cocktails and natural wine
Sister bar to Radio Bean; opened November 2014 as a fully-nooked lamp lounge and cocktail destination.
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Radio Bean
- ★ 4.7
- $$$
- Old North End
Drink Local-roaster espresso into evening cocktails
Lee Anderson opened Radio Bean in November 2000 in the former Java Love space on North Winooski.
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Mule Bar
- ★ 4.5
- $$$
- Winooski
Drink Heady Topper and Focal Banger pours, rotating craft taps
Open since May 2013 in downtown Winooski; expertly curated craft beer list with rotating draft plus Heady Topper and Focal Banger.
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The Daily Planet
- ★ 4.1
- $$$
- Church Street Marketplace
Drink Cocktail of the month, deep gin and tequila lists
Center Street institution since 1982; the bar room runs alongside the solarium and the dining room, with creative cocktails as the signature.
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Vermont Pub and Brewery
- ★ 4.0
- $$$
- Church Street Marketplace
Drink Burly Irish Ale or cask hand-pull
Vermont's first brewpub (1988) doubles as a workhorse downtown bar; a long list of in-house brews, the cask hand-pull, and a kitchen until close.
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Einstein's Tap House
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- Church Street Marketplace
Try Beer, cocktails, DJ floor and karaoke
Einstein's Tap House on Church Street downtown Burlington, the late-night dance and pool bar; 32 beers on tap, craft cocktails and DJ rotations till 02:00.