Mid-Range in Burlington

Hill Farmstead Brewery

• ★ 4.9
• Brewery
• $$
• Greensboro

Shaun Hill founded the brewery in 2010 on family land in Greensboro Bend; the seventh-generation Hill descendant on a Northeast Kingdom plot held since 1788.

Brio Coffeeworks

• ★ 4.8
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• South End / Pine Street

Woman-owned roastery in the Soda Plant on Pine Street; Nate and Magda Van Dusen launched in 2014. Specialty lightly-roasted single-origin focus;

The Alchemist Brewery and Visitor's Center

• ★ 4.8
• Brewery
• $$
• Stowe

John and Jen Kimmich founded The Alchemist in 2003; the Heady Topper IPA from this Stowe brewery (35 miles from Burlington) sparked the entire haze-IPA.

Sotto Enoteca

• ★ 4.8
• Italian
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Sotto Enoteca is intimate italian wine bar from the trattoria delia team; the room is tiny and the italian-only list runs deeper than its size suggests.

Sneakers Bistro and Cafe

• ★ 4.8
• $$
• Winooski

Order Lemon Ricotta Waffles or the Cowboy Hash

Open since 1980 in downtown Winooski, Sneakers serves brunch on two floors with outdoor seating. Eggs Benedict, chicken-and-waffles, Kahlua French toast,

Zero Gravity Craft Brewery

• ★ 4.7
• Brewery
• $$
• South End / Pine Street

Zero Gravity opened in 2004 inside American Flatbread; the Pine Street brewery opened 2015 and absorbed the Great Northern as the current Beer Hall.

Foam Brewers

• ★ 4.7
• Brewery
• $$
• Waterfront

Foam Brewers sits 100 feet from Lake Champlain's edge across from Waterfront Park with westward sunset views over the Adirondacks. New England hazies,

Lawson's Finest Liquids

• ★ 4.7
• Brewery
• $$
• Waitsfield

Sean and Karen Lawson founded Lawson's in 2008; the Waitsfield destination brewery opened 2018 in the Mad River Valley (45 miles from Burlington).

Pho Hong

• ★ 4.7
• Vietnamese
• $$
• Old North End

Pho Hong in Burlington: Off Church Street in the Old North End, in a former Global Markets storefront. Family-owned, no website, no chain trappings.

August First Bakery

• ★ 4.7
• Café
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Order Maple biscuit with sausage gravy plus a Vermonter sandwich for the table

The downtown bakery counter where everyone goes Saturday morning. Maple biscuits, hot sandwiches, locally roasted coffee; laptop-free dining room since 2014.

Pizzeria Verita

• ★ 4.6
• Neapolitan Pizza
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Order The Margherita with San Marzano tomato and house-made mozzarella, plus a side of the burrata.

John Rao shipped a two-ton wood-fired oven from Italy when he opened Pizzeria Verita on Saint Paul Street in 2012; pies cook at 900F in two minutes.

Folino's Pizza Shelburne

• ★ 4.6
• Wood-fired Pizza
• $$
• Shelburne

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.

Scout & Co. Coffee

• ★ 4.6
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Old North End

Scout sources beans from BIPOC, Queer and Women-owned roasters across the US; the Old North End flagship at 237 North Ave is where the ice cream is also made.

American Flatbread Burlington Hearth

• ★ 4.5
• Wood-fired Pizza
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Order The New Vermont Sampler with house cheese and maple-fennel sausage, plus a Punctuated Equilibrium IPA.

Paul Sayler and Rob Downey opened American Flatbread Burlington Hearth in 2004; in-house brewery (Zero Gravity's original home) and an upper-deck patio.

Misery Loves Co.

• ★ 4.5
• New American Sandwiches and Market
• $$
• Winooski

Order House-cured pastrami sandwich plus whatever the daily market plate is and a natural-wine pour.

Aaron Josinsky and Laura Wade opened Misery Loves Co. in Winooski in 2012. The 2024 reset made it a daytime bruncheonette with market and natural-wine bar.

May Day

• ★ 4.5
• New American
• $$
• Old North End

Order The daily sandwich off the chalkboard plus a natural-wine pour.

May Day opened on North Winooski Avenue in the Old North End in 2024 from local industry pros. House-made bread and charcuterie for deli-inspired sandwiches,

A Single Pebble

• ★ 4.5
• Classical Chinese
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

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.

Onion City Chicken and Oyster

• ★ 4.5
• Fried Chicken and Oysters
• $$
• Winooski

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.

Switchback Brewing Co.

• ★ 4.5
• Brewery
• $$
• South End / Pine Street

Switchback opened in 2002 under master brewer Bill Cherry; the first 100 percent employee-owned brewery in New England. The Beer Garden and Smokehouse.

Burlington Beer Company

• ★ 4.5
• Brewery
• $$
• South End / Pine Street

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;

Fiddlehead Brewing Company

• ★ 4.5
• Brewery
• $$
• Shelburne

Fiddlehead's original brewery and tasting room is in Shelburne, sharing a building with Folino's Pizza (BYO food encouraged across the hall).

von Trapp Bierhall

• ★ 4.5
• Brewery
• $$
• Stowe

Johannes von Trapp opened the brewery at the Trapp Family Lodge in 2010; the Bierhall opened 2016, a mile from the lodge, serving Austrian-style food.

Mule Bar

• ★ 4.5
• Vegan
• $$
• Winooski

Try Heady Topper pints, plant-based plates and American classics

The Winooski reliable for a midnight pour; expertly compiled rotating drafts plus Heady Topper and Focal Banger. Plant-based plates and classics on offer.

Onion City Chicken and Oyster (brunch)

• ★ 4.5
• Fried Chicken and Oysters
• $$
• Winooski

Order Chicken and waffle, hot-honey biscuit, fresh-shucked half-dozen oysters

Misery Loves Co.'s sister room runs chicken-and-waffle weekend brunch alongside the daily oyster pours. Hot-honey biscuit on the side; cocktails and natural.

Bluebird Barbecue

• ★ 4.4
• American Barbecue
• $$
• Old North End

Order The brisket plate by the pound, a basket of smoked wings and a side of cornbread.

Bluebird Barbecue runs from an early-1900s farmhouse on Riverside Avenue overlooking the Winooski River. Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Vivid Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.4
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Ian Bailey founded Vivid in Winooski 2015; the roastery and flagship cafe moved to 150 Cherry Street downtown. Light-to-medium roast single-origin focus.

Queen City Brewery

• ★ 4.4
• Brewery
• $$
• South End / Pine Street

Queen City has 16-plus taps that rotate through German lagers, English ales, monastic styles and Scottish winter warmers from the renovated South End.

Citizen Cider Press House

• ★ 4.4
• Brewery
• $$
• South End / Pine Street

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.

Stowe Cider

• ★ 4.4
• Brewery
• $$
• Stowe

Stowe Cider's Shakedown Street taproom serves dry preservative-free ciders alongside barrel-aged and fruit-forward releases. Barbecue and gluten-free menu;

Light Club Lamp Shop

• ★ 4.4
• New American
• $$
• Old North End

Try Craft cocktails, DJ sets

Fri-Sat only; opens 21:00 and runs till 02:00. Cocktails, DJs, disco and early-house dance floor; vintage lamps for sale and Radio Bean musicians next door.

Kestrel Coffee Roasters Maple Street

• ★ 4.4
• Cafe
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Kestrel Coffee Roasters on Maple St in downtown Burlington is the Karma Bird House cafe with rotating single-origin filter beans and a gallery seating area.

Pingala Cafe weekend brunch

• ★ 4.4
• $$
• Old North End

Order Crunch Wrap and a fresh-pressed juice

Burlington's vegan weekend brunch room in the Chace Mill on the Winooski River. Plant-based plates, smoothies, juice and the famous Crunch Wrap.

The Daily Planet

• ★ 4.3
• Eclectic New American
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Order Whatever the cocktail of the month is, plus a daily blackboard plate.

The Daily Planet on Center Street since 1982 (one block east of Church). Bohemian bar, tranquil solarium, romantic dining room; cocktails the signature.

Leunig's Bistro and Cafe

• ★ 4.3
• French Bistro
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

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.

Vermont Pub and Brewery

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Vermont's first brewpub and the longest-running brewery in the state. Greg Noonan lobbied Vermont to permit onsite brewing-and-consumption and opened Vermont.

Misery Loves Co. bruncheonette

• ★ 4.3
• $$
• Winooski

Order Pastrami breakfast sandwich and a natural-wine mimosa

The 2024 reset turned the original Misery Loves Co. into an all-day bruncheonette and market. Breakfast sandwiches, market plates, cold case for take-away.

Kestrel Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.2
• Coffee roaster
• $$
• Church Street Marketplace

Johnny and Charlotte Steverson opened Kestrel's Maple Street cafe in October 2019 in the Karma Bird House. Ethically sourced single-origins;

Einstein's Tap House

• ★ 4.2
• Cocktail bar
• $$
• 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.

Fancy's Restaurant

• ★ 4.1
• New American
• $$
• Old North End

Fancy's on Oak St in Old North End is the Wed-Sun small-plates dining room from a tight kitchen team plating mostly-vegetable handcrafted Vermont produce.

The Skinny Pancake (waterfront)

• ★ 4.1
• Cafe
• $$
• Waterfront

Order Johnny Crepe (maple BBQ pulled pork)

Burlington's regular weekend crepe brunch on the lake; long lines on Sundays in summer. Choco Monkey sweet crepes and Johnny Crepe maple-BBQ pulled pork off.