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For restaurants in Burlington, eating local is a way of life. It’s a food system as dynamic and closely intertwined as the farmers, makers, artisans and purveyors that make the city’s heart beat. The ingredients at Burlington’s fingertips are the same ones sourced at acclaimed restaurants across the country — but here, they’re in our backyard. From artisan meats to hardy vegetables, farmstead cheese and freshly milled flour, the gems our farmers and makers produce in Onion City sometimes don’t make it out of Chittenden County, let alone out of state. Discovering the local is a treasure hunt—admittedly, an easy one.
Burlington’s Nepali community amplifies the Vermont food world with beloved spots like Sherpa Kitchen. James Beard Awarded restaurants with daily-changing menus make Burlington a destination near and far. A 1940’s diner sits around the corner from a juice shop pressing organic Vermont produce. Neapolitan pizza, artisan flatbreads and crispy-edged Grandma-style pies animate Burlington’s pizza scene with live wood fire. Eclectic, globally inspired American cooking shines alongside Burlington-made beer, wine, cider, bitters and spirits. Noodle shops and kebab houses offer some of the best food in the city. Penny Cluse Café has been reliably packed with local regulars from breakfast through lunch service for 22 years. On summer Fridays, food trucks gather in a South End parking lot to serve up tacos with stone-ground tortillas, barbecue and even a kiosk-sized “broccoli bar.” Burlington’s restaurant scene celebrates the people who live here through the special lens of the food they serve — all alongside the producers of our vibrant agrarian community.
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Similar to music cities like Nashville and New Orleans, Burlington is a town with music in its late-night DNA. From dive bars to hotel lobbies, you’ll be able to catch local music talent alongside your old fashioned or chilled glass of rosè. Our downtown features spots all within close walking distance to each other, meaning you can have a choose-your-own-adventure…
Powered by the surrounding college student population, Burlington’s coffee shop scene boats a diverse set of drinking options--whether you crave a cortado or a classic drip cup there’s a coffee with your name on it. (Sometimes literally.) And it’s not surprising that the land of home brewers and raised garden beds has given rise to an increasing number of in-house coffee roasters, too.
Brewers and hop lovers from around the world travel to Vermont for our beer — it’s a brewing culture unique enough to be recognized by the state itself. “Vermont beer” is a categorical distinction, a style defined by the Green Mountain State. According to the national Brewers Association, we currently have around fourteen breweries per 100,000 people over age twenty-one in Vermont, leading the country in number of craft breweries per capita.