Restaurateur Tom Greene owns Hugo’s Bar and Grill in Montpelier. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Leslie Haviland and Derek Temple have been spending nearly every day for the last three weeks getting a ...

MONTPELIER ― A bar/restaurant renowned for its beer selection completed an expansion project just in time to celebrate Independence Day. A week later, that expansion – and the rest of the business – ...

This profile of Penzo Pizza Co. is the first in a series planned by the Burlington Free Press on Montpelier restaurants as they reopen following flooding that devastated Vermont’s capital city in July ...

This profile of Wilaiwans is the latest in a series planned by the Burlington Free Press on Montpelier restaurants as they reopen following flooding that devastated Vermont’s capital city in July.

There are newcomers to Montpelier, too. The Black Kitty, a clothing boutique, opened on State Street two months ago. Chico’s Tacos has also moved to State Street from its former spot in Middlesex — ...

Comfort food is a big deal. That’s been especially true in the past few years, when the world has seemed so uncertain that we need all the comfort we can get. Often the most satisfying feeling, though ...

One night in the late aughts, after spattering myself with burning pork fat at my Montpelier restaurant, Salt Café, I slipped into Three Penny Taproom after service. I ordered the most expensive ...

Two Burlington restaurants and a Montpelier bar have made the list of semifinalists for the 2024 James Beard Award, the nation’s top prize in the culinary world. Vermont regularly places multiple ...

Over the past eight weeks, the owners of Montpelier's flooded restaurants have navigated a second storm of challenges: figuring out how to rebuild safely and better, applying for grants and loans, ...

It was a late Thursday night for Montpelier resident Annie Jackson and her family as they took a stroll down the illuminated streets of the city she loves. "We all met up and decided we wanted to get ...

MONTPELIER ― Dave Penzo opened his pizza place in February. Flooding shut it down in July. He reopened the restaurant in September, feeling as if he opened the same restaurant twice in the same year, ...