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Chef / owner Eric Warnstedt of Hen of the Wood Restaurant believes in composing menus that promote Vermont’s bounty in both the Waterbury and Burlington locations. Hen of the Wood uses products such as local beer, cheeses, produce, and even whole animals which are butchered and aged on-site. Eric was named one of the Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in 2008 and has been nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in the Northeast every year since 2009.
Eric passes along his Vermont eating, drinking and shopping guide.
March 12, 2014
Chef Eric Warnstedt’s Vermont Guide
An Eating, Drinking, Shopping Guide
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Hen Of the Wood
Waterbury & Burlington
New American
92 Stowe Street, Waterbury, VT 05676
T: 802.244.7300 (Book a Table)
55 Cherry Street, Burlington,VT 05401
T: 802.540.0534 (Book a Table)
Chef’s Vermont Guide
Eating, drinking, and shopping recommendations from chef Eric Warnstedt.
Waterbury Farmers Market
Photograph courtesy of Waterbury Farmers Market
Farmers Market | Waterbury Farmers Market
It’s a small town farmers market so you know everyone. They have live music every week and it’s pretty special. We come here every Thursday, all the adults bring a couple of beers or a bottle of wine and no one hassles anyone because we’re all old enough to do it properly and not be an idiot. It’s this really awesome small town feeling with beautiful food and it’s pretty special.
Rusty Parker Park on Main Street, Waterbury, VT 05676
www.waterburyfarmersmarket.com
Red Hen Bakery
Photograph courtesy of Red Hen Bakery
Bakery | Red Hen Bakery
We used to get our bread from them before we began making it in-house. You can buy all of their bread here, but it’s like a coffee shop. You can also buy cheese and wine and have a really great breakfast and get pastries and all kinds of treats and snacks.
961 U.S. 2, Middlesex, VT 05602
T: 802.223.5200 | www.redhenbaking.com
Hill Farmstead Brewery
Photograph courtesy of Hill Farmstead Brewery
Brewery | Hill Farmstead Brewery
What Hill Farmstead puts out has just been outstanding. You pull up here any day and there are several hundred people in line with license plates from all over all the place getting their growlers filled or buying whatever that’s on sale that day. It’s pretty amazing.
403 Hill Road, Greensboro Bend, VT 05842
T: 802.533.7450 | www.hillfarmstead.com
American Flatbread
Photograph courtesy of American Flatbread
Pizza | American Flatbread
This is a wood-fired pizza place. The original one is in Waitsfield, VT. This tiny farm-based, wood-fired oven sort of hippy, pipe dream type, beautiful thing. It’s really wonderful and then they sort of grew a tiny bit and they have one in Burlington now that’s pretty popular.
115 St. Paul Street, Burlington, VT 05401
T: 802.861.2999 | americanflatbread.com
Pistou
Photograph courtesy of Pistou
New American | Pistou
This is a small place downtown with really young progressive cooks. They have a tiny menu and they have the chef's tasting menu for 45 bucks. They rotate quite a bit, it’s just a chalkboard menu.
61 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401
T: 802.540.1783 | www.pistouvt.com
The Kitchen Table Bistro
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New American / French | The Kitchen Table Bistro
This is sort of new American meets classic bistro. The owners definitely know what they’re doing and they do it well. You’re not going to see some new progressive whatever random type food here. It’s classic bistro style in an old farmhouse. Their version of a steak frites is what I’ve ordered every time I’ve come here for the past nine or ten years. It’s tarragon aioli, grilled onions, awesome local ribeye and fries. You can’t really go wrong.
1840 W Main Street, Richmond, VT 05477
T: 802.434.8686 | kitchentablebistro.com
Coffee at Maglianero
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Coffee | Maglianero
We sell little pastries to them and they are definitely worth checking out. They serve Vermont Artisan coffee, which is a great roaster known for their Coffee Lab. Artisan owner Mané Alves is part of this group that judges the best coffees in the world and he owns Vermont Artisan, but his business is Coffee Lab. People are here from everywhere all the time to study with him for his week long courses and coffee roasting and cupping classes.
47 Maple Street, Burlington, VT 05401
T: 802.861.3155 | blog.maglianero.com
The Farmhouse Tap & Grill
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Beer | The Farmhouse Tap & Grill
They have a pretty crazy beer selection and a beer garden outside and sort of a parlor downstairs for the winter with a fireplace. It’s a pretty great place.
160 Bank Street, Burlington, VT 05401
T: 802.859.0888 | www.farmhousetg.com
Cocktails at Prohibition Pig
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Cocktails & Beer | Prohibition Pig
This is a really outstanding bar and restaurant. They have probably 25 taps and a whole bottle menu for beer and aged beer. Then they have a really rad cocktail program that’s not like anything in Waterbury. You can put the Prohibition Pig in any city in the country and it would have one of the better cocktail programs.
23 S Main Street, Waterbury, VT 05676
T: 802.244.4120 | www.prohibitionpig.com
Chef / owner Eric Warnstedt of Hen of the Wood Restaurant believes in composing menus that promote Vermont’s bounty in both the Waterbury and Burlington locations. Hen of the Wood uses products such as local beer, cheeses, produce, and even whole animals which are butchered and aged on-site. Eric was named one of the Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in 2008 and has been nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in the Northeast every year since 2009.