The Alchemist, a restaurant and brewery previously located on Main Street in downtown Waterbury, used to be one of our favorite date-night spots. We’d take a leisurely drive over the Appalachian Gap and wind our way to Waterbury. The homecooked pub food and Wild Child on tap were worth every bit of the 80-minute drive (one way). Sadly, […]
When I was in college in Vermont, Rochester was always “the town where you make a left onto Bethel Mountain Road” when giving directions to hop on interstate 89. Or a pitstop after urgently holding my bladder after miles and miles on back-country roads or, better yet, a snowy, white-knuckled drive down […]
A fellow foodie friend of mine was shocked I hadn’t been to Worthy Burger, a craft beer and burger bar in South Royalton, Vermont, a small village in the Upper Valley that’s home to Vermont Law School. I’m always on a mission to find the best burger in Vermont and […]
The Mad River Valley—coined the “Bad Liver” Valley by locals (and for good reason)—is more than your typical Vermont ski town with old money, long vistas and some of the best skiing in the state. With Mad River Glen and Sugarbush located within minutes of the quaint downtown, […]