Guidebook for Montpelier

Stefanie
Guidebook for Montpelier

Everything Else

liquor store
Yankee Wines & Spirits
126 Main St
liquor store
Right in City Hall...our own local theater production -- www.lostnationtheater.org
18 locals recommend
Lost Nation Theater
39 Main St
18 locals recommend
Right in City Hall...our own local theater production -- www.lostnationtheater.org
A beautiful Tibetan meditation retreat center about an hour or so from Montpelier.
Milarepa Center
1344 US-5
A beautiful Tibetan meditation retreat center about an hour or so from Montpelier.
Right around the corner. BEAUTIFUL library with two floors, wi-fi and a whole room to sit and read. Open until 8pm most weeknights. Very sweet kids section too.
7 locals recommend
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
135 Main St
7 locals recommend
Right around the corner. BEAUTIFUL library with two floors, wi-fi and a whole room to sit and read. Open until 8pm most weeknights. Very sweet kids section too.
Best book store ever! Often author readings during the week.
26 locals recommend
Bear Pond Books
77 Main St
26 locals recommend
Best book store ever! Often author readings during the week.

Food Scene

Great stone oven pizza --- reasonable prices and nice atmosphere. It gets very busy on Friday and Saturday nights so best to call ahead for seating.
77 locals recommend
Sarducci's
3 Main St
77 locals recommend
Great stone oven pizza --- reasonable prices and nice atmosphere. It gets very busy on Friday and Saturday nights so best to call ahead for seating.
Nice small family restaurant.
Angeleno's Pizza
15 Barre St
Nice small family restaurant.
Delicious pizza...much with organic ingredients. Pizza by the slice in the back of the restaurant and funky live music often on weekends.
76 locals recommend
Positive Pie
22 State St
76 locals recommend
Delicious pizza...much with organic ingredients. Pizza by the slice in the back of the restaurant and funky live music often on weekends.
LOVE their tofu/broccoli peanut sauce dish, nice quaint restaurant with outside seating in good weather.
10 locals recommend
Royal Orchid Restaurant
38 Elm St
10 locals recommend
LOVE their tofu/broccoli peanut sauce dish, nice quaint restaurant with outside seating in good weather.
People watch while eating a taco!
25 locals recommend
Mad Taco
72 Main St
25 locals recommend
People watch while eating a taco!
The only bagel shop in town...live music (although not fabulous music) a few nights a week.
Bagitos bagel and burrito cafe
28 Main St
The only bagel shop in town...live music (although not fabulous music) a few nights a week.
Interesting take on crepes....fun to order and a few vegan/vegetarian items plus great dessert crepes. My sister sells her farmed duck eggs here for Sunday brunch!
46 locals recommend
The Skinny Pancake
89 Main St
46 locals recommend
Interesting take on crepes....fun to order and a few vegan/vegetarian items plus great dessert crepes. My sister sells her farmed duck eggs here for Sunday brunch!
Great coffee shop and wonderful atmosphere to enjoy the hub of downtown.
29 locals recommend
Capitol Grounds
27 State St
29 locals recommend
Great coffee shop and wonderful atmosphere to enjoy the hub of downtown.
A wonderful coffee/bakery that is run by New England Culinary Institute. Roomy and bright...nice to sit for hours and drink coffee. Closed Sundays in the winter months
12 locals recommend
La Brioche Bakery
118 Main St
12 locals recommend
A wonderful coffee/bakery that is run by New England Culinary Institute. Roomy and bright...nice to sit for hours and drink coffee. Closed Sundays in the winter months
This is a tea room with a wonderful selection of teas. It also has selected wines and small dishes. A lovely atmosphere to enjoy a good cup of tea. They are also open some evenings and weekends.
9 locals recommend
The North Branch Cafe
41 State St
9 locals recommend
This is a tea room with a wonderful selection of teas. It also has selected wines and small dishes. A lovely atmosphere to enjoy a good cup of tea. They are also open some evenings and weekends.
This is a locally owned coffee shop and bakery which has beautiful and delicious pastries and cakes. Right around the corner.
23 locals recommend
Birchgrove Baking
279 Elm St
23 locals recommend
This is a locally owned coffee shop and bakery which has beautiful and delicious pastries and cakes. Right around the corner.
A Montpelier landmark...right downtown at the intersection
6 locals recommend
Coffee Corner
83 Main St
6 locals recommend
A Montpelier landmark...right downtown at the intersection
Amazing local food and a bistro like atmosphere. Sunday brunch is delish....nice veggie/rice bowl with lemon tahini dressing!
52 locals recommend
Kismet
207 Barre St
52 locals recommend
Amazing local food and a bistro like atmosphere. Sunday brunch is delish....nice veggie/rice bowl with lemon tahini dressing!
Affordable tex-mex food
15 locals recommend
Julio's
54 State St
15 locals recommend
Affordable tex-mex food
Bar seating as well as dining. Vegan and vegetarian friendly.
6 locals recommend
Asiana House
43 State St
6 locals recommend
Bar seating as well as dining. Vegan and vegetarian friendly.
Very casual and relaxed atmosphere. Healthy food and a wide variety of teas. Sometimes there is room to sit on the floor and kick your shoes off. We love their food!
Tulsi Tea Room
34 Elm St
Very casual and relaxed atmosphere. Healthy food and a wide variety of teas. Sometimes there is room to sit on the floor and kick your shoes off. We love their food!

Drinks & Nightlife

Great craft beer...written up in a Boston magazine
102 locals recommend
Three Penny Taproom
108 Main St
102 locals recommend
Great craft beer...written up in a Boston magazine
NECI run restaurant upstairs and a very neat lounge downstairs with tapas menu
13 locals recommend
NECI on Main
118 Main St
13 locals recommend
NECI run restaurant upstairs and a very neat lounge downstairs with tapas menu
Good sports bar that the locals go to with pool tables and a few tv's
McGillicuddy's Irish Pub
14 Langdon St
Good sports bar that the locals go to with pool tables and a few tv's
You never know who or what you may see here.....a Montpelier landmark
21 locals recommend
Charlie O's
70 Main St
21 locals recommend
You never know who or what you may see here.....a Montpelier landmark

Arts & Culture

Locally owned, real buttered popcorn, small showings and great independent films. Host of the Green Mt Film Festival -- LOVE this theater!!
49 locals recommend
Savoy Theatre
26 Main St
49 locals recommend
Locally owned, real buttered popcorn, small showings and great independent films. Host of the Green Mt Film Festival -- LOVE this theater!!
Theater has 4 movies showing...right downtown
16 locals recommend
Capitol Theatre
93 State St
16 locals recommend
Theater has 4 movies showing...right downtown

Essentials

Great place to get Vermont made organic food and there is a hot food buffet and deli. Open 7 days a week 8am-8pm
82 locals recommend
Hunger Mountain Coop station
623 Stone Cutters Way
82 locals recommend
Great place to get Vermont made organic food and there is a hot food buffet and deli. Open 7 days a week 8am-8pm
Your basic grocery store...but only a 15 min walk or a 5 min drive away
46 locals recommend
Shaw's
2 Main St
46 locals recommend
Your basic grocery store...but only a 15 min walk or a 5 min drive away
Right around the corner is this quaint market that carries a variety of food, produce, plus a deli with fresh fish and daily lunch specials.
15 locals recommend
The Uncommon Market
1 School St
15 locals recommend
Right around the corner is this quaint market that carries a variety of food, produce, plus a deli with fresh fish and daily lunch specials.

Sightseeing

125 acres of trails for walking, biking or hiking. Short walk up to a tower which gives you beautiful views of the city. Entrance is about 1/2 mile from the house.
55 locals recommend
Hubbard Park
400 Parkway St
55 locals recommend
125 acres of trails for walking, biking or hiking. Short walk up to a tower which gives you beautiful views of the city. Entrance is about 1/2 mile from the house.
Nice snowshoe or walking trails
24 locals recommend
North Branch Nature Center
713 Elm St
24 locals recommend
Nice snowshoe or walking trails
Take a tour and see how ice cream is made! Exit 10 off I89 North
254 locals recommend
Ben & Jerry’s
1281 Vermont Rte 100
254 locals recommend
Take a tour and see how ice cream is made! Exit 10 off I89 North
Very fun to watch how cider is pressed....about a 1/2 mile from Ben and Jerry factory. Free samples and the donuts are made right on the spot!
146 locals recommend
Cold Hollow Cider Mill
3600 Waterbury-Stowe Rd
146 locals recommend
Very fun to watch how cider is pressed....about a 1/2 mile from Ben and Jerry factory. Free samples and the donuts are made right on the spot!
Amazing to drive this (only open seasonally -- not in the winter) and even better to park and walk around. Gorgeous and all kinds of hiking trails.
145 locals recommend
Smugglers' Notch Resort
4323 VT-108
145 locals recommend
Amazing to drive this (only open seasonally -- not in the winter) and even better to park and walk around. Gorgeous and all kinds of hiking trails.
Learn how maple syrup is made, feed the goats and the best maple creemees!
39 locals recommend
Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks
1168 County Rd
39 locals recommend
Learn how maple syrup is made, feed the goats and the best maple creemees!
Pet the goats, feed the rabbits and eat ice cream on the front porch.
21 locals recommend
Bragg Farm Sugar House & Gift Shop
1005 VT-14
21 locals recommend
Pet the goats, feed the rabbits and eat ice cream on the front porch.

Entertainment & Activities

Tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields, outdoor pool, playground....about a mile from the house.
Montpelier Recreation Field
Baseball Drive
Tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields, outdoor pool, playground....about a mile from the house.