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VPR Cafe: Great Dining In Small Towns

Glenn Russell
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Burlington Free Press
Richard Fink puts out an "Open" sign outside Ariel's Restaurant in Brookfield. A number of small towns in Vermont have restaurants good enough to warrant a special trip, according to Brent Hallenbeck of the Burlington Free Press.

Vermont has 250 towns, and in many of them, there might just be one restaurant. However, a number of these restaurants are good enough to make the trek out to the town worth it.
Recently, the Burlington Free Press sent writers out to find a few of these great restaurants. Brent Hallenbeck, a contributor to the Savovore Section of the paper, said the idea came to him when he went to the Rabbit Hill Inn in Lower Waterford.

“It got me thinking, there’s got to be a few towns like this in Vermont,” Hallenbeck said. “There’s got to be a few of these places where basically the restaurant is the town.”

Other writers went to Ariel’s Restaurant in Brookfield, Tourterelle in New Haven and Martha’s Diner in Coventry.

The VPR Café is made possible by Otter Creek Kitchenware in downtown Middlebury, offering over 70 lines of kitchenware.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
Liam is Vermont Public’s public safety reporter, focusing on law enforcement, courts and the prison system.
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