Apr 18-24, 2012
Vermonters Can’t Get Enough Local Meat — and That’s good News for Beef Farmers; Middlebury Students’ Bug Bars; Joan Rivers (Still) Rips It; A Fresh Tart in the Kitchen
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Vermonters can’t get enough local meat — and that’s good news for beef farmers
Menus Posted: Blue Paddle Bistro and Tourterelle
We’ll travel far for delicious seafood. Fortunately, during Restaurant Week, we need only to head to the islands — the Champlain Islands, that is —…
Menus Posted: Junior’s Italian & L’Amante
Craving Italian? During Vermont Restaurant Week, you’ll have plenty of choices, including two very different spots in the Burlington area. The $25, three-course menu at…
Menus Posted: Big Picture Theater & Café and Hourglass at Stowe Mountain Lodge
It looks like it might rain all week. For the ski towns and those in the Mad River Valley, it’s part and parcel to mud…
Menus Posted: Bluebird Tavern & Kismet
There’s no lack of creativity on this year’s Restaurant Week menus. At two popular spots, that outside-the-box thinking extends burgers. Burlington’s Bluebird Tavern’s goat burger…
House Speaker Agrees to Move Marijuana Decrim Bill …Next Year
Happy 4/20, dudes! Just in time for the pot smokers’ high holiday comes this toke-tastic news from the statehouse in Montpelier. A bill to decriminalize…
Menus Posted: La Villa Bistro & Pizzeria and Starry Night Café
It can be fun to eat and compare the same dish, two different ways. Since local chefs follow the seasons so closely, we often get…
Movies You Missed 35: Coonskin, aka Street Fight
This week in movies you missed: a film about race in America from the great animator Ralph Bakshi that, according to the warning label on…
Menus Posted: Union Jack’s & Connie’s Kitchen
Whether you’re in Burlington or Hardwick, we could all use a great fresh-baked cookie every now and then. Restaurant Week is the best time to…
Rep. Olsen Takes Merger Fight to Citizens United Debate
Ever the clever amender, Rep. Oliver Olsen (R-Jamaica) on Thursday took his fight against a proposed utility merger to — of all things — a…
Menu Posted: Piecasso Pizzeria & Lounge and Positive Pie 2
They both belong to the Rovetto family and both Piecasso Pizzeria & Lounge in Stowe and Positive Pie 2 in Montpelier are offering way more…
Healthy Living Responds to Encroaching Trader Joe’s
Seven Days reported earlier this week that Healthy Living Market and Café’s landlord, Malone Properties, is in talks with Trader Joe’s to open a branch…
Menus Posted: Daily Planet and The Wooden Spoon Bistro
Our hometown chefs are doing us proud during Restaurant Week, rolling out some creative menus that capitalize on the best the season has to offer….
At Press Conference, Shumlin Clarifies Position on Utility Merger — Kind Of
One of the key questions in the debate over Gaz Metro’s proposed acquisition of Central Vermont Public Service is this: Is it ever okay for…
Sanders and Welch Raising Big Bucks for Reelection, Despite Lack of Strong Opponents
One is facing a longshot challenger. The other is facing none at all. But U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)…
Menus Posted For Lunch: August First and City Market
Mmm, lunch. While Restaurant Week has us thinking about languorous dinners, we’ll still be spicing up the workday with delicious midday morsels. Luckily for us,…
Menus Posted: Black Sheep Bistro and Bobcat Café and Brewery
Chef Michel Mahe has three restaurants, all serving $25 prix-fixe menus for Vermont Restaurant Week. We’ve already written about the Bearded Frog in Shelburne, but…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police had no trouble catching Chester Michael Schaffer, 30, who they suspected of robbing a convenience store in Hampton, Va. “He was…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You had to take the test before you got a chance to study more than a couple of the lessons. Does…
Letters to the Editor
Obama Trauma The Obam-Applause-O-Meter [Fair Game, April 4] is a perfect model to show the idiocy of Obama supporters. Under Obama we now have 1.9…
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Our Body: The Universe Within [264]
WARNING: Contains graphic images4/13/12: A new exhibit, “Our Body: The Universe Within,” opened this weekend in the brand-new Lakeside Pavilion at ECHO Lake Aquarium and…
Menus Posted: Prohibition Pig & The Reservoir
After last summer’s upheaval, we’re always looking for a way to help revitalize Waterbury. A sign of good things brewing — several of the town’s…
Air Force Releases Draft Environmental Report on F-35 “Beddown” In Burlington
Feeling the need for speed? Cue Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” and roll the testosterone-releasing Top Gun video montage. The U.S. Air Force has just released…
Menus Posted: ¡Duino! Duende and Three Penny Taproom
Some eaters like to savor a familiar dish each time they visit a restaurant, while others crave constant change. For those with a sense of…
Burlington’s Flynn Center Announces New Artistic Director
Steve MacQueen is headed north. Way north. The director since 2007 of the 7 Days of Opening Nights Performing Arts Festival in Tallahassee, Fla., has…
