

Locals Pick the Best of Vermont: Seven Daysies 2016
Food, Drink, Arts, Entertainment, Shopping, Services, Outdoors and Recreation
Best creemee
Burlington Bay Market & Café (Burlington) & Vermont Cookie Love (North Ferrisburgh)
Best locally owned grocery store
City Market, Onion River Co-op (Burlington) & Hunger Mountain Co-op (Montpelier)
Stylist with Secret Talents: Nathan Jarvis
Age: 37 Occupation: stylist at Indigo Town: Burlington If you know theater or music in Burlington, you know Nathan Jarvis. For years, he’s been bringing…
Best family restaurant
American Flatbread Burlington Hearth (Burlington) & Piecasso Family Pizzeria (Stowe)
First-Rate Fashion Guru: Hiroka Nakahira
Age: 39 Occupation: sales associate, Old Gold Town: Burlington Vintage dresses, cowboy boots and gorilla suits — you’ll find all that and more at Old…
Small-Town Arts Impresario: Doug Anderson
Age: 63 Occupation: executive director, Town Hall Theater Town: East Middlebury Google “Doug Anderson,” and you’ll find a Tolkien scholar, an American gospel singer, a…
Best Beer Geek Enabler: Meg Schultz
Age: 38 Occupation: owner, Meg’s Events Town: Moretown One afternoon, many winters ago, Meg Schultz sat at the bar at Mad River Glen enjoying an…
Good Food Samaritan: Ren Weiner
Age: 30 Occupation: baker, Miss Weinerz Town: Winooski Most locals know Ren Weiner for her doughnuts, which she delivers each weekend to local spots such…
Modern-Day Samuel de Champlain: Chad Abramovich
Age: 27 Occupation: creator of the blog Obscure Vermont Town: Burlington “Forsaken places.” “Weird travels.” “Cemetery safaris.” For the past four years, urban explorer Chad…
Best housemade ice cream
Lake Champlain Chocolates (Burlington) & Island Homemade Ice Cream (Grand Isle)
Best lunch
The Farmhouse Tap & Grill (Burlington) & Prohibition Pig (Waterbury)
Best breakfast/brunch
Penny Cluse Café (Burlington) & 158 Main Restaurant & Bakery (Jeffersonville)
Best burger
The Farmhouse Tap & Grill (Burlington) & Prohibition Pig (Waterbury)
Best real estate agent
Brian Boardman, Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty
Best women’s casual clothing store
Ecco (Burlington) & Salaam Boutique (Montpelier)
Best pizza (restaurant)
American Flatbread Burlington Hearth (Burlington) & Positive Pie (Barre/Hardwick/Montpelier)
Best draft beer list
The Farmhouse Tap & Grill (Burlington) & Prohibition Pig (Waterbury)






