The Courtyard by Marriott Burlington Harbor is in the midst of a major renovation. Later this spring, the hotel at 25 Cherry Street and its associated restaurant will both reopen as the Harborvale.
The restaurant takes over for Bleu Northeast Kitchen, which closed on December 31. Doug Paine, executive chef for Westport Hospitality and the Harborvale, said the new restaurant will offer café service, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and a late-night bar seven days a week, all open to the public.
“We’re calling it ‘a timeless American restaurant,’” Paine said.
The menu is still in the works, but dinner dishes might include Maine crab cakes, wild boar ribs with sour cherry barbecue sauce, and stuffed squid with scallop sausage and tomato confit. At breakfast, expect pastries, egg sandwiches and plates such as the 1/4 Irish, which nods to Paine’s time cooking at Stowe’s now-closed Ye Olde England Inne.
Lunch will feature quick-service items such as panini and salads; picnic baskets will be available for guests heading to the nearby waterfront.
“Overall, it’s focused on Lake Champlain,” Paine said.
Westport Hospitality — the local group that also owns Hotel Vermont — advertises the Harborvale as “a grand lake house,” Paine said.
The hotel is part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, which includes more than 300 independent properties worldwide. The dining area will remain where Bleu’s was, while the bar has been rotated to make the most of west-facing windows.
Paine said the restaurant’s soft opening will begin in early May with breakfast; expect dinner around graduation season. Subject to construction, the hotel will open fully in June.
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