Seven Daysies Finalists 2023 

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Finalists are listed in alphabetical order under each category.

ICC = Inside Chittenden County
OCC = Outside Chittenden County
* = New category in 2023.

Burlington is Vermont's most populous city, so Burlington-area businesses tend to garner more votes by nature. In order to highlight worthy businesses around the state, we break finalists into "inside Chittenden County" and "outside Chittenden County" subcategories whenever there's a strong enough mix of top vote-getters in and outside the Burlington area.

Note: A small number of categories from Round 1 did not continue into Round 2 due to insufficient votes. Sorry!

Services Finalists

Best nonprofit organization

• Camp Ta-Kum-Ta
• Cathedral Square
• Champlain Housing Trust
• Humane Society of Chittenden County
• Spectrum Youth & Family Services

Best veterinarian/animal hospital

• Animal Hospital of Hinesburg
• Burlington Emergency & Veterinary Specialists
• Essex Veterinary Center
• Green Mountain Animal Hospital
• Malletts Bay Veterinary Hospital
• River Cove Animal Hospital

Best pet daycare

• Comfort Hill Kennel
• Gulliver’s Doggie Daycare
• Oh my DOG
• Play Dog Play
• Sleepydog Kennel

Best pet groomer

• Bow Meow Pet Grooming Boutique
• Doggie Styles Salon
• Northern Vermont Pet Grooming
• Pampered Pet Grooming and Supply
• Sit Pretty Grooming Salon

Best dog training company

• Coast Peak K9
• Fetch the Leash Dog Behavior & Training
• Waggles, LLC

Best bank/credit union

• New England Federal Credit Union
• North Country Federal Credit Union
• Northfield Savings Bank
• Vermont Federal Credit Union
• VSECU

Best law firm

• Bauer Gravel Farnham, LLP
• Gale & McAllister, PLLC
• Gravel & Shea
• Langrock Sperry & Wool
• Peet Law Group

Best accountant

• American Tax
• Jeffrey D. Small CPA
• JMM & Associates
• McSoley McCoy & Co.
• Stowe CPAs

Best mortgage provider

• New England Federal Credit Union
• Spruce Mortgage
• Union Bank
• Vermont Mortgage Company

Best real estate agent (name, business)

• Amanda Headley (Ridgeline Real Estate Co.)
• Eileen O’Rourke (Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman)
• Julie Danaher (Ridgeline Real Estate Co.)
• Kara Koptiuch (Vermont Real Estate Company)
• Marie Shepherd (Malley Real Estate Group at KW Vermont)

Best real estate agency

• Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman
• Element Real Estate
• Flex Realty
• Ridgeline Real Estate Co.
• Vermont Real Estate Company

Best moving company

• Booska Worldwide Movers
• Grunts Move Junk
• Local Muscle Movers
• Morway’s Moving & Storage
• Vermont Moving & Storage Inc.

Best household electrician (company)

• Cummings Electric
• Lakeside Electric Inc.
• New England Electric
• Northstar Electric, LLC
• Village Voltage LLC

Best household plumbing company

• Benoure Inc. Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning
• Falcon Plumbing & Heating Service Inc.
• Platinum Plumbing

Best landscaping company

• di Stefano Landscaping
• Landshapes
• VT Vineyards

Best solar company*

• Green Mountain Solar
• SunCommon
• Sunrun Solar

Best lodging (resort/hotel)

• The Essex Resort & Spa
• Hotel Vermont
• Jay Peak Resort
• Topnotch Resort
• Trapp Family Lodge

Best lodging (inn)

• The Green Mountain Inn
• The Inn at Shelburne Farms
• The Village Inn

Best wedding venue

• The Essex Resort & Spa
• The Mansfield Barn
• The Old Lantern Inn and Barn
• Zenbarn

Best wedding photographer*

• Arielle Thomas Photography
• Danielle Allendorf Photography
• Jacquelyn Potter
• Isora Lithgow Creations
• Sincerely Liz Photography

Best caterer

• bevo
• Cloud 9 Caterers
• Harmony’s Kitchen
• The Hindquarter
• Let’s Pretend Catering
• Sugarsnap

Best florist

• Chappell’s Florist
• Claussen’s Florist, Greenhouse & Perennial Farm
• In Full Bloom
• Kathy + Co Flowers
• Maplehurst Florist

Best salon

• Ego Salon
• Indigo
• Salon Vermont
• Santé Salon
• Talmo Hair Co.

Best barbershop

• Imperial Barber Co.
• Lux Barber Shop
• Myles Court Barbershop
• Old Soul Barbershop
• The Shop

Best manicure/pedicure

• Adore Nails & Spa
• Bella Vie Nail Spa
• Blossom Nails Salon
• Glamour Nails
• Perfect Nails by Thu

Best place to get body art

• Crone Collective
• Imperial Tattoo Co.
• Onyx Ink
• Yankee Tattoo

Best place to get a massage (location)

• Brilliant Massage & Skin
• The Essex Resort & Spa
• Ethos Athletics
• Oasis Day Spa
• Truly Therapeutic Massage

Best day spa

• ”It’s My Day” Spa and Salon
• Mirror Mirror
• Oasis Day Spa
• Purple Sage
• Ritual Skincare

Best resort spa

• The Essex Resort & Spa
• The Spa at Spruce Peak
• The Spa at Woodstock Inn & Resort
• Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa
• Topnotch Resort

Best medical spa

• Bare Medical Spa + Laser Center
• Dorset Street Dermatology
• Empower MedSpa
• GLOWAESTHETICS Medical Spa + Beauty Boutique
• Radiance Medical Aesthetics & Wellness Spa

Best chiropractic practice

• Drs. Marko Family Chiropractors
• Health in Focus
• Office of Dr. Laura A. Ramirez D.C.
• Sommers Chiropractic
• Summit Chiropractic Center

Best acupuncture practice

• Integrative Acupuncture
• Maynard Acupuncture
• Trish Mitchell Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
• Vermont Community Acupuncture
• The Wellness Collective

Best physical therapy practice*

• Essex Physical Therapy
• Momentum Physical Therapy
• PT360
• The RehabGYM
• Snowbeast Performance

Best health club/gym

• 802 CrossFit
• Champlain Valley Community Fitness
• The EDGE
• Greater Burlington YMCA
• Synergy Fitness

Best boutique fitness studio

• The Body Lab Pilates & Conditioning
• Main Wellness Works
• Peace of Mind Pilates
• Pure Barre
• REV

Best yoga studio

• Hot Yoga Burlington VT
• Laughing River Yoga
• Queen City Yoga & Fitness
• Sangha Studio
• YogaSix

Best cycling studio

• Alpenglow Fitness
• REV
• Ride

Best CrossFit studio

• 802 CrossFit
• Champlain Valley Community Fitness
• CrossFit Burlington
• Waterbury Functional Fitness

Best martial arts studio

• Aikido of Champlain Valley
• Gracie Jiu Jitsu Vermont
• ONTA Studio
• Villari’s Martial Arts Centers
• Yordan’s Black Belt Academy

Best dance studio

• Lines Vermont Dance Studio + Store
• RevolVT
• Spotlight
• Studio 3 Dance
• Vermont Ballet Theater School Center for Dance

Best place to take an arts class

• ACCESS CVU
• Blockhouse Studio
• Burlington City Arts
• Davis Studio
• Shelburne Craft School

Best auto repair

• Brian’s North End Automotive
• Girlington Garage
• Halford Motors
• Jason Leo’s Automotive
• Nate’s Automotive

Best car detailing

• Armstrong’s Better Detailing
• Automaster SPA
• Detail Works
• Matt’s Wash & Wax
• Seaway Car Wash and Detail Center

Best place to get your oil changed

• Brian’s North End Automotive
• Halford Motors
• Jason Leo’s Automotive
• Nate’s Automotive
• Oil n Go

Best place to get your tires changed

• Brian’s North End Automotive
• Halford Motors
• Noyes Automotive & Tire
• Partner Tire & Service
• Vermont Tire & Service

Best local TV personality

• Ben Frechette (WPTZ)
• Cat Viglienzoni (WCAX)
• Darren Perron (WCAX)
• Gary Sadowsky (WCAX)
• Tyler Jankoski (WPTZ)

Best local radio personality

• Betty B. (107.1 FM Frank FM)
• Jane Lindholm (Vermont Public)
• Mikaela Lefrak (Vermont Public)
• Mike Czarny & Mary Cenci (Star 92.9)
• Mitch Wertlieb (Vermont Public)

Best community newspaper (that’s not Seven Days)

• Addison County Independent
• The Islander
• The Other Paper
• Saint Albans Messenger
• Williston Observer

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Shopping Finalists

Best women’s casual clothing store

• Charlotte Case
• Ecco Clothes
• Kish
• SidePony Boutique
• Sweet P

Best evening-wear store

• Billie Jean Vintage
• Ecco Clothes
• Jess Boutique
• Monelle Vermont
• Needleman’s Bridal & Formal

Best bridal shop

• Fiori Bridal Boutique
• Hinterland Bride
• Needleman’s Bridal & Formal
• Veilmonté Bridal Showroom

Best women’s shoe store

• Danform Shoes
• Dear Lucy
• Harbour Thread
• Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel
• Outdoor Gear Exchange

Best menswear store

• Harbour Thread
• Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel
• McNeil & Reedy
• MK Clothing
• Outdoor Gear Exchange

Best men’s shoe store

• Danform Shoes
• Harbour Thread
• Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel
• Outdoor Gear Exchange

Best vintage clothing store

• Billie Jean Vintage
• The Getup Vintage
• Old Gold
• Project Object Vintage
• The Vault Collective

Best secondhand clothing store

• Battery Street Jeans
• Dirt Chic
• Plato’s Closet
• Style Encore
• Twice Is Nice

Best children’s clothing store

• Boho Baby
• Jamie Two-Coats’ Toy Shop
• Once Upon a Child
• Sweet P

Best children’s toy store

• ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Museum Store
• Jamie Two-Coats’ Toy Shop
• Turner Toys
• Woodbury Mountain Toys

Best eyeglasses store

• 802 Eye Care
• Chroma Optics
• Eyecare of Vermont
• Eyes of the World
• The Optical Center

Best place to buy jewelry

• Jennifer Kahn Jewelry
• Perrywinkle’s
• Tradewinds
• Von Bargen’s Jewelry
• Zinnia

Best beauty product purveyor

• be. Skin Clinic
• Mirror Mirror
• Pure Energy Apothecary

Best pet supply store

• The Dog and Cat
• Guy’s Farm and Yard
• Houndstooth
• The Pet Advantage
• Pet Food Warehouse

Best record store

• Autumn Records
• Buch Spieler Records
• Burlington Records
• Pure Pop Records

Best bookstore - ICC

• Crow Bookshop
• The Flying Pig Bookstore
• Phoenix Books

Best bookstore - OCC

• Bear Pond Books (Montpelier)
• Bear Pond Books (Stowe)
• Bridgeside Books
• The Eloquent Page
• The Vermont Book Shop

Best place to buy a unique gift - ICC

• ArtHound Gallery
• Common Deer
• Golden Hour Gift Co.
• Thirty-odd
• Vermont Gift Barn

Best place to buy a unique gift - OCC

• Blockhouse Studio
• Island Craft Shop
• Remarkable Things at Stowe Craft
• Stowe Street Emporium

Best place to buy a pipe

• Bern Gallery
• Garcia’s Tobacco Shop
• Grass Queen
• Northern Lights Smoke Shop

Best cannabis dispensary* - ICC

• Bern Gallery Cannabis
• Ceres Collaborative
• Grass Queen
• Magic Mann
• Winooski Organics

Best cannabis dispensary* - OCC

• Cambridge Cannabis Company
• Gram Central
• Higher Elevation
• Mountain Girl Cannabis
• Zenbarn Farms

Best housewares store

• As the Crow Flies
• Homeport
• Kiss the Cook
• Slate
• Stowe Living

Best secondhand housewares store

• Anjou & the Little Pear
• Barge Canal Market
• Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity ReStore
• Replays
• ReSource VT

Best antique store

• Anjou & the Little Pear
• Barge Canal Market
• Five Corners Antiques
• Vintage Inspired Marketplace

Best furniture store

• Anjou & the Little Pear
• Barge Canal Market
• Burlington Furniture
• The SuperStore
• Wendell’s Furniture

Best kitchen store

• As the Crow Flies
• Capital Kitchen
• Homeport
• Kiss the Cook
• Stowe Living

Best lighting store

• Barre Electric & Lighting Supply, Inc.
• Conant Metal & Light
• The Lamp Shop
• The Lighting House

Best garden center

• Claussen’s Florist, Greenhouse & Perennial Farm
• Evergreen Gardens of Vermont
• Gardener’s Supply Company
• Paquette Full of Posies
• Red Wagon Plants

Best auto dealer

• 802 Subaru
• Almartin Volvo Cars
• The Automaster
• Burlington Subaru
• Goss Dodge Jeep Chrysler Ram

Best ski/snowboard shop

• Alpine Shop
• Burton
• Outdoor Gear Exchange
• Pinnacle Ski & Sports
• Skirack

Best bike shop - ICC

• Earl’s Cyclery and Fitness
• North Star Sports
• Old Spokes Home
• Outdoor Gear Exchange
• Skirack

Best bike shop - OCC

• Bicycle Express
• Bootlegger Bikes
• Onion River Outdoors

Best outdoor outfitter

• Onion River Outdoors
• Outdoor Gear Exchange
• Skirack

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Culture Finalists

Best outdoor music venue

• Essex Experience
• Shelburne Farms
• Shelburne Museum
• Snow Farm Vineyard
• Waterfront Park

Best large live music venue

• Champlain Valley Exposition
• The Flynn
• Higher Ground
• Shelburne Farms
• Shelburne Museum

Best small live music hot spot (capacity under 300) - ICC

• Foam Brewers
• Monkey House
• Nectar’s
• Radio Bean

Best small live music hot spot (capacity under 300) - OCC

• Bent Nails Bistro
• The Underground
• Zenbarn

Best vocalist

• Ali T
• Jon Berg
• Kat Wright
• Megan Ferris
• Myra Flynn

Best instrumentalist

• André Maquera
• Bob Wagner
• Ray Vega

Best folk artist or group

• CONANT
• Cricket Blue
• Hungrytown
• Tall Travis and the Beanie Babies
• Troy Millette & the Fire Below

Best country artist or group

• Brett Hughes
• CONANT
• Minced Oats
• Wild Leek River

Best bluegrass artist or group

• Beg, Steal or Borrow
• Minced Oats
• The Tenderbellies
• The Wormdogs

Best jazz artist or group

• Dave Grippo
• Kat Wright
• Paul Asbell
• Ray Vega

Best blues artist or group

• All Night Boogie Band
• Dave Keller Band
• Dave Mitchell Blues Revue
• Dwight + Nicole
• Seth Yacovone Band

Best soul/funk/R&B artist or group

• Dwight + Nicole
• Grippo Funk Band
• Kat Wright
• Myra Flynn
• Purple: A Tribute to Prince

Best rock artist or group

• 8084
• Rough Francis
• James Kochalka

Best pop artist or group

• Ali T
• Andriana Chobot
• Night Protocol
• Ryan Sweezey

Best hip-hop artist or group

• 99 Neighbors
• A2VT
• Charlie Mayne

Best club DJ

• Craig Mitchell
• DJ ATAK
• DJ GAYBAR
• DJ Memery
• DJ Taka

Best cover or tribute band

• The Full Cleveland
• Heartless
• Jesse Agan — The Music of Queen
• Purple: A Tribute to Prince
• Sticks and Stones

Best classical music group or ensemble

• Champlain Trio
• Vermont Symphony Orchestra
• Vermont Youth Orchestra

Best choral ensemble

• Bella Voce Women’s Chorus
• Counterpoint Chorus
• Solaris Vocal Ensemble

Best music festival

• Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
• Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots Festival
• Waking Windows

Best bouncers (business)

• Chocolate Thunder Security
• Higher Ground
• Nectar’s
• Ruben James

Best karaoke

• Charlie O’s World Famous
• JP’s Pub
• Ruben James

Best place to play pool

• Charlie-O’s World Famous
• Three Needs Tap Room & Pizza Cube
• T. Rugg’s Tavern
• Vermont Pool and Bar
• The Wallflower Collective

Best trivia night

• Four Quarters Brewing
• Nectar’s
• Ruben James
• Vermont Comedy Club

Best place to dance (nightclub)

• Club Metronome
• Light Club Lamp Shop
• On Tap Bar & Grill
• Radio Bean
• Red Square

Best standup comic

• Maisie Laud
• Max Higgins
• Vicki Ferentinos

Best place to see comedy

• The Flynn
• Vermont Comedy Club
• Woolen Mill Comedy Club

Best movie theater

• Essex Cinemas
• Majestic 10
• Merrill’s Roxy Cinema
• Palace 9
• Savoy Theater

Best local theater company

• Foul Contending Rebels Theatre Co.
• Lost Nation Theater
• Lyric Theatre Company
• The Shelburne Players
• Vermont Stage

Best actor

• Kaitie Bessette
• Ryan Poulin
• Sean Reeks

Best drag performer or group

• Amy Leigh Celestial
• Emoji Nightmare
• The House of LeMay
• Sasha Sriracha

Best LGBTQ+ event

• Fierce Fridays
• Pride Vermont Parade & Festival
• Untapped: A Night of Drag and Burly-Q
• Winter Is a Drag Ball

Best performing arts venue

• The Flynn
• Higher Ground
• Vermont Comedy Club

Best art gallery

• ArtHound Gallery
• BCA Center
• Soapbox Arts
• The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery

Best museum

• ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
• Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium
• Fleming Museum of Art
• Montshire Museum of Science
• The Museum of Everyday Life
• Shelburne Museum

Best arts event

• Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
• South End Art Hop
• Waterbury Arts Fest

Best painter

• Charlotte Dworshak
• Katharine Montstream
• Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr.
• Stephanie Bush

Best illustrator

• Harry Bliss
• Julianna Brazill
• Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr.
• Sunniva Dutcher

Best sculptor

• Chris Cleary
• Gerald K. Stoner
• Julia Chalmers

Best photographer (non-wedding and/or art)

• Coco Rae Photography
• Hillary Dubie Photography
• John Churchman
• Peter Riley
• Sydney Brynn

Best cartoonist

• Alison Bechdel
• Harry Bliss
• James Kochalka
• Rachel Lindsay
• Robert Waldo Brunelle Jr.

Best published author

• Chris Bohjalian
• Joey Truman
• Stephen P. Kiernan
• Thea Lewis

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Outdoors Finalists

Best ski/ride slope

• Bolton Valley Resort
• Jay Peak Resort
• Mad River Glen Cooperative
• Smugglers’ Notch Resort
• Sugarbush

Best cross-country ski area

• Bolton Valley Resort
• Catamount Outdoor Family Center
• Craftsbury Outdoor Center
• Sleepy Hollow Inn, Ski and Bike Center
• Trapp Family Lodge

Best public golf course

• Cedar Knoll Country Club
• Kwiniaska Golf Course
• Rocky Ridge Golf Club

Best state park

• Little River State Park
• Mount Philo State Park
• Niquette Bay State Park
• Sand Bar State Park
• Waterbury Center State Park

Best day hike

• Camel’s Hump
• Mount Philo
• Snake Mountain
• Stowe Pinnacle Overlook
• Sunset Ridge Trail

Best place to bike

• Burlington Greenway
• Colchester Causeway
• Lamoille Valley Rail Trail
• Perry Hill Mountain Bike Loop
• Stowe Recreation Path

Best bike rental shop

• Local Motion
• North Star Sports
• Outdoor Gear Exchange
• Skirack

Best public place to ice skate

• Arthur Park
• C. Douglas Cairns Recreation Arena
• Gordon H. Paquette Ice Arena at Leddy Park
• The Ice Rink at Spruce Peak Village Center

Best public place to swim

• Hard’ack Recreation Area
• North Beach
• Oakledge Park
• Waterbury Reservoir

Best place to kayak/canoe

• Green River Reservoir State Park
• LaPlatte River Nature Park
• Waterbury Reservoir

Best Vermont day trip with the kids

• ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
• Jay Peak Resort
• Montshire Museum of Science
• Shelburne Farms
• Vermont Institute of Natural Science

Best indoor children’s play space

• ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
• Get Air Trampoline Parks
• Monkey Do! Indoor Playground

Best place to take an out-of-towner

• Ben & Jerry’s Factory
• Church Street Marketplace
• Shelburne Farms
• Shelburne Museum
• Stowe
• Waterfront Park

Best pick-your-own farm*

• Adam’s Berry Farm
• Full Belly Farm
• Owl’s Head Blueberry Farm
• Paul Mazza’s Fruit & Vegetables
• Sam Mazza’s Farm Market

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Food Finalists

Best new restaurant (opened in last year)

• Boxcar Bakery
• Bramble
• The Grey Jay
• May Day
• Onion City Chicken & Oyster

Best restaurant - ICC

• Hen of the Wood
• Honey Road
• Jericho Café & Tavern
• Restaurant Poco
• Waterworks Food + Drink

Best restaurant - OCC

• Blue Paddle Bistro
• The Drake Bar and Kitchen
• Kuya’s at One Main
• Piecasso Family Pizzeria
• Shore Acres Inn & Restaurant

Best family restaurant

• American Flatbread
• The Farmhouse Tap & Grill
• Jericho Café & Tavern
• Piecasso Family Pizzeria
• The Windjammer

Best chef (name, restaurant)

• Bobby Chompupong (BKK in the Alley)
• Cara Chigazola Tobin (The Grey Jay, Honey Road)
• Jonathan Nelson (Piecasso Family Pizzeria)
• Phoebe Bright (Blue Paddle Bistro)
• Stephen Coggio (Cloud 9 Caterers, Mimi’s Italian Eats, Qué Rico Taquería)

Best restaurant service

• BKK in the Alley
• Hen of the Wood
• Honey Road
• Jericho Café & Tavern
• Waterworks Food + Drink

Best takeout

• BKK in the Alley
• Pho Hong
• Piecasso Family Pizzeria
• Taco Gordo
• Tiny Thai Restaurant

Best breakfast/brunch - ICC

• The Café HOT.
• The Friendly Toast
• The Grey Jay
• Jericho Café & Tavern
• Sneakers Bistro

Best breakfast/brunch - OCC

• 158 Main
• Erica’s American Diner
• Maxi’s
• Oakes & Evelyn
• Wayside Restaurant, Bakery & Creamery

Best lunch

• August First
• Bliss Bee
• Martone’s Market & Café
• Poppy
• Zabby & Elf’s Stone Soup

Best place to get late-night food

• Ahli Baba’s Kabob Shop
• Al’s French Frys
• BKK in the Alley
• Manhattan Pizza & Pub
• Three Needs Tap Room & Pizza Cube

Best restaurant for dessert

• Burlington Beer Co.
• Hen of the Wood
• Honey Road
• Jericho Café & Tavern
• Waterworks Food + Drink

Best outdoor dining

• BKK in the Alley
• Idletyme Brewing Co.
• Leunig’s Bistro & Café
• The Spot on the Dock
• Waterworks Food + Drink

Best place to grab a quick meal

• Al’s French Frys
• BKK in the Alley
• Bliss Bee
• City Market, Onion River Co-op
• Zabby & Elf’s Stone Soup

Best place to eat alone

• BKK in the Alley
• City Market, Onion River Co-op
• Leunig’s Bistro & Café
• The Spot
• Waterworks Food + Drink
• Zabby & Elf’s Stone Soup

Best locally owned grocery store - ICC

• City Market, Onion River Co-op
• Healthy Living
• Jake’s ONE Market
• Jericho Market
• Sweet Clover Market

Best locally owned grocery store - OCC

• Georgia Market
• Hunger Mountain Co-op
• Mehuron’s Supermarket
• Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op
• Village Market of Waterbury

Best global foods market

• Always Full Asian Market
• Burlington Asian Market
• Lee’s Asian Mart
• Thai Phat

Best CSA

• Bread & Butter Farm
• Intervale Community Farm
• Jericho Settlers Farm
• Paul Mazza’s Fresh Produce
• Pete’s Greens

Best farmstand*

• Bread & Butter Farm
• Head Over Fields
• Paul Mazza Fresh Produce
• Sam Mazza’s Farm Market
• Trillium Hill Farm

Best farmers market

• Burlington Farmers Market
• Capital City Farmers Market
• Shelburne Farmers Market
• Stowe Farmers Market
• Waitsfield Farmers Market

Best farmers market vendor

• Crazy Cotton Candy Lady
• Green Mountain PotStickers
• Head Over Fields
• Nomadic Kitchen
• Trenchers Farmhouse

Best food truck

• Beansie’s Bus
• The Broccoli Bar
• Farmers & Foragers
• Kate’s Food Truck
• Mister Foods Fancy

Best food cart

• Maudite Poutine
• Micro Mobile Kitchen
• Only Cannoli
• The Skinny Pancake
• South End Sliders

Best bread bakery - ICC

• August First
• Great Harvest Bread Co.
• Klinger’s Bread Company
• O Bread Bakery
• Trent’s Bread

Best bread bakery - OCC

• Elmore Mountain Bread
• The Manghis’ Bread
• Red Hen Baking Co.
• Red House Sweets
• Two Sons Bakehouse

Best sweets bakery - ICC

• Belleville Bakery
• Boxcar Bakery
• Madeleine’s Bakery
• Mirabelles Bakery
• Sweet Simone’s

Best sweets bakery - OCC

• Birchgrove Baking
• Bohemian Bakery
• Red Hen Baking Co.
• Red House Sweets
• Windy Lane Bakehouse

Best Mexican restaurant - ICC

• Agave Taco and Tequila Casa
• El Cortijo Taqueria
• El Gato Cantina
• The Mad Taco
• Taco Gordo

Best Mexican restaurant - OCC

• Arandas Mexican Cuisine
• Julio’s Cantina
• Tacocat Cantina

Best Chinese restaurant

• A Single Pebble
• Café Dim Sum
• Eastern Dragon
• Mandarin
• Oriental Wok

Best Thai restaurant

• BKK in the Alley
• Maliwan Thai Restaurant
• Thai House Restaurant
• Tiny Thai Restaurant
• Wilaiwan’s

Best Vietnamese restaurant

• Mama Pho
• Pho Capital
• Pho Dang Vietnamese Café
• Pho Hong
• Viet Thai

Best Nepali restaurant

• Everest Indian-Nepali Restaurant
• Irrawaddy
• Namaste Kitchen
• Red Panda (Burlington)
• Red Panda (Essex Junction)
• Sherpa Kitchen

Best Italian restaurant

• Papa Frank’s Italian Restaurant
• Pascolo Ristorante
• Pulcinella’s
• Sarducci’s Restaurant & Bar
• Trattoria Delia

Best vegetarian fare

• Honey Road
• Namaste Garden
• Pingala Café
• Revolution Kitchen
• Zabby & Elf’s Stone Soup

Best vegan fare

• Daily Planet
• Despacito
• Nourish Deli & Bakery
• Pingala Café
• Sweet Alchemy Bakery & Café

Best gluten-free menu options

• Bliss Bee
• Daily Planet
• Jules on the Green
• Sweet Alchemy Bakery & Café
• West Meadow Farm Bakery

Best place to get an edible (CBD or cannabis)

• Ceres Collaborative
• Grass Queen
• Green State Dispensary
• Magic Mann
• Zenbarn Farms

Best barbecue

• Black Diamond Barbeque
• Bluebird Barbecue
• Mark BBQ
• Mill River Brewing BBQ & Smokehouse
• Prohibition Pig

Best comfort food

• Bluebird Barbecue
• Harmony’s Kitchen
• Our House Bistro
• Wayside Restaurant, Bakery & Creamery

Best eggs Benedict

• Chef’s Corner Café & Bakery
• The Friendly Toast
• The Grey Jay
• Maxi’s
• Sneakers Bistro

Best breakfast sandwich

• August First
• Burlington Bagel Bakery
• The Café HOT.
• Kountry Kart Deli
• Myer’s Wood Fired

Best bagel - ICC

• The Bagel Place
• Burlington Bagel Bakery
• Feldman’s Bagels
• Myer’s Wood Fired
• Vermont Bagel Co.

Best bagel - OCC

• K.C.’s Bagel Cafe
• Maria’s Bagels
• Wee Bird Bagel Café

Best pizza (restaurant) - ICC

• American Flatbread
• Folino’s
• Pizza 44
• Pizzeria Verità
• Stone’s Throw

Best pizza (restaurant) - OCC

• Jimmz Pizza
• Pearl Street Pizza
• Pie in the Sky
• Piecasso Family Pizzeria
• Positive Pie

Best pizza (delivery)

• Leonardo’s
• Piecasso Family Pizzeria
• Positive Pie
• Ramunto’s Brick Oven Pizza
• Vespa’s Pizza Pasta Deli

Best burger - ICC

• Archie’s Grill
• Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling Co.
• The Farmhouse Tap & Grill
• Grazer’s
• The Shopping Bag

Best burger - OCC

• Buddy’s Famous
• Burger Barn
• Doc Ponds
• The Reservoir
• Worthy Burger

Best steak

• EB Strong’s Prime Steakhouse
• Guild Tavern
• Hen of the Wood
• J. Morgans Steakhouse
• The Windjammer

Best French fries

• Al’s French Frys
• Leunig’s Bistro & Café
• May Day
• Mule Bar
• Waterworks Food + Drink

Best poutine

• Deep City
• Leunig’s Bistro & Café
• Maudite Poutine
• Nectar’s
• The Skinny Pancake

Best wings

• Honey Road
• Jericho Café & Tavern
• Ruben James
• Wicked Wings
• Wings Over Burlington

Best sandwiches - ICC

• Four Corners of the Earth
• Kountry Kart Deli
• Martone’s Market & Café
• Poppy
• The Red Onion

Best sandwiches - OCC

• Kuya’s at One Main
• Morse Block Deli & Taps
• Mother Hubbard’s Bakery, Deli & Country Store
• Red Hen Baking Co.
• Stowe Sandwich Company

Best sushi

• Asiana House
• Hana Japanese Restaurant
• Koto Japanese Steak House
• Sakura Sushi & Kitchen
• Sushi Maeda

Best dumplings

• A Single Pebble
• Café Dim Sum
• Green Mountain PotStickers
• Hong’s Chinese Dumplings
• Mandarin

Best nachos

• El Cortijo Taqueria
• El Gato Cantina
• Stone Corral
• Taco Gordo
• Upper Deck Pub

Best taco

• El Cortijo Taqueria
• El Gato Cantina
• The Mad Taco
• Stone Corral
• Taco Gordo

Best doughnuts

• Hangry the Donut Bar
• Madeleine’s Bakery
• Miss Weinerz
• North Country Donuts
• Quality Bake Shop

Best creemee - ICC

• Al’s French Frys
• Burlington Bay Market & Café
• Little Gordo Creemee Stand
• Palmer Lane Maple
• The Village Scoop

Best creemee - OCC

• Bragg Farm Sugarhouse & Gift
• Canteen Creemee Company
• Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks
• Red Hen Baking Co.
• Vermont Cookie Love

Best housemade ice cream or gelato

• Lake Champlain Chocolates
• Little Gordo Creemee Stand
• lu•lu
• Offbeat Creemee
• Shy Guy Gelato

Best chocolate brand

• Daily Chocolate
• Lake Champlain Chocolates
• Laughing Moon Chocolates
• NU Chocolat
• Snowflake Chocolates

Best Vermont cheese brand

• Cabot Creamery
• Grafton Village Cheese Co.
• Jasper Hill Farm
• Shelburne Farms
• Vermont Creamery

Best cooking class

• ACCESS CVU
• Baking School at King Arthur Baking Company
• Cook Academy at Essex Resort & Spa
• Cooking With Stephanie
• Red Poppy Cakery

Best food/drink event

• Adventure Dinner
• Burlington Wine & Food
• South End Get Down (formerly Truck Stop)
• Vermont Brewers Festival

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Drink Finalists

Best craft brewery - ICC

• Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling Co.
• Burlington Beer Company
• Foam Brewers
• Four Quarters Brewing
• Zero Gravity Craft Brewery

Best craft brewery - OCC

• 14th Star Brewing Co.
• The Alchemist
• Bent Hill Brewery
• Hill Farmstead Brewery
• Lawson’s Finest Liquids

Best beer from a local brewery

• Disco Montage (Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling Co.)
• Edward (Hill Farmstead Brewery)
• Fiddlehead IPA (Fiddlehead Brewing Company)
• Frankie (Zero Gravity Craft Brewery)
• Green State Lager (Zero Gravity Craft Brewery)

Best brewpub

• Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling Co.
• Burlington Beer Company
• Stone Corral Brewery
• Vermont Pub & Brewery
• Zero Gravity Beer Hall

Best draft beer list

• The Archives
• The Blackback Pub
• The Farmhouse Tap & Grill
• Mule Bar
• Three Penny Taproom

Best craft brew selection (retailer)

• Beverage Warehouse
• City Market, Onion River Co-Op
• Craft Beer Cellar

Best beer festival

• Funk on the Water
• Oktoberfest Vermont
• SIPtemberfest
• Vermont Brewers Festival
• Vermont NanoFest

Best winery

• Boyden Valley Winery & Spirits
• Ellison Estate Vineyard
• La garagista Farm + Winery
• Shelburne Vineyard
• Snow Farm Vineyard

Best wine list (restaurant or bar)

• Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar
• Hen of the Wood
• May Day
• Salt & Bubbles Wine Bar and Market
• Trattoria Delia

Best wine shop

• Cheese & Wine Traders
• Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar
• The Local
• Salt & Bubbles Wine Bar and Market
• Wilder Wines

Best hard cidery

• Citizen Cider
• Eden Ciders
• Shacksbury
• Stowe Cider
• Woodchuck Hard Cider

Best spirits distiller

• Black Flannel Brewing & Distilling Co.
• Caledonia Spirits (Barr Hill)
• Mad River Distillers
• Smugglers’ Notch Distillery
• Wild Hart Distillery

Best bar (overall)

• The 126
• The Archives
• BKK in the Alley
• Three Needs Tap Room & Pizza Cube
• The Wallflower Collective

Best bartender (full name, business)

• Chris Keast (The Archives, Winooski)
• Jennifer Gomo (1st Republic Brewing Co.)
• Jenny Sangkhanond (BKK in the Alley)
• Matt Miller (Zenbarn)
• Patty Burns (Kuya’s at One Main)

Best dive bar

• Charlie-O’s World Famous
• Finnigan’s Pub
• JP’s Pub
• The Other Place
• T. Rugg’s Tavern

Best sports bar

• Akes’ Place
• Finnigan’s Pub
• McGillicuddy’s
• Ruben James
• T. Rugg’s Tavern

Best place to drink alone

• The 126
• The Archives
• BKK in the Alley
• Charlie-O’s World Famous
• Devil Takes a Holiday

Best Bloody Mary

• The Friendly Toast
• The Grey Jay
• Misery Loves Co.
• Rustic Roots
• Sneakers Bistro

Best cocktails

• The 126
• The Archives
• BKK in the Alley
• Caledonia Spirits (Barr Hill)
• Devil Takes a Holiday

Best to-go cocktail

• BKK in the Alley
• Burger Bar
• Caledonia Spirits (Barr Hill)
• El Gato Cantina
• Taco Gordo

Best mocktail

• The 126
• The Archives
• BKK in the Alley
• Daily Planet
• Waterworks Food + Drink

Best nonalcoholic beverage brand

• Aqua ViTea
• Bitter Bubble
• Rescue Club Brewing Co.
• Rookie’s Root Beer
• Upstate Elevator Supply Co.

Best smoothies/juices

• Eco Bean + Greens
• Lakelife Nutrition!
• Tomgirl Kitchen
• The Vermont Juice Company

Best teahouse

• Dobrá Tea
• The North Branch Café
• Stone Leaf Teahouse

Best coffee shop

• Catalyst Coffee Bar
• Cosmic Grind Coffee Shop
• Kru Coffee Collective
• Nomad Coffee
• Uncommon Coffee

Best coffee roaster

• Brio Coffeeworks
• Speeder & Earl’s Coffee
• Uncommon Coffee
• Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea Co.
• Vivid Coffee Roasters

Best barista (full name, business)

• Cole Thornton (The Cosmic Grind)
• Ethan Craighead (Kestrel Coffee Roasters)
• Jason Gonzalez (Onyx Tonics)
• Maya Crowley (Uncommon Coffee)
• Paige Small (Catalyst Coffee Bar)

Best cold-brew/iced coffee

• Brew House Coffee Company
• Brio Coffeeworks
• Kestrel Coffee Roasters
• Kru Coffee Collective
• Onyx Tonics

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