The microbrewery at American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, where Zero Gravity Craft Brewery began in 2004, is now Mothership Brewery. The name change was announced in a press release last week.
Head brewer Destiny Saxon and brewer and cofounder Paul Sayler separated the brewpub at 115 St. Paul Street in Burlington from Zero Gravity in 2022, though the two breweries continue to work together in a “limited fashion,” according to the Mothership website. Mothership works more closely with Stowe’s Idletyme Brewing, in which American Flatbread’s parent hospitality company, Third Place — of which Sayler is a cofounder — took an ownership stake in 2022.
Mothership’s rotating menu of beers is only available on tap at American Flatbread Burlington Hearth. The newly renamed brewery plans a “hard launch celebration” for around Earth Day in April, the release said.
On January 10, Fairlee’s Broken Hearts Burger closed “for at least the winter and probably much longer/forever,” the business shared on Instagram.
Owner Matt Walker opened the midcentury-inspired upscale burger joint in his Upper Valley hometown in May 2022. The restaurant’s Heartbreaker burger — made with smashed local beef patties, cheese, fried onion, pickles, lettuce and Jump Back Sauce — quickly became a staple for summer visitors. Its cool drink list, doughnuts and jukebox tunes made it worth a drive year-round.
Walker closed the restaurant last winter to refresh the space and pivot to finer dining. When the new, mostly reservation-only Broken Hearts reopened in April, he described it to Seven Days as “punk dive bar meets steakhouse meets tropical cocktail bar.” Walker could not be reached for comment.
Broken Hearts Burger’s Instagram profile now reads, “On a hiatus or gone forever[.] Nobody’s really sure.” Here’s hoping it’s the former.
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This article appears in January 21 • 2026.
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