The bar at Whereabouts
The bar at Whereabouts Credit: Courtesy

Stowe coworking space and social club Day Haus has a new food and drink side, and it’s open to the public. Whereabouts, a “bodega and speakeasy” attached to Day Haus at 299 Mountain Road, currently hosts regular coffee and pastry pop-ups. An evening bar will open by the end of the month, liquor license pending.

Day Haus founder Hannah Mitrani sees Whereabouts as the members-only business’ “cool cousin,” where the general public can see what the space is all about, she told Seven Days. Opened in March 2024, Day Haus has roughly 40 members.

A small shop stocks snacks, drinks, merch and Mitrani’s other “favorite things,” she said. Since July, Whereabouts has also been home to a weekly coffee shop from Two Sons Bakehouse, a bakery with locations in Hyde Park and Johnson. On Friday and Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or whenever goods sell out, bakery staff carry Two Sons’ bread, bagels and pastries and serve a full menu of specialty drinks with coffee from Movement Coffee Roasters of Stowe.

“My idea is to host incredible bakers, chefs and baristas in the space to showcase what they have,” Mitrani said.

In the evening, the tiny space — designed by stylist Molly Velte with a 14-seat bar — will soon have a limited menu, including cocktails, wine, beer and snacks such as chips, olives and Two Sons’ Pop-Tart-style pastries.

A sign on the window says Whereabouts is for “members, friends of members, and friends of friends of members.” The “speakeasy” isn’t a secret, Mitrani said, and she won’t turn anyone away, “but I’m not marketing towards tourism,” she added.

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Jordan Barry is a food writer at Seven Days. Her stories about tipping culture, cooperatively-owned natural wineries, bar pizza and gay chicken have earned recognition from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia's AAN Awards and the New England Newspaper...