At the beginning of April, Sydney Sloan and Jack Barron signed a lease for the Hinesburg pub at 104 Ballards Corner Road and renamed it Moondog Tavern. The 40-seat spot was the original location of Dumb Luck Pub & Grill, owned by Ed Boldwin. Sloan, 29, managed the Hinesburg bar for Boldwin before he and his wife, Patricia, partnered with her to open a second Dumb Luck location on Winooski’s Main Street in late fall. The Boldwins continue to own and operate the Winooski pub.
Sloan, who was previously a bartender and manager at Burlington’s Red Square, owns and runs Moondog in partnership with Barron, 29. He worked for five years for the Folino’s Pizza group as a cook and manager. He is the pub’s head cook, producing smash burgers, salads, wings (with flavors ranging from salt and vinegar to classic Buffalo) and hot sandwiches, such as a fried chicken sandwich on a pretzel bun.
Sloan said the couple want to “continue to make a good space for locals to hang out.”
The small pub offers weekly trivia on Tuesdays and draft beer specials and dollar wings on Thursdays. Events such as karaoke start this month, and summertime will bring live music. Learn more on Facebook.
Correction, April 23, 2025: An earlier version of this story did not accurately describe the ownership of the original Dumb Luck Pub & Grill in Hinesburg. It was owned solely by Ed Boldwin.
The original print version of this article was headlined “Moondog Tavern Takes Over Hinesburg Pub Spot”
This article appears in Apr 23-29, 2025.
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