Fifteen years after creating what would become a Burlington landmark, the owners of Penny Cluse Café will open an adjacent new spot called Lucky Next Door next Tuesday.

Named in part for the former owner of 163 Cherry Street — whom Penny Cluse co-owner Charles Reeves used to call “Heather next door” — and in part for a beloved dog, the sunny space has been transformed into a 25-seat café with terracotta walls, sleek pine counters and funky pendants from Conant Metal & Light that use “old canned lights we found when we were demolishing the ceiling,” says Reeves. Those lights so closely resembled flying saucers that he and Holly Cluse commissioned Burlington artist Abby Manock to paint colorful UFOs around the place, including all over the bathroom walls.

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Corin Hirsch was a Seven Days food writer 2011 through 2016. She was also a dining critic and drinks columnist at Newsday from 2017 to 2022, and contributes to The Guardian, Wine Enthusiast and other publications. She’s spoken often on colonial era...

4 replies on “Penny Cluse’s New Venture, Lucky Next Door, To Open Next Week”

  4. I went to Lucky for the first time for dinner this week and absolutely loved it. The place is super cozy and perfect for meeting with friends or having a nice, mellow meal. They have both great coffee and great wine/beer selection. The food is very affordable and I love how eclectic the menu is. I had a smoked chicken salad which was very good. My friend ordered a meatloaf panini which looked amazing. I will definitely be back…want to go for the baked goods and a coffee- yum.

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