Burlington’s original Asian market, Thai Phat, has moved across the street to 139-143 North Champlain Street. Hà Nguyá»n,, who owns the store with her husband, Äức Trần, said “everything is the same.” They moved, she said, because the building is in better shape than the market’s previous home. The North Champlain space was formerly Nunyuns Bakery & Café, which closed in May and now delivers baked goods to Burlington corner markets under the name Feral Gnome Bakeshop.
Oakes & Evelyn co-owner Justin Dain confirmed that he and his wife, Kristen, will open a second location of their 4-year-old Montpelier restaurant in Woodstock inn the Jackson (formerly the Jackson House Inn) in June.
The 15-room inn was sold to a trio of business partners in July. Jackson co-owner Dave MacKay said they sought an experienced restaurateur to reopen the inn’s long-shuttered evening restaurant. Dain’s background working at Hanover Inn Dartmouth and the style of Oakes & Evelyn made him a perfect match, MacKay said. After renovations, Woodstock’s Oakes & Evelyn will open to the public with 45 seats, plus 10 at the bar, for daily breakfast and dinner five nights a week.
Almost four years after Matt Bonoma purchased North Ferrisburgh’s Vermont Cookie Love, he is planning a second location of the destination for creemees, ice cream and cookies, at 40 Main Street in Middlebury. The spot was previously Chim Chimney Bakery, which closed in December after less than six months. Bonoma confirmed the news, as first reported by the Addison Independent, but said the timing is uncertain because of needed renovations. He hopes to open before the end of the year.
Two more local restaurant groups will join Bliss Bee in opening locations on Market Street in South Burlington’s City Center by the end of 2025. The Scale Poké Bar co-owner Neil Farr confirmed that he and his wife, Perry, will add a third outpost to their Williston and Essex Junction spots, where they serve Hawaiian-style poke bowls and will soon add smoothies and sushi hand rolls. Bobby Seaman, chief operations officer of Folino’s Pizza, said the group recently signed a lease for a fifth Vermont location at 224 Market Street, which they aim to “pull off” by the end of the year.
The original print version of this article was headlined “Entrées & Exits: Thai Phat Moves and Four Local Restaurant Groups Expand”
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