{"id":84011,"date":"2018-06-12T00:02:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T04:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=84011"},"modified":"2021-12-29T20:52:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T01:52:02","slug":"exploring-food-while-on-the-road-in-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=84011","title":{"rendered":"Exploring food while on the road in Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to travel when you have severe and conflicting food allergies (e.g. corn and wheat are usually a substitute for each other) and most North American restaurants seem to feel the need to throw dairy into just about everything.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Vermont is one of the easiest US states to navigate with dietary issues. Maple syrup, produce, dairy and organic food are what the state provides to the rest of the country; and, Vermont loudly promotes its artisan food creations. <\/p>\n<p>We planned our trip destinations based purely on food\/coffee; below are our recommended discoveries.<\/p>\n<h3>Catalyst Coffee Bar, St. Albans<\/h3>\n<p>St. Albans is the first town that you encounter on arrival in Vermont from Qu\u00e9bec. This little city is known as the location of the northernmost land-based battle during the Civil War. Across the street from the battlefield, on the main strip, is this little coffee shop. <\/p>\n<p>We lucked out because we crossed the border quickly and reached our destination a lot faster than expected&#8230; and the cafe was open and serving customers at 7am. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-84011 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84082'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8144-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84083'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8145-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84084'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8148-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84086'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8151-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Monarch and the Milkweed, Burlington<\/h3>\n<p>Burlington is a confusing mishmash of side streets, town squares, and chain restaurants. And, while trying to find a different breakfast cafe, we stumbled into Monarch and the Milkweed. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad we did because they have a mouthwatering delicacy that I haven&#8217;t been able to stop thinking about: the deep-fried hash-brown block. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-84011 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84012'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8155-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84013'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8160-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Natural Provisions, St. Johnsbury<\/h3>\n<p>Whole Foods doesn&#8217;t exist in Vermont. But, in its place are a plethora of community-based organic markets. Natural Provisions is one such place. <\/p>\n<p>We popped in here to grab some deli items and found one of the things we miss most from the US: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/search?q=justin%27s+peanut+butter+cups&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=isch&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=0ahUKEwiEpde-xrrbAhULnlkKHbXND4gQ_AUICigB&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=732\">Justin&#8217;s Peanut  Butter Cups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-84011 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84187'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-2018-03-06-11.49.49-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84188'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8501-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84189'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8502-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Stowe Street Cafe, Waterbury<\/h3>\n<p>For some reason this place reminded me of <a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=6583\">Michelle<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it was the New England blue walls&#8230; or the hand-painted fish on the wall&#8230; or the artsy-crafty appearance&#8230; or the no-nonsense attitude of the owner. I really couldn&#8217;t put my finger on it but the restaurant had some serious Michelle vibe.<\/p>\n<p>The food was pretty fantastic too! It&#8217;s a rare thing to get to enjoy a handmade gf breakfast sandwich.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-84011 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84206'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-2018-03-06-08.07.07-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84207'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8361-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84208'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-2018-03-05-17.45.28-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Down Home Cafe, Montpelier<\/h3>\n<p>I have mixed feelings about this place. The chef was also our server&#8230; so we could get the rundown on ingredients. But, the menu options were very Southern, which felt very out of place in Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re pining for Southern delicacies as fried green tomatoes, fried catfish, chicken fried steak, and buttermilk biscuits&#8230; this is your place.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-84011 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84889'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/med-IMG_8278-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84890'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sm-2018-03-05-12.57.25-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84891'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sm-2018-03-05-13.07.03-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3>Newport Natural Market and Cafe, Newport<\/h3>\n<p>On our way out of Vermont (via Newport), we found another organic food market right on the waterfront. It was a great (and beautiful) place to stop for a juice. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-84011 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84212'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8549-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84213'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sm-IMG_8550-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=84896'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sm-IMG_8548-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIt&#8217;s hard to travel when you have severe and conflicting food allergies&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=84011\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Exploring food while on the road in Vermont&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[703,34,701],"tags":[478,480,702],"class_list":["post-84011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-burlington","category-us","category-vermont","tag-cafes","tag-foodie","tag-road-trip-vermont","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84011"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94781,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84011\/revisions\/94781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}