Along with the Corn Bread, we ordered Oysters, the LaPlatte River Farm Beef Tartareand the LaPlatte River Angus Farm Beef Burger. Yashy wisely ordered the Griddled Nitty Gritty Corn Bread and it was about the best food we could have tasted before the main meals arrived. The menu was filled with locally sourced options and a range of appetizers so appealing that we now regret not ordering them all. My impression entering the Tap & Grill, and Yashy’s before even seeing the place, was that the food would be fairly standard. I think I was already back there by the time these words came out of her mouth, impatiently waiting for the kids to follow! I quickly ordered my first Sip of Sunshine, another delicious Vermont IPA, and had barely begun to look for a seat when we were called to our table. When I walked in and noticed the large draft list posted above the bar, complete with 3 Hillstead Farm offerings and Lawson’s Sip of Sunshine IPA, I experienced something of a ray of heavenly light beaming down on the path to the server.I was determined to hold out for whatever time we were given (unbeknownst to Yashy), but luckily we were told to expect a 15 minute wait to be seated and were invited to enjoy the back patio area (with a live band) until a table became available. The place looked busy as we made our way through the front door, but we noticed a lot of kids and figured it would at least be a place where we could relax amidst chaos, a favorite pastime of ours when the kids are being noisy and we need to commiserate with other flustered parents. We spotted plastic cups with lids and straws so these guys knew what they were doing when it came to the kids! The same source strongly recommended the Farmhouse Tap & Grill, and though we didn’t expect much, and weren’t particularly eager to drive back into Burlington, we decided to check it out. Upon arriving and discovering that the beer had arrived 45 minutes before and was already sold out, I shifted my focus to other research avenues and forgot about the other tips until we were trying to decide on dinner plans for Thursday evening. When we arrived in Vermont on Wednesday evening, I pulled up that chat and the first tip led us to the Healthy Living Center in Burlington.
#Farmhouse tap and grill how to#
Recognizing on that first day that I would not have the time on this family trip to spend hours in search of beer, I found my savior – The Farmhouse Tap and Grill in Burlington.Īs we prepared for our trip the week beforehand, Yashy had been receiving a number of tips from sources in the area, and she posted a Google chat message to me the day before we left Toronto with tips she had received on how to find Heady Topper.
#Farmhouse tap and grill full#
On my first full day in Vermont, acting on a valuable tip I received from the Beverage Warehouse in Winooski, I spent hours waiting for one of the beer world’s most famous beverages, learning the hard way how difficult it can be to track down the offerings of Vermont’s three renowned breweries: The Alchemist, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, and Hillstead Farm Brewery.
Last week, in relaying the details of my search for Heady Topper in Vermont, I described a thriving beer scene in Vermont as chaotic as any I have found North America.
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