7 Nights Guide to Vermont Restaurants and Bars


What's "Bite Club?": Bite Club is a way for Vermont foodies to meet — and eat — at some of the area's best restaurants.; Bite Club members receive invitations to exclusive events, plus a weekly e-newsletter packed with juicy tidbits — before you can read 'em in the paper.
What's the newsletter about?: Every Tuesday afternoon, Bite Club members get a sneak preview of Seven Days' hottest food stories. We also have web-only treats like mini reviews, food videos, a restaurant "comment of the week" and invitations to special events.
What's a "Taste Test?": It's an event open exclusively to Bite Club members. Read more about past "Taste Tests" below.
What other food stuff does Seven Days offer?: Lots! Our online food forum allows eaters to discuss everything from local restaurants to favorite foodie films to gardening. We also print the magazine, 7 Nights Guide to Vermont Restaurants & Bars. And we host Vermont Restaurant Week, an annual eating extravaganza that showcases the best fare our state has to offer.
How do I join the Bite Club?: It's easy — just register as a user on this website. Make sure to select "yes" next to "Bite Club Member". When we send out our next newsletter, you'll be on the list.; If you already have an account on 7 Nights but don't receive our weekly e-mail, you'll need to change your account settings. Just click on "My Account" near the top of the screen. Click "yes" next to "Bite Club Member" and you're done!

Bite Club TV: The Truck Driver Challenge: Wednesday, November 11, 2009; What's got 2 pounds of beef, 4 ounces of bleu cheese, six slices of bacon and two eggs served on a crusty boule usually hollowed out for a soup bowl? The Reservoir's Double Truck Driver, voted best burger in Waterbury. Can Seven Days Food Writer Alice Levitt eat it?

Bite Club TV: Molecular Cooking: Wednesday, June 10, 2009; Food writer Alice Levitt meets with Chef Mark Timms at Norma's at Topnotch to learn post-modern culinary techniques. Cantaloupe caviar, anyone?

Bite Club TV: Magic Berries Tasting Party: Wednesday, April 1, 2009; Seven Days staffers and local foodies sample "Magic Berries" from Africa. Watch as the touted berries temporarily transform our panel's taste buds making even the most bitter and sour foods seem super-sweet.

Bite Club TV: Burlington Winter Farmers' Market: Wednesday, December 3, 2008; On Saturday, November 22, Burlington, Vermont hosted its first ever winter farmer's market, in Memorial Auditorium on Main Street. Seven Days video correspondent Jim Wilkinson-Ray filmed and edited this video about the event. Jim follows Food Editor Suzanne Podhaizer and Assistant Online Editor and Food Writer Alice Levitt as they tour the farm stands, meet the farmers, eat chocolate ginger cake and talk with Governor Jim Douglas.

Taste Test: 'Cue Fest at Nectar's: Tuesday, April 15, 2008; Summer came early for the 150 hungry people who attended our 7 Nights Bite Club event at Nectar's: They got to nosh on local meats such as barbecued chicken and pulled pork as well as classic "picnic" sides such as potato salad and coleslaw. The battered and deep-fried pickle slices were an unusual treat. What was for dessert? Slices of creamy cheesecake and miniature pies in maple pecan, maple buttermilk and chocolate "mud season."; Read Bite Club member comments.

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Taste Test: Lake Champlain Chocolates: Wednesday, March 12, 2008; According to Gary Coffey of Lake Champlain Chocolates: "Everybody eats chocolate, but very few people ever taste chocolate." At our 7 Nights Bite Club event at the LCC factory on Pine Street, 40 enthusiastic guests got to learn about how chocolate is made as well as how to describe the aromas and flavors experienced while tasting this "food of the gods." The lucky attendees got to practice their new skills while sampling the company's forthcoming line of organic truffles, which nobody outside of the company had ever tried before.; Read Bite Club member comments.

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Taste Test: Vermont National Country Club: Wednesday, November 14, 2007; Chef Mark Timms invited Bite Club members to Vermont National Country Club for a seated, 7-course tasting preview of his new dinner menu that will be available to the general public for the first time on Valentine's Day. Members were treated to whimsical, innovative cuisine such as foie gras lollipops, sea bass with hominy and parsnip mousse cakes.; Read Bite Club member comments or Watch a video from the event

Taste Test: Michael's on the Hill: Wednesday, October 24, 2007; The 7 Nights Bite Club held a Taste Test event at Michael's on the Hill The 7 Nights Bite Club held a Taste Test event last Wednesday night at Michael's on the Hill in Waterbury. Fifty Bite Club members feasted on delicious hors d'oeuvres featuring locally raised ingredients prepared by Chef Michael Kloeti — the Vermont Hospitality Council's "Chef of the Year."; Read Bite Club member comments.

Members-Only Giveaway: Flynn Fine Wine & Food Festival: Sunday, September 9, 2007; Congratulations to Molly Mathers -- the winner in our Flynn Fine Wine & Food Festival ticket giveaway. Molly was randomly selected from among 170 Bite Club members who entered the 24-hour contest this week. We'll all be thinking of Molly as she feasts on locally produced meats, cheeses, pastas, breads, vegetables, sauces, condiments, confections and coffees at the Shelburne Farms Coach Barn -- bon appetit!; Watch your inbox for another Bite Club Taste Test coming in October!

Taste Test: Quatorze Bistro: Monday, August 27, 2007; The 7 Nights Bite Club held its first Taste Test event at Quatorze Bistro (formerly Greenstreets) located at the corner of Main and Battery Streets in Burlington. Fifty Bite Club members feasted on French and Asian hors d'oeuvres from Chef Richard Sprayregen and basked in the glow of a Lake Champlain sunset. This was the first chance for folks who regularly comment on the 7 Nights website to meet offline and swap stories on the local restaurant scene.; Read Bite Club member comments.

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