Lounges

Brattleboro, Vermont

Brattleboro is Vermont's most counter-culturally vibrant small city — a Connecticut River community where the extraordinary concentration of artists, craftspeople, and progressive thinkers creates a cocktail lounge culture of remarkable Vermont alternative community significance. Brattleboro's remarkable arts scene (it has more galleries per capita than almost any city in New England), its outstanding farmers market, and its genuine progressive community spirit create a lounge environment of authentic Vermont creative community character.

Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301

Burlington, Vermont

Burlington's Church Street Marketplace cocktail scene presents the most vibrant small-city cocktail culture in New England — a pedestrian marketplace where the extraordinary Lake Champlain views, outstanding independent restaurants, and the remarkable creative energy of UVM and Champlain College create a lounge environment of genuine Vermont urban arts community significance.

Church St, Burlington, VT 05401

Burlington, Vermont

Citizen Cider is Vermont's most acclaimed hard cider producer — a Burlington taproom producing outstanding Vermont apple ciders that have helped establish hard cider as a respected American craft beverage. Vermont's extraordinary apple orchards and its craft beverage culture create the ideal conditions for a cider producer committed to celebrating Vermont's agricultural heritage through the state's most traditional beverage tradition.

316 Battery St, Burlington, VT 05401

Burlington, Vermont

Burlington's Church Street Marketplace is Vermont's most vibrant pedestrian entertainment district — a car-free corridor where outstanding restaurants, craft shops, and bars create the most pleasant small-city street scene in northern New England. Burlington's extraordinary combination of Vermont craft culture, UVM academic life, and outdoor recreation creates a Church Street visitor base drawn from every corner of the northeastern United States.

Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401

Burlington, Vermont

Vermont Comedy Club is Burlington's most beloved late-night entertainment destination — a Main Street club presenting national touring comedians alongside Vermont's own extraordinary comedy community. Burlington's progressive culture, its university population, and its particular Vermont sensibility (simultaneously earnest and self-deprecating) create a comedy audience of unusual sophistication and genuine comedic appreciation.

101 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401

Middlebury, Vermont

Middlebury serves the finest liberal arts college in New England — Middlebury College, consistently ranked among the top 10 liberal arts colleges in America, whose extraordinary academic programs (the most celebrated language schools in America, the Bread Loaf School of English) and beautiful Green Mountain campus create a college town lounge culture of genuine New England academic community significance.

Main St, Middlebury, VT 05753

Stowe, Vermont

Stowe Mountain Lodge is Vermont's most luxurious ski resort entertainment destination — a Spruce Peak resort with multiple bars and lounges, including the Lodge Lounge with a massive stone fireplace and live music on weekends, serving Vermont's highest-end ski resort market. Stowe's reputation as the East's premier ski destination attracts a sophisticated resort visitor demographic who demand premium après-ski entertainment to match the mountain experience.

7412 Mountain Rd 05672

Stowe, Vermont

Stowe's mountain cocktail scene is the finest ski-town bar experience in New England — a Mountain Road corridor where outstanding après-ski bars, excellent restaurants, and the extraordinary Mount Mansfield (Vermont's highest peak, home to Vermont's most celebrated ski resort) create a lounge culture of remarkable New England mountain resort significance.

Mountain Rd, Stowe, VT 05672

Waitsfield, Vermont

Mad River Valley serves the most authentically Vermont ski experience in New England — a community where Mad River Glen (the last cooperatively owned ski area in America, with skiing for experienced skiers on unprepared terrain) and Sugarbush Resort create a ski town cocktail lounge culture of genuine Vermont mountain community character.

Main St, Waitsfield, VT 05673

Woodstock, Vermont

Woodstock is Vermont's most perfectly preserved historic village — a community often cited as the most beautiful village in New England, where the Rockefeller-funded Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, the outstanding Woodstock Inn, and the remarkable Vermont village green create a cocktail lounge culture of extraordinary New England colonial village significance.

Elm St, Woodstock, VT 05091