NECI's restaurants are a must!! Well, ok, I may be biased but they really do serve great food!!! Also La Brioche bakery, also run by NECI, is great. There Crossiants, plain, ham & cheese, & Pan au Choclat are awesome. If you are there over the weekend try to get out to American Flatbreads, in Warren or near-abouts there. Some of the best wood-fired pizzas in the world!!! But they only serve at the facility on the weekends. Of course, just 30 minutes away, in Waterbury, is Ben & Jerry's. Enough said, but also just north, in the actual town of Waterbury is Cold Hollow Cider Mill. Great cider and awesome Cide-Spice Donuts. Then, just 15minutes north of that is Stowe, ski resort exdorinare!! There are a million good places up the Mountain Road leading to Mt. Mansfield. One of my favorites there is the Partridge Inn. Kind of old school, but then again if you are looking for real Vermont, then old school is where it is at. Then down in Queechee is Simon Pierce, but Jim, you already know about those places. You must also stop at any roadside snack bar and pick up a Creemee (Vermont's version of soft serve), its an institution there. Well, that's a start. I am sure I will come up with a few others in the near future.
