Restaurant Recommendations
Food Scene
A popular restaurant in Middlebury with food for everybody and in every price category. Families should make reservations.
53 locals recommend
Fire & Ice
26 Seymour StA popular restaurant in Middlebury with food for everybody and in every price category. Families should make reservations.
A very popular eatery in Middlebury. Excellent food, friendly service, nice atmosphere
163 locals recommend
American Flatbread
46 Lareau RdA very popular eatery in Middlebury. Excellent food, friendly service, nice atmosphere
A more upscale restaurant where reservations for families are recommended. Good food, higher price category.
28 locals recommend
Tourterelle Restaurant & Inn
3629 Ethan Allen HwyA more upscale restaurant where reservations for families are recommended. Good food, higher price category.
A pub-type restaurant with an interesting atmosphere. Condensed Menu with affordable prices.
13 locals recommend
The Shoreham Inn and Pub
51 Inn RdA pub-type restaurant with an interesting atmosphere. Condensed Menu with affordable prices.
A restaurant in the center of Middlebury. Food for every taste with moderate prices.
64 locals recommend
Two Brothers Tavern
86 Main StA restaurant in the center of Middlebury. Food for every taste with moderate prices.
Notte
86 Main StA restaurant in the basement of Two Brothers with an interesting choice of pizzas.
The only Indian restaurant in and around Middlebury. Good food, moderate pricing, friendly service
17 locals recommend
Taste of India
1 Bakery LnThe only Indian restaurant in and around Middlebury. Good food, moderate pricing, friendly service
The BEST Italian restaurant within a radius of 50 - 70 miles!
Traditional regional Italian cuisine served in a romantic, basement space with a stone fireplace.
Outstanding food, justified higher price category, competent and friendly service
49 locals recommend
Trattoria Delia
152 St Paul StThe BEST Italian restaurant within a radius of 50 - 70 miles!
Traditional regional Italian cuisine served in a romantic, basement space with a stone fireplace.
Outstanding food, justified higher price category, competent and friendly service
Since 1979, the Rubright family has been showing up at 4 am daily to bake some of New England's finest doughnuts and bagels. Skiers on their way to the slopes, workers en route to the job site, and professors headed for class all converge here for warm-from-the-oven apple fritters, doughnuts, and bagel sandwiches, along with omelets and other breakfast treats.
These bagels rival their cousins from Brooklyn!!! Great place for breakfast, lunch, and/or takeout.
19 locals recommend
Middlebury Bagel
11 Washington StSince 1979, the Rubright family has been showing up at 4 am daily to bake some of New England's finest doughnuts and bagels. Skiers on their way to the slopes, workers en route to the job site, and professors headed for class all converge here for warm-from-the-oven apple fritters, doughnuts, and bagel sandwiches, along with omelets and other breakfast treats.
These bagels rival their cousins from Brooklyn!!! Great place for breakfast, lunch, and/or takeout.
Robert Barral was born and grew up in Montpelier, France, where he attended culinary school. Later in life, he taught at a culinary school in Montpelier, Vermont. After additional training at the Lycée Hôtelier de Grenoble in France, he apprenticed at the Hotel Alban-Ambassador in Basel, Switzerland, then at the four-star Chateau de Divonne in Divonne-Les-Bains, France, followed by the Terminus St. Lazare in Paris.
In 1976, he moved to the Four Seasons in Montréal, working his way up the kitchen ladder until he relocated to Edmonton to open the Four Seasons in 1978, as a banquet chef. He left two years later as a sous chef tournant. In 1980 he was the executive sous chef of the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago before returning to the Four Seasons Boston as executive chef in 1984.
In 1987, he went to the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vermont as a banquet chef and by the time the Great Chefs television team showed up in 1992, he was their executive chef. Great Chefs taped him for the Discovery Channel’s Great Chefs of the East television series where he appeared in episode #8.
He left NECI, and he and his wife opened Café Provence in Brandon, Vermont where he remains today in 2016.
55 locals recommend
Cafe Provence
11 Center StRobert Barral was born and grew up in Montpelier, France, where he attended culinary school. Later in life, he taught at a culinary school in Montpelier, Vermont. After additional training at the Lycée Hôtelier de Grenoble in France, he apprenticed at the Hotel Alban-Ambassador in Basel, Switzerland, then at the four-star Chateau de Divonne in Divonne-Les-Bains, France, followed by the Terminus St. Lazare in Paris.
In 1976, he moved to the Four Seasons in Montréal, working his way up the kitchen ladder until he relocated to Edmonton to open the Four Seasons in 1978, as a banquet chef. He left two years later as a sous chef tournant. In 1980 he was the executive sous chef of the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago before returning to the Four Seasons Boston as executive chef in 1984.
In 1987, he went to the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vermont as a banquet chef and by the time the Great Chefs television team showed up in 1992, he was their executive chef. Great Chefs taped him for the Discovery Channel’s Great Chefs of the East television series where he appeared in episode #8.
He left NECI, and he and his wife opened Café Provence in Brandon, Vermont where he remains today in 2016.
Entertainment & Activities
Great hiking and cross country biking around Middlebury. http://www.maltvt.org/trail/tam-trail/
27 locals recommend
Trail Around Middlebury
Great hiking and cross country biking around Middlebury. http://www.maltvt.org/trail/tam-trail/
Some great mountain biking choices > https://www.traillink.com/cityactivity/middlebury-vt-mountain-biking-trails/
Trail Around Middlebury - Jeffrey Murdock Nature Preserve
Trail Around Middlebury - Jeffrey Murdock Nature PreserveSome great mountain biking choices > https://www.traillink.com/cityactivity/middlebury-vt-mountain-biking-trails/
Hiking, enjoying nature, beautiful colors during autumn, easy to reach
19 locals recommend
Silver Lake Trail
Hiking, enjoying nature, beautiful colors during autumn, easy to reach
Great skiing, no waiting lines during weekdays, inexpensive passes, well-maintained slopes, great fun
http://www.middleburysnowbowl.com/
63 locals recommend
Middlebury College Snow Bowl
6886 Vermont Rte 125Great skiing, no waiting lines during weekdays, inexpensive passes, well-maintained slopes, great fun
http://www.middleburysnowbowl.com/
See for more breweries around Middlebury
https://www.middtastingtrail.com/
43 locals recommend
The Otter Creek Brewery
793 Exchange StSee for more breweries around Middlebury
https://www.middtastingtrail.com/
Sightseeing
Shelburne Museum
6000 Shelburne RdA wonderful museum to visit. https://shelburnemuseum.org/
A most wonderful place to visit with a great restaurant (early reservations a must!), bakery, and museum. https://shelburnefarms.org/
243 locals recommend
Shelburne Farms
1611 Harbor RoadA most wonderful place to visit with a great restaurant (early reservations a must!), bakery, and museum. https://shelburnefarms.org/