Melissa Pasanen

After 34 years, the beloved Burlington-area bakery has been bought by a local couple, who will run it as a family business and plan no major changes.

Just over an hour's drive from Burlington, charming French Canadian towns offer a bounty of delicious meals nestled among farms, orchards and vineyards.

Winooski native and his business partners will bring a second outpost of their family restaurant to the Onion City's construction-challenged Main Street.

In Montpelier, Danville, Milton and Burlington, Vermonters will find more tacos but less maple cream pie, café fare and midnight eats.

Restaurateur Gabriel Firman has closed one restaurant to focus on his original eatery, now with a James Beard Foundation semifinalist helming the kitchen.

The hardy, flood-resilient pawpaw tree shows promise, but farmers must sell Vermonters on its unfamiliar, tropical fruit — which tastes like Juicy Fruit gum.

The married couple behind a favorite Hinesburg eatery and a home-based specialty bakery will open a joint venture in the former UNO Pizzeria & Grill.

After almost a decade, bakery owner Lisa Curtis will add more hot and cold lunch options, imported grocery items and seafood in the neighboring storefront.

Kayla Silver's second Essex Experience business offers well-executed sandwiches, soups, salads and pastries, plus a local foods market in a welcoming space.

Perry and Neil Farr are bringing their second Chittenden County restaurant back to its roots as a destination for Hawaiian-style poke and açaí bowls.