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While some eateries are adding options, for others, the game is over. River’s Edge Coffee Shop and Grill, on Riverside Avenue in Burlington, closed its doors last Sunday.

Ann Marie Silva, who owned the quick stop with her husband Bert, attributes the loss to the widening of Riverside Avenue, which wound up last summer. “We were the new kids on the block before the construction started; we really didn’t have our feet planted in the ground, and when it hit, it hit hard.”... Read more

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders easily gets constituents lathered about health care, education and the environment. But last Saturday he met his match when he hosted a town meeting with Eric Schlosser, and the Fast Food Nation author got a near-capacity, crowded Burlington City Hall Auditorium really fired up about sustainable agriculture.... Read more

Hail and high winds can be romantic if you’re at home in front of the fireplace with a bottle of wine. But if you’re suspended in a tiny, swaying gondola high above Mount Mansfield, the experience can be harrowing.... Read more

It’s no secret that the current economic climate is tough on restaurants, which rely on folks feeling flush with disposable income. The trend has been illustrated by the shuttering of such diverse eateries as Sean & Nora’s in Barre, award-winning Christophe’s on the Green in Vergennes and Tortilla Flat in Burlington.

This week’s casualty is River’s Edge Coffee Shop and Grill on Riverside Avenue in Burlington. More on that later . . . (Click here)... Read more

Did Fast Food Nation change the way you think about burgers and fries? The book’s author, activist Eric Schlosser, joins Senator Bernie Sanders in Burlington this Saturday for a “town meeting on the politics of food.” The topic: “From Fast Food Nation to Sustainable Agriculture.” The writer and the politician met recently during a successful effort to improve wages for exploited tomato pickers in Florida.... Read more

Until recently, Jeff Egan had his head in the clouds as the head chef at the Cliff House Restaurant, which is perched on the slope of Mount Mansfield and accessible by gondola. Now he’s falling to Earth as the new executive chef for Vermont Discovery Cruises. Egan will put his talents to use in a tiny kitchen on the company’s yacht, the Moonlight Lady, which set sail on its first luxury tour of Lake Champlain last weekend.... Read more

Montpelier, Brattleboro and tiny Chelsea beat the Queen City to the punch, but starting this winter, B-Town will finally have a year-round Farmers’ Market.

Featuring meats, cheeses, baked goods, pickles and preserves, and hearty winter vegetables, it’ll happen monthly from November through April at Memorial Auditorium. The first market is Saturday, November 22, the weekend before Thanksgiving, and locals can purchase their provender on the third Saturday of each month thereafter.

Licensing is still in the works, but Kristin and Tim Halvorson of Halvorson’s Upstreet Café and Marinell Newton plan to open a wine store on Upper Church Street, in the space that used to house North Country Books.... Read more

So long, pardner! Shelburne’s Sirloin Saloon packed up its “garden-fresh” salad bar and sizzling steaks for the final time last Sunday, manager Courtney Ovitt confirmed.... Read more

The old post office on Ferry Road in Charlotte used to house the Flying Pig Bookstore, until that business moved to bigger digs in Shelburne. Two years went by, and last Tuesday the building reopened as the Little Garden Market. Now, if you find a piggy on the premises, it won’t be on the wing: Instead, its ribs may be braised and smothered in maple blackberry barbecue sauce and its chops marinated and ready for the grill.... Read more