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Sweetwaters, yet another American bistro with locally sourced ingredients, has been one of the mainstays on Church Street for many years, well preceding our time in Vermont, yet we'd never been before. We haven't avoided it for any particular reason, just never got around to it. The water restriction had only minimal impact on the menu: no coffee, tea or sodas. We both ordered lunch specials: I the fried chicken sandwich, she the grilled cheese with soup. Both were nice, though apparently for my wife, the sandwich was better than the soup. Service was friendly and professional.
Squid on the Vine
Clovis, Syrah Blend 2016
Rich, dry, spicy
Chocolatey nose
Our Valentine's Day dinner wine, pairing with the beautiful duck breast and potatoes my wife prepared. Mmm... duck!
My wife decanted this one thinking that quite a lot of our wine club wines - as this one was - would have benefited from opening up a little.
My rating: 8.2
Squid on the Vine
Clovis, Syrah Blend 2016
Rich, dry, spicy
Chocolatey nose
Our Valentine's Day dinner wine, pairing with the beautiful duck breast and potatoes my wife prepared. Mmm... duck!
My wife decanted this one thinking that quite a lot of our wine club wines - as this one was - would have benefited from opening up a little.
My rating: 8.2
Duck is a favorite here also.
ReplyDeleteSon uses the Alton Brown Cookbook. Fabulous !
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I love duck. Duck confit is a regional specialty of the area of Quebec closest to us. We're lucky!
DeleteNice looking place.
ReplyDeleteSo... whiskey...
We got Rittenhouse straight rye whiskey.
I've only done Manhatten experiments so far.
I'll have more to say about it later.
So glad to know you're exploring whiskey!
DeleteSurprisingly, Rittenhouse is not available in Vermont liquor stores! Bars have it, though. I'll be interested to know more of your thoughts.
I like the flavor of it.
DeleteBut, then, it's the first whiskey I've really had, so I don't know if I like it in particular or not.
Someday, I'd love to go on a whiskey tour through Kentucky and Tennessee and try as many as possible. Probably best I let someone else drive...
DeleteColumbia has two non-franchise dominated dining locations with about dozen restaurants each. Five Points serves the college crowd around the University of South Carolina while the Vista is a little further out and mainly caters to white collar professionals.
ReplyDeleteCuriously enough both locations are recent creations since Columbia use to be famous for its utter lack of dining much beyond McDonalds and Waffle House.
At least it's starting to grow. There is so much good food in the South! That part of the country should definitely be more of a foodie destination than it is.
DeleteBurlington does alright for a city its size. And, Montreal isn't far and Montreal is amazing!
Yum! This place sounds amazing, and I hope they have GF options! I want to visit New England at some point, with Vermont being top on my list. How far are you from the Vermont Teddy Bear factory?
ReplyDeleteHave a great Sunday and I hope you had a fun weekend eating. :)
Not too far from the Teddy Bear factory, I suppose. We've never been. Their line of bears isn't always kid-friendly. Now, if we had a Gund factory nearby where you could make your own, I'd be more excited!
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