This posting is for Bevis Bistro since I only stopped here for food and no beverages.
The Bevis Bistro shares the same space as Farm Road Brewing in the center of Bennington at the corner of Main and North Streets. The place is pretty casual which has table seating and seating up at the bar and food and drinks are ordered and paid separately with Bevis Bistro for food and Farm Road Brewing for drinks.
I arrived here just before 5pm on a sunny fall day. The place was moderately busy and there was no line at the Bevis Bistro counter. You can also order food and drinks from your seat marking your choices on the plastic menus with black dry erase markers.
I ordered directly from the counter since I decided on one of the specials, a Meatloaf Panini ($9 plus tax) and Loaded Tater Tots ($12 plus tax). The food was ready in about 10 minutes after ordering.
The Meatloaf Panini was comprised of firm dense slices of meatloaf, melted cheese, onions, tomato, maple mayo between pressed slices of sweet bread. The Panini was served with salted potato chips (generic) and the dill pickle spear. The Loaded Tater Tots were a good sized portion of deep fried tater tots topped with real bacon bits, tomatoes, beer cheese sauce, onions, and sour cream on the side. Another patron at the next table ordered the Taste of Vermont Panini (turkey, bacon, cucumbers, apple slices, tomatoes, provolone, maple mayo), which looked really good.
The food I ordered was pretty good. The staff was looking out the window commenting on the "tourists" crossing the skewed Main Street/North Street intersection with the painted piano compass in the center, skipping by the crosswalk. It was also mentioned that new businesses were going in across the street including a cafe, suggesting the cafe should be called the Butthead Cafe, lol. Bevis and Butthead, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh...... read more