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    Black Bear Tavern

    3.8 (4 reviews)
    ModerateBars, Sandwiches, Soup
    Open • 10:30 am - 4:30 pm

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    BLACK BEAR TAVERN ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Alfie’s Wild Ride - In-n-out smash taco (previous taco was so good I had to order another)

    Alfie’s Wild Ride

    4.3(52 reviews)
    19.7 mi

    What a great little spot! Food was excellent - we had 2 picky kids with us and both were thrilled…read morewith the food and the dirty sodas. Highly recommend the nachos and the wings although everything was fantastic. Atmosphere was a lot of fun, og arcade games, ping pong, air hockey and corn hole. Everyone working was incredibly kind, we'll definitely be back. Highly recommend, all around

    On paper, the concept of Alfie's is spectacular. An automotive shop masquerading as a watering…read morehole. For a dyed-in-the-wool car enthusiast who happily spends weekends wrestling with a stubborn transmission, this should be absolute nirvana. It has all the makings of the coolest venue in Stowe. Sadly, the execution is a tragic misfire. The primary reason for this failure is the owner, Chris, whose approach to hospitality borders on outright hostility. Our evening began innocently enough. I arrived with a group of ten friends, mostly local Vermonters in our late twenties and early thirties. My fiancée is thirty-three but routinely gets carded for looking younger. It is a perfectly normal procedure. She handed over her legitimate Vermont ID, it was scanned, and we proceeded to order. Then came our twenty-five-year-old friend, visiting from California. Upon inspecting his out-of-state license, Chris abruptly decided the ID was a forgery. Without a shred of preamble, he confiscated the card and unleashed a barrage of expletives, loudly demanding that our entire group leave the premises immediately. At first, we assumed he was joking. When it became clear he was entirely serious, we politely pointed out that our friend had a flight home the next day and strictly required his identification to travel. Chris responded by threatening to call the police. We actively encouraged this, calmly suggesting that law enforcement could easily verify the license and resolve the misunderstanding. Faced with a group of composed patrons actively inviting police verification, the owner seemed to short-circuit. He threw the license at us and continued to shout. As a bizarre parting shot, when one of my friends calmly asked for an explanation, Chris pointed at my fiancée and aggressively voiced his disbelief that she could possibly be thirty-three years old. Alfie's possesses the raw architectural potential to be a brilliant, vibrant space. Yet, if you walk past, you will notice it is often inexplicably dead. After suffering through this particular brand of toxic behavior, the mystery of its chronic emptiness is entirely solved. If you find yourself in Stowe, you would do well to keep your foot down and drive straight past it.

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    Alfie’s Wild Ride - Rodeo drive burger taco and garlic Parmesan fries. Delicious.

    Rodeo drive burger taco and garlic Parmesan fries. Delicious.

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