I think I was in a bad mood when I wrote a review. This place isn't so bad. They've always been…read morepolite and helpful when I've stopped in the past. I need to remember to plan ahead and never use my card there.

Always great prices on gas, good selection of local products in the convenience store, friendly…read moreservice. Plus: delicious takeout homemade Indian food

Still kicking in 2025! Last store before Hancock. SupPoRt LoCaL!!…read more +. Ambiance is OLD (and disappearing). VT country store serving local Ripton residents, Bread Loaf and travellers on 125. +. Local and national packaged goods. The variety is small but they carry many things you may want without having to make a long drive, enroute to ?, picnics, camping, hikes etc. They do have fresh local produce for sale too. In addition, RCS serves as mail stop for locals. RCS is not your go to for your big shopping trip, but a convenient stop over. They have a single gas pump but IDK if it is in service. +. Prices are a bit higher given tiny mountainous Mom and Pop. ++. Service is friendly with a scoop of local knowledge. If you need directions of local (unmarked or detailed directions) interests, they are a good bet. +. Parking is 2-3 spots in front With many small local proprietors shutting shops due to online competition, I'm happy to find RCS is still in business! I've visited them over the past 25 years and will continue to support them every time I visit VT. On this stop, I bought Vergennes chocolate.

This Country Store is the best. They have great local produce and a great selection of local wines…read moreand beers. The owners and employees are so nice and helpful. If you need anything in the community they can assist you. If they don't have it they can tell you where to get it. Best Country Store ever.

I love this place since 1960!! Cute place and nice people. Take a dip in joes pond! Iff hin…read moreGrxfhuv jigg

The best baked goods! Came in for some staples and left…read morewith amazing fresh baked apple turnovers. The next day there were fresh muffins and various breads and pies. Jenny is amazing and so talented.

I recently changed stores to shop at and absolutely love this store and especially the manager…read moreMichele she is overwhelmingly friendly to everyone who enters the store as where most store managers are very grumpy and do as little as possible.. it's so refreshing to actually feel like a welcomed and valued customer.

This Mobil has a decently clean bathroom, a nice selection of beer and beef jerky, and competitive…read moregas prices to the filling stations nearby. It is also the greatest filling station in the world. Why? Heady Topper is available here on weekends. You can stroll in on Sunday and buy a four-pack of Heady Topper, which I don't believe you can do anywhere else in the world on Sunday. As beer geeks know, The Alchemist's Heady Topper is widely regarded as the best beer you can buy (#1 on Beer Advocate). As beer tourists know, Heady Topper is distributed only on weekdays and only in a short radius from the brewery, which is now closed to the public. You can (legally) buy Heady Topper no farther East than Barre, no farther South than Warren, no farther West than Burlington, and no farther North than Morrisville. Because the beer is highly sought after and delivered only on weekdays, there's generally no place to get cans of it on the Weekend (all of the cases at Hunger Mountain are consumed within hours of delivery on Friday, for example). EXCEPT for this Mobil. They do something I don't believe any other Alchemist vendor does; they split their Thursday shipment up into four parts and make some available every day Thu-Sun. That means if you arrive early enough on Sunday you can buy a heady topper. If you're a working stiff in Boston, you can visit Vermont on the weekend knowing you will come home with four pints of perfect, glorious Heady Topper DIPA. ...If you get there early enough. They open 6 AM. Heady topper in middle fridge in the back on the top. Ask the clerk if you don't see it (especially if you are not tall, because the cans might be all the way in the back of the rack). Limit one four-pack.

Will's is a lifeline for the Town of Chelsea. They carry a good variety of groceries, snacks, dry…read moregoods, and gifty stuff. Will is also generous in his sponsorship of local events and groups, especially youth baseball. If you're driving through, make sure you stop in. The folks are super nice and the service is great.

This is the everything store in town that is the source of what keeps everyone's cupboards filled,…read morestomachs filled, and retail needs attended to. I love this place! You can get everything from a stiff cup of coffee to fishing bait to quantity beer to movies . . . everything! And there's always some wicked cool aloof but tuned-in clerk whose more than willing to match your clever sarcasm at any hour. This is the place to go in Chelsea for your mundane, uninteresting purchases!

My favorite dispensary in Montpelier hands down, super friendly environment and always has good…read moredeals going on! They have a large inventory to choose from, from top tier to more affordable, there's something for everyone.

the woman who scans id's actually is nervy enough to hold on to the id and won't return it, unless…read moreyou fuss at her. I have had this happen twice now, and, my daughter was assaulted with a febreeze like chemical by the same woman. customer service is good, if one can get past the 'Niche", she made me feel profiled, and argued with me about my id...saying she could carry it to the other counter...she is not a good customer service person. with my daughter, she has been ultra rude, saying my kid stinks...thus, assault with a febreeze like chemical. I hate to see the business go down hill because of this one person. and it is unclear why the owner allows such repeat behavior. don't shop here until it's sorted. It's not worth the profiling and utter embarrassment of buying there. NO OTHER dispensary's in the area have this issue. NO OTHER dispensary's in the area understand the why the id is so important for the Nichy to hang on too....for so long, with a bold refusal of return. don't risk the weirdness...go to one of the other great dispensary's in the area, who do not hire people with power trips. Hopefully, the owner will deal with this behavior before she is sued .

I purchased gift cards for my husband for his birthday to use towards new boots, bindings and skis…read morefor our yearly six-week trip to the ADK's to visit family during the holidays. We worked with two gentlemen during our time at REI, both were fantastic. I wanted to share a specific shout-out to Nieve. Nieve spent substantial time with us to ensure that Paul was in the perfect boot, binding and the right ski for his level. Paul is an exceptional skier, who now lives in the Midwest with me, his average skier wife, after growing up in the ADK's and skiing every winter day of his life, when weather permitted, for 20 years. Nieve also fitted me for boats, bindings and skis too, for good measure, so I can ski with my husband and not be bothered with rentals. Nieve, thank you - you were a joy to work with and my mountain husband, who begrudgingly lives 9-months per year in the Midwest, is now a happy camper again. The Scaps.

REI has really gone downhill. Both their products and their service. I had a terrible experience at…read morethis REI location. The staff collectively assaulted and harassed me verbally for being a service dog user, and for criticizing the decline of REI. It's a leftwing business, which means that the "feelings" of the employees outweigh any and every other consideration. In fact, I asked for contact info to make a complaint, and while one employee was writing it down, another employee came along and tore up the paper! I left the store but had to go back in for something, and 8 store employees were viciously gossiping about me at the checkout area. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE FROM REI EVER AGAIN!

My husband and I went shopping here on 4/26. When we were checking out when the cashier asked if…read morewe wanted to sign up for a rewards card. I stated no thank you. She pressed on saying it was no big deal, it was free and you could get 10% off if you signed and it's free. She then asked my husband a few questions, asked for his ss#, assuring him it was for verification purposes. The next thing we know she has processed us as a credit card. We are now hit with a hard inquire on his credit report, called the Reward line, paid off the amount immediately and now have to dispute with the credit bureaus. Worse part, we are already customers with Synchrony Bank and had a hard inquiry as an existing customer anyway!! Beware of the deceitful practice and shame on them for their unprofessional and predatory practices. Be sure to say NO for their rewards card, it is a credit card that they present in a misleading manner.

The staff is super friendly & helpful, the store is always pretty well organized and clean, the…read moreselection is fantastic whether you're looking for a new handbag, crocs, clothes or purfume, the price is great .