Went to this store late evening to get some drinks and snacks for our trip next day. I found some…read morecupcakes and scones remaining in the shelves, but there were no paper bags left. Luckily found some on the kitchen counter. I explored the store further. They had huge collection of drinks, wines, cereal, large variety of fruits and vegetables. They had hot bar and cafe too, but they were closed when I went. Most of store was very clean. Check out process was quick and easy but no self checkout available.

The Lebanon Co-Op is clean, neat, and well organized. Many products/merchandise are locally…read moresourced, fresh, and wholesome, particularly, the dairy, fruits, and vegetables. Prices are high. The staff are professional, friendly, and helpful, except the manager/supervisor of the Prepared Foods section, a woman with a nasty edge. Speaking of prepared foods, fortunately, the muffins are now baked in-house, and are no longer wrapped in cellophane; they look and taste much better than they did when they were baked, off-site, and wrapped in cellophane. The bagels that they bake in the store, from their once frozen state, are like hockey-pucks, and are awful. The locally, bakery baked bagels are better, but, for bagels, my best advice is to head to The Works in Hanover, or The Works, inside DHMC, main campus, in Lebanon. Fortunately, the Lebanon Co-Op carries fresh baguettes that come from King Arthur Flour; they seem to be quite good on the day that they are baked (it's helpful to not have to make a trip to Norwich, VT, for fresh, King Arthur baguettes). In the Prepared Food section, it seems that the Co-Op has gotten rid of their former, rubbery, very commercial grade chicken, in their chicken salad. We have not tasted the Co-Op's other chicken entrees, in the Prepared Food section; one can only hope that the Co-Op got rid of their former, rubbery, commercial grade chicken, in the other prepared, chicken entrees. Some of the other prepared food entrees are very expensive, and of Walmart quality. I don't get it, I'd think that if the Co-Op was going to charge a very premium price for those prepared entrees, they'd, at least, deliver a high quality product, but, they don't. We pick and choose what we shop for at the Lebanon Co-Op. We'd like to support a local business, and OUR Co-Op, but the prices at the Lebanon Co-Op are very high, and the quality of the prepared foods, in general, sucks.

Well, this store is as amazing as advertised! Super fun and super funky and that is the overall…read morecharm of this place. I stayed next-door at the Norwich Inn while attending some King Arthur Baking classes... And I'm sure I was over there twice a day for something! The McWhit breakfast sandwich is very, very good! I had one when I arrived, and I even took one on the road to the airport with me. Whether I needed water bottles or a treat or some souvenir?? It was there! I was even able to find some random kitchen tools that I have not seen in years. Staff is super nice and friendly. This store is obviously a huge and important part of the community. My hotel room had a window looking out at the parking lot and cars just streamed in and out all day long. As I was leaving, I thanked the clerk and told him I thought every town should have a store like this! I love my town, but too many chain grocery stores and dollar stores and nothing can beat Dan and Whits!

Well stocked general store right next to the Norwich Inn…read more We were in town for the King Arthur baking school and came here several times to get ziplock bags to pack all our food; get a few gallons of drinking water b/c with the cold weather outside the heaters inside are going to dry you up and tasty chicken salad and cured meats to eat with all our baked goods. Everyone is super friendly and we loved all the stands outside the store from a "wall of kindness" free coat rack to the free library to the eyeglass donation bin. It gave it all the small town and proud proprietor vibes that we don't get in Oakland with boarded up storefronts, vandalism and broken glass. EV Drivers - there are two slow chargepoint EV chargers in their parking lot.

Yummy prepared food! Very kind staff!…read moreUnique gift items! Wonderful selection of wellness products.

I loved this place and wish we had something back home like this. They had a huge natural…read moresupplement section. The prices were less than back home but I didn't have room in my suitcase.

The concept behind this farm is super sweet (ba dum tiss). What I mean by that is that there is a…read morelot of trust involved here, as they utilize a farm share system. Sort of like subscribing to those businesses that send you cool mystery packages, a farm share is where you pay to support the farm and in return you get a share of the farm's harvest, whatever they end up harvesting. You will need to pick it up yourself of course. Jules invited me to tag along with her to pick up the farm share harvest for the week. No one was really there to monitor everything that day (we were actually the only ones present at the moment). The farm people just left the harvested goods there in a barn and you sign off on the list that you picked up your share! This time around we got scallions, kale, and scallions. There is even a barter box where you can leave behind items you do not want and in return, you can take any items that you want.

It's #thankyouthursday, so I'm taking some time this morning to think of businesses that made life…read morein 2020 better for me and for their communities. And Sweetland is the first place that came to mind. This place is working super hard to bring local, nutritious meats and produce to the community. On top of that, they do everything they can to actually build that community and it's resilience. In normal years, their CSA pickup and you pick crops for members are a really awesome way to meet and visit with neighbors, and they also host a variety of awesome events and let you wander around the beautiful farm. Chris and Norah and the crew are also really kind and welcoming. This year, despite being crazy busy filling their sold out CSA shares, they also put lots of time and effort into starting a grocery pick up service for community members to be able to get food safely. I worked with them on this project, and was amazed by how hard working, caring, and innovative they are. They really cared about their team, other local farmers, and their community. It's very inspiring to be around them.

Like Wall Drug, Vermont style! Filled with stuff that…read moretourists wants and nobody needs. Nice to walk around for a few minutes. Excellent place to stop and pee. Upstairs is the Vermont Toy Museum which is worth a look, even though it feels like it hasn't been updated or dusted in years. The parking lot is huge! Good thing it wasn't very crowded this morning when we stopped.

This place was unfortunately kind of a letdown, but perhaps it's a sign of the times (post-COVID,…read moremask wearing, no sampling world). We came here because they were the closest spot that sells Cabot cheese since we couldn't get up to the actual Cabot factory. All the reviews talking about the miles of cheese samples were not to be found. They sold some cheeses in the back but it wasn't a very big selection. I also found them to be no different than the Cabot cheese sold in my local grocery store back home in CT. Is that just what Cabot does? Is there nothing special about Cabot when you get it in VT? Cabot signs all over making it know they're an official retailer of Cabot cheese but then no different than a grocery store selection. They have miles of maple syrup to select from but you pretty much just have to blindly choose one since you can't taste any samples. Was really excited about this place but a letdown for sure. May not be any fault of theirs, but I would skip this shop for one that allows samples unless you know what you're buying.

Best produce anywhere! The veggies and fruits are beautiful and delicious and all grown locally…read more The bedding plants and flowers are great as well - the Killdeer perennials I've planted always look gorgeous and are much healthier than plants from other nurseries. The carrots are especially awesome, but they also have perfect tomatoes, the best corn ever, great arugula, mixed greens etc. Strawberries and blueberries are amazing as well. They also have cheeses, milk, local meats, baked goods - if I lived in the upper valley I would do almost all my grocery shopping at Killdeer. No need to shop elsewhere!

Update: Killdeer has raised prices significantly since my review. So I mostly shop elsewhere now…read more Killdeer is still good for the occasional purchase -- but has priced itself out of the "everyday essentials" category, and into the "luxury novelty" and "tourist trap" categories. So, a half star off for mediocre value. Another half star off for business practices, based on Killdeer's sanctimonious statements trying to justify their policy of importing foreign workers from poor countries to do their farm labor, instead of hiring local workers. Come on guys, you import foreign laborers for one reason: to maximize corporate profit. There is no difference between what you do, and what mid-western meat-packing plants do. And that's okay -- I feel Killdeer is entitled to hire whoever they want, as long as it's legal. But I resent the Karl Rove-ian style "Clear Skies" doublespeak spin.

Fun place to pick strawberries. Staff are a little forward but overall a good experience.read more

Nice retail store, farmstand, fruit and vegetable producing farm land, and plants. A nice, local,…read moresmall business. We've tried Edgewater Farm's blueberrys a few different times during the blueberry season, and we find them rather tasteless, and inferior to New Jersey blueberrys that we purchase at Market Basket. Hands down, the New Jersey blueberrys are superior to the locally grown blueberrys from Edgewater Farm, which surprised us.

'Asian' is misleading. That implies pan-Asian, whereas although there are a few things from other…read morecountries, it's mostly 'Indian.' Not that that's a bad thing. I mean, I can't tell you how overjoyed I was when I discovered this stuff. There was no place in the entire area that sold anything like most of the stuff that they have here. (This was before Yiping's.) Really though, when you compare this to Asian grocery stores anywhere else, even in places like Manchester or Nashua, it's not all that. But all in all, they do keep the prices reasonable, especially considering you can't get this stuff anywhere else nearby.

This little shop offers a small selection of asian foods. I mostly saw snack items and Indian…read moreproducts. They had ginger but they've been there too long and growing out. Prices are high as well. I might suggest checking out the shop in West Lebanon.

The produce here is especially fresh and the variety of baked goods and deli items as well as the…read morequality of the meats and cheeses that are pre-cut this supermarket apart from the other ones in town. Friendly service in all departments and a very clean well organized store. You could shop at one other store in town for certain items to maybe save some money but if you want the best quality you go here.

I'm adding this review late because of a second recent incident. About a year ago my wife went…read moreinto the store to shop while I stayed out with the dog. When my wife came out she was in tears and extremely upset. My wife is about 5' tall and Vietnamese. She speaks English well and is friendly to everyone. It took some coaxing but I discovered she went to the 14 items lane and apparently actually had 16 items . The woman who had been extremely friendly to the previous shopper became extremely rude and even hostile for the crime of 2 extremely small items over the max that my wife missed because of how they had stacked in the cart. When my wife left said woman became extra nice to the shopper behind her. We have had many good experiences and many of the workers are friendly and show no signs of bias. We reported this incident to the store and no idea if there was action taken within. The second incident happened today and mirrors that of another Asian shopper who also left a comment. We will pay that review separately. It's experienced like these that will drive us from shopping at a store. If the store were to take a proactive approach to improving their inclusivity training and address biased employees we might consider returning.

Barden Farm has a brick and mortar farm market right in downtown New Hartford. There is a parking…read morearea with street parking as well. The building looked historic and the farm market was a delight. They had flowers, fresh produce, various goodies, and even an ice cream shop in the back. The people working there were friendly also. I love that small town vibe. On this visit, I purchased tomatoes, onion, lemon cucumbers (yes, that is a thing and it's delicious), and whoopie pies. The ice cream was good too, I had the banana pie. They also had candy for sale. There were a couple of tables you can enjoy your ice cream at. Overall, another awesome farm market that is affordable and has high quality products.