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    Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center

    Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center

    4.1(9 reviews)
    13.2 km
    •$$

    I've been here 4-5 times now. Sometimes it's just to run in to grab a chunk of cheese and ask Tracy…read moreabout the weather for the ride back to Massachusetts. More often we spend a few hours tasting and dining at the bistro. As for the actual tasting, Tracy knows what's up. She is very easy going and incredibly knowledgeable about the products from the black snake whiskey, and eden iced ciders to the jasper Hill Farm cheese. You pay a minimal price and pick a number of alcoholic beverages to sample off the list. Tracy will arrange your choices in the order in which they should be tasted and give you the history of each as you taste. They have wine, vodka, gin, and ice cider. Ice cider is NOT a beer-like cider such as angry Orchard. It is a fancy type of distilled cider made by an elaborate process of freezing and skimming off ice which leaves a concentrated, amazing cider. It's made somewhere else in Vermont, but we learned they recently started making it in the basement of the tasting center itself. All products are Vermont made. Next we move over to the bistro and visit "pixi" the bartender. We order the shrimp and corn fritters with maple butter and the chicken liver pate with apple chutney which Mike was allowed to take home (jar, spoon, and all). I've always loved the fritters which are to die for. "Pixi" brought us extra salted triangle shaped crackers for the pate and gave us numerous samples of various drinks including Hill farmstead's new beer, "Mary" and the "Magog sunset". Whiskey shots are $6. All products from the testing center as well as maple candies, bakery items, and cheeses are available for sale at the back of the store. They even provide maps and information on all their partners. Overall, this is one of my favorite places ever. Not just in the Northeast Kingdom, not just in Vermont, but ever.

    Rather than a single business, the space hosts Jocelyn and Cinta's Bake Shop, The Brown Dog Bistro,…read moreThe Tasting Bar at the Eden Ice Cider Company and a butcher shop featuring locally raised meat. The bistro's menu seemed a bit limited and I was amazed that they were unable to produce a simple cup of hot chocolate (this is NORTHERN Vermont, after all). I was directed to the bakery (Hopefully, someone will read the definition of "Service" from a handy dictionary.) At the bakery, a bubbly young lady who somewhat restored my good humor. I hope the restaurant servers learn by her example. I declined to return to the restaurant; they might have wanted me to get the meat service from the butcher. Good point, the WiFi was excellent. Bad point, the acoustics are terrible with some sort of background music being drowned out by the few customers' conversation. I don't want to think what it would be like if the place was crowded.

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    Rendez Vous - burgers - Updated October 2026

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