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Bluebird Tavern, VT gastropub
I have to agree with TonyO on this one, firstly the term Gastropub I feel is a misnomer. I recently ventured in to Bluebird despite the mixed reviews feeling like I should make up my own mind, and I have to say I wont likely be returning. Any time I go to a restaurant I expect to leave feeling satiated in some way, either by the deliciousness of food or at the very least by a large portion size. I felt like the flavors they were presenting were largely sound (or had potential), and I like the fact they are using local ingredients, but I dont think that is enough to warrant me going home feeling like I should stop somewhere and pick something else up because all I had was "appetizers", maybe my appetite is too large I thought, but when consulting my friend, who has a much smaller appetite than mine, and who went with me on how she felt the food was she said the same thing, that it might as well have been a "tasting or sample menu" because there wasn't much to it and that the prices were astronomical for the food, high quality local ingredients or not.
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Something new in Burlington, VT?
Hello, First time posting!
After living here for a few years it feels like I have exhausted the lengthy list of restaurants, and while certain places will always be frequented (American Flatbread for example) many places offer the same tired menu without a change.I have eaten my way through the menus of all the restaurants on Church St and Downtown (which I feel isn't saying much as most of them seem to be a reinvention of the same old "american bistro or pub food").
I wonder if there are any new and interesting places that have sprung up recently around the Burlington area? Or perhaps a place I could have missed? I know one place called Bluebird Tavern has opened on Riverside but the really mixed reviews I have both read and heard from trusted friends has kept me away.
I am feeling in a food rut right now with the same old tired menus, I need something that is going to reinvigorate me. Maybe I am in need of a larger city to offer the variety I seek? I would think with the fact we have NECI nearby there should be no shortage of talent and new ideas around....Help!
