Thursday, July 23, 2020
He will open a new restaurant business in its place in mid-August with a takeout and delivery-only menu designed by newly hired chef Justin Wright. Anderson was not ready to share the name of the new endeavor, but said the menu will be heavy on vegetables, noting that he himself is vegetarian.
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Monday, July 20, 2020
Hall, 26, had previously decided to go back to earn her bachelor of science in business administration and accounting at the University of Vermont while working reduced hours at her cooking job. Soon, though, she found herself without a job at all.
Unexpectedly, the break led to an opportunity to create her own business featuring the Japanese food of Hall's heritage.
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
Broker Paul Carroccio of TPW Real Estate's Manchester office said he already has a trio of solid prospects among many calls of interest.
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Monday, July 13, 2020
The initiative was designed to provide free meals to restaurant workers, musicians and other Vermonters who lost their jobs during the pandemic and were in need of food assistance.
ShiftMeals then formed a partnership with the Vermont Foodbank to expand its reach. The program currently has 18 distribution sites around the state and has provided 50,000 meals to Vermonters in need, with a goal of distributing 100,000 meals by year's end, according to ShiftMeals director Jean Hamilton.
Now ShiftMeals is serving as a model for a statewide initiative, backed by $5 million in government funding, in which restaurants around the state will use their facilities and employees to help feed Vermonters who are experiencing food insecurity. The new program, called Everyone Eats, was announced Monday morning at a press conference outside the Skinny Pancake’s Lake Street restaurant in Burlington.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Sisters Abby and Emily Portman's breakfast and lunch café is one of two food businesses planned for the former Chubby Muffin spot in Burlington's Old North End, now operating as the Oak Street Cooperative.
They will share the space with Maria Lara-Bregatta's Café Mamajuana, operating at different times of the day and sharing a small market — allowing each business to have a presence while the other is open, the Portmans explained.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
"We put everything we had into creating and growing ArtsRiot over the years, but our time has come to move on and we are excited to hand the reins over to Alan," Wai, McHenry and Lambertson wrote in the release.
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Sunday, June 28, 2020
Taco Gordo will take its takeout business to the next level this Tuesday, with the opening of Little Gordo Creemee Stand in the former Union Scoops window at 71 South Union Street in Burlington.
Customers at the walk-up window can expect housemade creemees; blended, candy-filled "wizards"; and bulging burritos. Picnic tables are available out front, but the tiny spot has no indoor seating.
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Monday, June 15, 2020
Organized by high-profile Washington, D.C., pastry chefs Paola Velez , Willa Pelini and Rob Rubba, Bakers Against Racism is raising money for organizations working to end systemic and structural racism — via an international, old-fashioned (albeit virtual) bake sale on Saturday, June 20.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Vermont's sole Outback Steakhouse closed permanently on Sunday, May 24, confirmed the location's managing partner, Tonisha Farrell, over the phone. She said that the restaurant's 40 to 50 part- and full-time employees were all receiving severance.
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Its name, GBG Indian Kitchen, combines the surname initials of co-owners Prashant Gharti, Dal B. Bhujel and Binod Gurung. The trio rented the building at 471 Riverside Avenue in Burlington on January 1, but the pandemic held up permits and renovation of the former Dunkin' Donuts, Gharti said.
The three owners, who are related, have all worked in the hospitality field. "We are family together, and we have experience in the kitchen, in food and beverage management and in marketing," Gharti said.
"When we analyzed what was here, we saw that [the] Indian restaurants are outdated," he continued. The restaurateurs plan to distinguish themselves by preparing "every recipe we know well" fresh from scratch, Gharti said.
The wide-ranging menu includes familiar Indian restaurant staples such as biryani, kebabs, curries and breads. Gharti noted that the biryani rice is steamed with a traditional technique, and the breads and kebabs are made in a clay tandoor oven. Himalayan offerings include momos, squat dumplings filled with vegetables, chicken or beef.
The restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner for takeout and delivery only, until regulations allow dining in. The building has no outdoor dining space.
Information: GBG Indian Kitchen, 448-3653.
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