Guidebook for Colchester
Food Scene
Ask for a booth and get your own TV and remote! Great beer selection.
10 locals recommend
McGillicuddy's On The Green
18 Severance GrnAsk for a booth and get your own TV and remote! Great beer selection.
Great Brunch menu. A local joint and the locals can get rowdy but the food is good. Fresh fish caught from the lake. Free wings on Wednesdays.
21 locals recommend
Rozzi's Lakeshore Tavern
1022 W Lakeshore DrGreat Brunch menu. A local joint and the locals can get rowdy but the food is good. Fresh fish caught from the lake. Free wings on Wednesdays.
Fresh baked goods and local food items and fresh veggies. A local family owned farm. Great place to pick up Vermont souvenirs.
11 locals recommend
Sam Mazza's Farm Market
277 Lavigne RdFresh baked goods and local food items and fresh veggies. A local family owned farm. Great place to pick up Vermont souvenirs.
Great place for brunch. It's a diner with Greek food available too but their brunch specials include some amazing eggs benedict done a variety of ways, and their homemade corned beef hash is great! Good prices.
7 locals recommend
Athens Diner
46 High Point CtrGreat place for brunch. It's a diner with Greek food available too but their brunch specials include some amazing eggs benedict done a variety of ways, and their homemade corned beef hash is great! Good prices.
One of the nicer restaurants downtown. We usually go here for special occasions.
114 locals recommend
Leunig's Bistro
115 Church StOne of the nicer restaurants downtown. We usually go here for special occasions.
Sweetwaters
120 Church StAnother good place to eat.
This used to be our favorite place but they changed owners and the food quality has gone down hill. However, they have a full bar now and the view can't be beat, so stop by for a drink or a creemee (soft serve) in the summer.
Bayview Bar and Grill
97 Blakely RdThis used to be our favorite place but they changed owners and the food quality has gone down hill. However, they have a full bar now and the view can't be beat, so stop by for a drink or a creemee (soft serve) in the summer.
Shopping
Great place for local Vermont-made liquor. Try the Maple syrup flavors! Smuggler's Notch Vodka, while expensive, has won awards for some of the best vodka in the world.
Dick Mazza Liquor Store
777 W Lakeshore DrGreat place for local Vermont-made liquor. Try the Maple syrup flavors! Smuggler's Notch Vodka, while expensive, has won awards for some of the best vodka in the world.
There's a mall with Starbucks, and great local shops up and down the pedestrian road. Start at the top and work your way down.
95 locals recommend
Church Street Marketplace station
There's a mall with Starbucks, and great local shops up and down the pedestrian road. Start at the top and work your way down.
Kohls, Bon Ton's, Hot Topic, Charlotte Rouse, FYE, Claire's, Shoe Dept., etc.
16 locals recommend
University Mall station
Kohls, Bon Ton's, Hot Topic, Charlotte Rouse, FYE, Claire's, Shoe Dept., etc.
Essentials
Shaw's
570 Shelburne RdGrocery store with all your needs.
Grocery Store, less of a selection than Shaw's and a smaller place, but on the way to downtown Burlington.
25 locals recommend
Price Chopper
1184 Prim RdGrocery Store, less of a selection than Shaw's and a smaller place, but on the way to downtown Burlington.
Getting Around
Always space on the second floor. Quickest place to park on your way into and out of Burlington or to enjoy the waterfront. Four blocks down from Church St. Marketplace. One block up from the waterfront.
Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain
60 Battery StAlways space on the second floor. Quickest place to park on your way into and out of Burlington or to enjoy the waterfront. Four blocks down from Church St. Marketplace. One block up from the waterfront.
Parks & Nature
Free beach and picnic area, great playground, tennis courts, volleyball courts, and skate park. Connected to the bike path. Enjoy views of the marina, bay and mountains. Wear water shoes as there can be mussels and shells in the sand in the water.
Bayside Paddle Sports (2020 Season Cancelled)
1 W Lakeshore DrFree beach and picnic area, great playground, tennis courts, volleyball courts, and skate park. Connected to the bike path. Enjoy views of the marina, bay and mountains. Wear water shoes as there can be mussels and shells in the sand in the water.
Beautiful beach accessible by car and along the Burlington Bike Path. Bike here from Airport Park.
18 locals recommend
Leddy Park
216 Leddy Park RdBeautiful beach accessible by car and along the Burlington Bike Path. Bike here from Airport Park.
Great place to get onto the Burlington Bike Path or to bike the Causeway. Visit the local school house for some Vermont history.
12 locals recommend
Airport Park
500 Colchester Point RdGreat place to get onto the Burlington Bike Path or to bike the Causeway. Visit the local school house for some Vermont history.
Drinks & Nightlife
The place where the band Phish got its start! Great wings and live music. Upstairs is another bar called Metronome that has dancing on the weekends. Once a month, they host the Green Mountain Cabaret burlesque show.
50 locals recommend
Nectar's
188 Main StThe place where the band Phish got its start! Great wings and live music. Upstairs is another bar called Metronome that has dancing on the weekends. Once a month, they host the Green Mountain Cabaret burlesque show.
Irish bar with great Irish food and a cover band on the weekends. Connects to a whiskey bar out the back on the right. Try the whiskey samples.
14 locals recommend
Rí Rá Irish Pub
123 Church StreetIrish bar with great Irish food and a cover band on the weekends. Connects to a whiskey bar out the back on the right. Try the whiskey samples.
JP's Pub
139 Main StKaraoke on Friday nights!
They make their own infused liquors and have great mojitos. It's a college hang out. They have board games and couches so you can drink and play.
7 locals recommend
Drink
135 St Paul StThey make their own infused liquors and have great mojitos. It's a college hang out. They have board games and couches so you can drink and play.
Dancing and live music. They have a separate dance floor in the back that is sometimes reserved for special parties but when it is open it is a fun place to dance. Also have outdoor seating and music in the summer.
18 locals recommend
Red Square
136 Church StDancing and live music. They have a separate dance floor in the back that is sometimes reserved for special parties but when it is open it is a fun place to dance. Also have outdoor seating and music in the summer.
Go here to watch live sports. They have homemade chips and a great deal on wings. The cheapest best place to eat downtown.
Ruben James
159 Main StGo here to watch live sports. They have homemade chips and a great deal on wings. The cheapest best place to eat downtown.
A restaurant upstairs and a cozy den with a fireplace downstairs with lots of beer choices. Restaurant features great farm to table meals.
120 locals recommend
The Farmhouse Tap & Grill
160 Bank StA restaurant upstairs and a cozy den with a fireplace downstairs with lots of beer choices. Restaurant features great farm to table meals.
Try a flight of cider. They have ginger cider, cranberry cider, etc. The place can get noisy but it's some of the best cider in the state.
104 locals recommend
Citizen Cider
316 Pine StTry a flight of cider. They have ginger cider, cranberry cider, etc. The place can get noisy but it's some of the best cider in the state.
Great beer that is now 100% employee owned. Stop here among other breweries like Queen City and Citizen Cider on Pine street.
81 locals recommend
Switchback Brewing Co.
160 Flynn AveGreat beer that is now 100% employee owned. Stop here among other breweries like Queen City and Citizen Cider on Pine street.
Great live music, artsy decor, connected to a restaurant next door with romantic seating in the back.
78 locals recommend
Radio Bean Coffeehouse
8 N Winooski AveGreat live music, artsy decor, connected to a restaurant next door with romantic seating in the back.
Similar to Radio Bean - artsy decor, lots of unique lamps, some outdoor seating. A fun place to hang out. Feels kind of like a speak easy.
17 locals recommend
Light Club Lamp Shop
12 N Winooski AveSimilar to Radio Bean - artsy decor, lots of unique lamps, some outdoor seating. A fun place to hang out. Feels kind of like a speak easy.
Entertainment & Activities
Skateland Vermont
8 Susie Wilson Rd Rollerskating and rollerblading.
Spare Time Colchester
215 Lower Mountain View DrBowling and lots of new arcade games.
Petra Cliffs Climbing Center and Mountaineering School
105 Briggs StRock climbing center