Best road-trip restaurants in Vermont
Start here: 7 route-useful dining stops in Vermont, grouped by town and filtered by cuisine or price. This is the curated road-trip layer, not every restaurant in the state.
Updated 2026-07-01. Check current hours, reservations, and seasonal closures before you go.
A craft-burger detour near the southern Route 100 corridor, useful when the day calls for beer and a strong casual meal.
A Mad River Valley wood-fired pizza stop that gives Vermont Route 100 a relaxed, local-feeling dinner between mountain towns.
A Mad River Valley taco stop that keeps the central Vermont stretch lively and casual.
A polished Warren inn dining room for making the central Route 100 stretch feel like a deliberate overnight instead of a leaf-peeping pass-through.
A destination Vermont dinner for Route 100 travelers who want the food to match the scenery.
A Waterbury barbecue-and-beer stop that works well for groups and bad-weather mountain days.
A Woodstock special-occasion table for the southern Vermont end of Route 100, especially strong when the trip leans romantic or foliage-focused.
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