With the beginning of the year in Vermont come those frigid temperatures that this state’s natives are all too familiar with. The biting air, the bone-chilling wind, the take-your-breath-away wall of cold when you step foot outside for the first time. But we’re a tough brood. As much as we Vermonters complain about the cold, the truth is we’re proud of our ability to endure it. “You think it’s cold where you are?” we say to our Bostonian friends, “it’s 25 below here. You’re practically living in tropical conditions with your whopping 8 degrees!”
But enduring such cold days is made more bearable by seeking refuge in Burlington’s most welcoming, warm bars and restaurants. At the top of the list. . . American Flatbread. Coming in from the cold, I l am always immediately welcomed by, not only the warmth, but the aroma of fresh, delicious flatbread pizza being cooked in the open wood fire hearth. Though there is almost always a wait to be seated, the ever-amiable crowd at the bar always finds a way to fit at least a few more. Flatbread’s delicious selection of home-brewed and local beers rarely disappoint. Swigging back an Allagash always helps to thaw my insides, and on really lucky nights, I’ll find space at the far end of the bar near the glowing fireplace. Once seated in the perfectly dim-lit dining room, I look forward to being treated to an array of fresh-made flatbread offerings and specials. My go to favorites? The Medicine Wheel (wood-fired cauldron organic tomato sauce with three cheeses and fresh herbs) and Punctuated Equilibrium Flatbread (kalamata olives, oven roasted sweet red peppers, handmade VT goat’s cheese, fresh rosemary, red onions, cheeses and fresh herbs). And, since it’s always so tough to end my escape from the cold, I usually treat myself to one more drink before venturing back out into that Vermont winter cold!
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