EATING

Woodstock village has a good selection of establishments for all price ranges.

A newly open bakery & coffee shop Alle Chante makes excellent cakes and breads and offers light snacks. It is located at 61 Central Street. Directly above this is Pane e Salute (open evenings only Thursday - Monday 457-4882) which was mentioned in the Boston Globe food section on May 31st 2006. It got a well deserved favourable review about it's Italian cusine. The menu is often creative and unusual as it reflects the owners passion and cooking skills acquired in Italy.

Also in Central street (33) is the Mountain Creamery. Here is where the locals eat. The ice cream is all home made and in the summer the basement opens up and sells just ice cream. The maple walnut is a favourite. A good local bar that only opened last year is Off the Green (71 Central street 457-4455). They serve good beer in a pub atmosphere but do have a large dining area above the bar offering a comphrehensive menu.

Going across the road into Elm Street you will find Bentleys (3 Elm Street 457-3232) which is a Woodstock institution. It offers a large range of beers and wines with a bar and resturant area available. Just up from that on the opposite side of the road is The Prince & the Pauper (24 Elm Street 457-1818). This resturant has traded for many years also and has a bistro menu in the bar and a more comprehensive menu in it's restaurant. It offers more traditional dishes which are reliable and complex.

The Woodstock Resort complex also has a good reputation for food in its restaurants. The Richardson's Tavern is the pub, offering simple fare and the Eagle cafe offers a full menu. They also have a fine dining restaurant which is formal, expensive but can be recommended.

A new fine dining resturant is due to open in mid 2006 at the Lauren Inn (3 Church Street 457-1925)) which looks interesting. The same owners run the Kedron Valley Inn

Just on the edge of the village to the east on route 4 is the Eastender(442 Woodstock Road 457-9800), which offers a bistro style of cooking along with some favourites as burgers etc in a very relaxed and spacious setting.  To the West of the village on route 4 you will find The White Cottage snack bar which offers a range of simple foods and fried dishes which can be eaten on benches overlooking the river.

A car ride outisde of the village you will find Mangowood at the Lincoln Inn (457-3312). The cooking here is amazing and has many Asain influences. The Kedron Valley inn in South Woodstock (457-1473) also has a good resturant and the Max's Tavern at the Barnard Inn (234-9961) to the north along route 12 also has a good reputation and pub type atmosphere.

Further afield you may find the Skunk Hollow Tavern (route 12 south 436-2139) which is the nearest you will find to a British pub in the area, Corners Resturant (route 4 west 672-9968) good reliable food with a twist, Simon Pearce glassworks on just off route 4 east in Quechee (295-1470). This building is an old water mill and the restaurant overlooks a waterfall and is spectacular anytime of year. You cannot book for lunch.