Shopping in Vermont
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Outdoor Gear Exchange
This place rivals major outdoor-gear chains for breadth of selection, and definitely trumps them on price for a vast array of used, closeout (clearance) and even new gear and clothing. You name the outdoor pursuit and staff can probably outfit you.
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Everyone’s Books
Sells unusual publications, rabble-rousing political literature and an audacious selection of radical T-shirts and bumper stickers.
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Vermont Country Store
On the eastern side of the Green Mountains, Weston is another of Vermont’s pristine towns. Its common is graced with towering maples and a bandstand, and is home to an acclaimed summer theater. Weston also draws fans from far and wide to its famed Vermont Country Store, a time warp from a simpler era when goods were made to last, and quirky products with appeal (but not a mass-market appeal) had a home. Here you’ll discover taffeta slips, Tangee lipstick, three kinds of shoe stretchers with customizable bunion and corn knobs, personal care items and clothing. Some of the products have survived from past decades and many have become indispensable – once you’ve been…
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Lake Champlain Chocolates
The aroma of rich chocolate is intoxicating as you make your way past the gift shop (if you can) to the glass wall overlooking the small factory here. No, you can’t run through the chocolate waterfall, but you’ll probably savor some samples during one of the tour’s several taste tests. Back in the store, you can purchase an array of chocolate truffles, bars, coins and placesetting snowmen or gift baskets. The café serves coffee drinks and its own luscious ice cream.
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Cold Hollow Cider Mill
Several miles north of Ben & Jerry’s on VT 100N, Cold Hollow Cider Mill shows how it makes its famous cider doughnuts (guaranteed love at first bite). The cider itself tastes so crisp and fresh you’d swear there was a spigot coming right out of the apple. The gift shop is packed with the most inventive gourmet goodies selection in town, including corn relish, horseradish jam and piccalilli.
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Brattleboro Farmers Market
Offering an excellent crash course in Vermont food, the Brattleboro Farmers Market boasts as many as 70 local vendors selling cheese, free-range beef and lamb, honey, pastries, maple syrup and fruit. Live music and a lively crafts scene round out the experience. The Saturday market is just west of town by the Creamery Bridge, while the Wednesday market is held in the Merchants Bank Building parking lot off Main St.
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Fresh Market
Come for the amazing local cheese selection, 21 flavors of olives, and beautifully prepared foods such as enormous sandwiches, sushi, pies and salads. This mid-sized, bustling health-food grocer a five-minute walk south of the town center offers a tiny produce department and gourmet items, making it the place to stock up for a picnic or a gourmet feast.
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Mach’s General Store
Heading north along VT 30 from Dorset, you’ll pass through the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it village of Pawlet. Stop at the fine old-fashioned Mach’s General Store, which generates its electricity from an adjacent stream passing through a gorge. You can see all this from inside the store, thanks to a glass counter.
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North Star Cyclery
Head to this friendly, laid-back local favorite for an unusually complete selection of clothing, gear and bikes specifically designed for women. Don’t worry, guys; there’s plenty here for you too. For winter fun, it offers Nordic skis, snowshoes and outerwear. It’s open for slightly longer hours in the summer.
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Brattleboro Books
One of a trove of bookstores in Brattleboro offering a long list of store-sponsored readings and events. This is a used-book junkie’s dream, with endless aisles containing more than 75,000 used, out-of-print and even new titles.
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Old Mill Marketplace
The three-story converted 1820s mill has space for some 20 local craftspeople selling soap, pottery, furniture, jewelry and more. The Hillbilly Flea Market in the basement is an upscale treasure trove open from Thursday to Sunday.
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Peltier’s
Peltier’s has been an institution since 1816. It sells all manner of edible Vermont items, especially high-end gourmet goodies and picnic fixings. Staff will even prepare almost any kind of fish on request.
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Northshire Bookstore
An enormous independent bookstore with comfy nooks everywhere. It shares a huge hangout space with the attached java-and-munchies joint, Spiral Café, which offers wireless internet access and two computers with free usage.
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Straw Corner Mercantile
Stowe has no shortage of galleries and fine craft shops with artists of local and international renown. Look for the Straw Corner Mercantile, featuring folk art, Americana, prints and artsy home accessories.
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Frog Hollow Craft Center
An excellent contemporary and traditional craft center, Frog Hollow Craft Center feels more like a museum gallery than the retail store that it is. A rigorous jury process screens artisans for acceptance.
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Collected Works Bookstore & Café Beyond
Here you can browse Zen titles, women’s literature and art books, then snuggle into the comfy chairs. Hanging out in its fantastic café is always a prime activity.
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Orvis
Orvis is a flagship store, which is dedicated to outfitting fisher-folk; and to fly-fish for trout in the Batten Kill River.
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Bear Pond Books
Browse the vast offerings of books about Vermont and by Vermonters, as well as those on just about any other subject you’d care to contemplate.
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Vermont Artisan Designs
Vermont Artisan Designs is a contemporary crafts gallery selling outstanding creations by Vermont artists. Don’t miss it.
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Yankee Bookshop
Great for local guidebooks, maps, and books in general. It’s particularly strong in works by local authors and publishers.
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Simon Pearce Glass
At this exceptional studio and shop visitors can watch artisans produce distinctive pieces of original glass.
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Crow Bookshop
Excellent selection of used and rare books.
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Bear Pond Books
Bookshop.
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Fresh Market
Come for the amazing local cheese selection, 21 flavors of olives, and beautifully prepared foods such as enormous sandwiches, sushi, pies and salads. This mid-sized, bustling health-food grocer a five-minute walk south of the town center offers a tiny produce department and gourmet items, making it the place to stock up for a picnic or a gourmet feast.
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