The Barn Restaurant and Tavern

Could use more parking, people were parked along the road on the steep hill. Definitely make reservations. I didn’t expect it to be as busy as it was at 5:30pm.

Started with a sweet potato coconut bisque from the specials menu as well as the cheese sampler. The bisque was good, but the cheese sampler stood out. Presented on a barn shaped cutting board, there were dried figs, apple slices, some sort of amazing jelly and crackers along with 4 types of cheese. This sounded a bit pricy to me($12,) but was very good and worth the price.

My husband got a salad and a pasta dish with chicken. He said the salad was fine, there was not much chicken on the main course and the pasta was very al dente(which is fine with him,) flavor was good. I got an angel hair pasta special with sun dried tomatoes and a big ball of soft cheese on the top. My pasta was cooked perfectly. The dish had great seasoning. I also tried their cider on tap: Citizen Cider. Was quite dry, but nice, it grew on me:) Served ice cold in a pint glass. My husband got the draft root beer, quite good.

About half way through our meal, the power went out. There were big storms raging through the area. It was still light enough outside and there were enough windows in the dining area that we weren’t left in absolute darkness. The staff took it in stride and were providing paper credit card receipts and taking credit card info down on paper. It did take longer to pay because of this, but a delay was to be expected under the circumstances. Overall, the price was delightfully lower than I expected($60ish without tip for the 2 of us, considering we got drinks, appetizers and the like.) My dish was the priciest($17).

Service was quite good considering how packed they were and the power outage. The repurposed barn interior is very cool. We would come back when in the area!

The Barn is one of the most aesthetically perfect to the name restaurants you will ever experience.
They also have Excellent Food for a fair price & a view of the Green Mountains to remember forever.

Interesting place, nicely redone barn, turned restaurant and tavern. The lamb shank & polenta was good, although the lamb could've been braised a little longer (for tenderness), but it had great flavor. The house rolls we're delicious. The BBQ pork platter unfortunately was a bit overcooked and dry, the sauce had to save the meat. Overall, we'd eat there again, as it was an enjoyable experience. The staff is attentive and friendly. They also have a nice selection of cocktails/beer.

Checked it out as they were advertising thrifty Thursdays for the month. Had a delicious prime rib for $10. Beautiful location.

A cool old barn with restaurant on top floor and tavern below. Good food (prime rib = yum) and wonderful atmosphere. Real, old Vermont. The tavern is lively with a band playing bluegrass .young & old in attendance. Very nice. Could hang here for hours after a meal . Go, and take it all in.