Après: The Best Of What’s New
- Miso Hungry
- Oct 3
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 4
December 6, 2016 Lisa Lynn 7954 Views Alchemist, Apres, Bierhall, Blue Stone Pizza, Cork, Foggy Goggle Osteria, Fortuna Sausage, Four Columns Inn, Glen House, Home Plate, Karma, Lincoln Inn, Miso Hungry, Picnic Social, Piecemeal Pies, PK Coffee, Prohibition Pig, Red Clover, Restaurant At Zen Barn, Stowe Bowl, Tap 25, The Backroom, The Canteen, The Common Man, The Farm Store, Vermont Artisan Coffee, Willoughby's
Vermont is known for its creative cuisine. But this past year, chefs around the state have taken that reputation a step further, earning prestigious praise on a national scale. In December, Forbes named Woodstock’s Lincoln Inn and its Michelin-star-rated chef as one of the top 10 best restaurants of 2016, and in September, Burlington’s Hen of the Wood made Conde Nast’s list for top restaurants world-wide. With that, cheers to Vermont chefs, and here are our picks for the best of what’s new for the coming season.
NORTHERN VERMONT
The coolest new ski-town restaurant in Vermont opens up this November in… a tram car. “In Japan, food trucks are big—you see whole villages of them at the base areas at ski mountains,” says Jordan Antonucci. That’s what he was envisioning when he and his wife, Momo, opened a food truck just down the road from Jay Peak two years ago, serving Momo’s specialty: miso soup.
This year, the two self-professed ski bums moved Miso Hungry to an old tram car at the base of Jay Peak. “Our dream was that we could have a ski-in, ski out place where you could get a steaming bowl of noodles without clicking out of your bindings,” he says. The soup is made with a bone broth that simmers for five days before local meats and vegetables are added.
The couple met when they were both guiding whitewater rafting trips in Japan. After skiing all over Japan, Australia and the U.S., they settled in northern Vermont (where Jordan’s brother lives) near Jay Peak. “It’s one of two places in the East I’d want to ski every day,” says Jordan.
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