On 30 Mar 2004 17:49:03 -0600, Richard Kaszeta > wrote:

>Siobhan Perricone > writes:
>
>> Getting good BBQ in Vermont is a challenge. There just aren't many places,
>> and most of them are not where I am (central Vermont).
>>
>> Friday that changed (though I didn't find out it changed until today). A
>> new place called Finkerman's Bar-B-Q opened on Friday night.
>>
>> We were driving to the drug store when we saw the sign (we'd heard a place
>> was supposed to start construction in December, but we'd not heard anything
>> since). We drove back and took a look after getting our shopping done, and
>> sure enough, it was OPEN. I was so excited. We went in and had dinner.
>>
>> We both had combo plates ($11.95), pulled pork and spareribs, cornbread,
>> and a choice of two sides (we both had hushpuppies, I had Vermont cheddar
>> mac and cheese and he had jalapeno cheese grits).
>>
>> This was not the best BBQ I've ever had, but it IS the best BBQ I've had in
>> Vermont.
>
>Have you been to River Run in Plainfield, VT? If so, how does it
>compare?

I've not been to River Run yet, though I'm willing to bet Finkerman's is
not as good, but it's also not as expensive as River Run. Finkerman's is
also larger, with fewer scary-looking teens hanging out in front and lots
of tables in front of windows with a nice view of the river and some woods
across the river.

>Rich (who is always happy to more good restaurants in VT/NH... Now, if
>only a Vietnamese place could open closer to me than Nashua, NH or
>Burlington, VT...)

I was thinking there was one in Montpelier, but now that I reconsider, I
think it's Thai, not Vietnamese. Something about an Orchid.

--
Siobhan Perricone
The actions taken by the New Hampshire Episcopalians are an affront to
Christians everywhere. I am just thankful that the church's founder, Henry
VIII, and his wife Catherine of Aragon, his wife Anne Boleyn, his wife Jane
Seymour, his wife Anne of Cleves, his wife Catherine Howard and his wife
Catherine Parr are no longer here to suffer through this assault on our
"traditional Christian marriage."
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