Views, ambiance and delicious food. How can you go wrong? Great bar too! What are you waiting…read morefor?

Pretty good! Got the smash burger and gyro, both were solid 8/10. Fries were good too! Drinks are…read moregood. Great service, beautiful views. Would come back!

Everything was delicious! I was impressed with how much of the food was locally sourced. The staff…read morewere attentive and informative. The corned beef hash was made in house and WAY better than the hash at IHOP or Waffle House. The portions were perfectly sized. We had a wheelchair in our party of 5, and the staff had no issues accommodating us. The restaurant was quite accessible. Oftentimes businesses just add a ramp, but don't consider the extra space needed for a wheelchair to navigate between tables and chairs. I especially liked the mural that featured local icons: a granite quarry, the statue from Main Street, a locomotive painted in the colors of the local railway. We will be back!

This is such a wonderful diner! The food is always super tasty and really reasonably priced!…read moreService is really fast and the people working there are wonderful. The space itself is super cute with a beautiful painting on the wall and different decorations rotating for each new upcoming holiday! If you're in Barre you should def come check it out!

This month we were able to get up to Sugarbush and stop at one of our regular restaurants that…read morenever disappoints. Enjoyed the red curry and had enough to enjoy the next day. Plus we had the vegetable curry w fresh vegetables.

Great flavors. Cheerful wait staff. Appropriately gritty vibe. The kind of place to meet friends,…read moreshare drinks and some flavorful meals. Not a tablecloth and white napkin place.

This place is a bit of a disaster. A friend talked us into going, and we had a table of 10, seated…read moreat 6, started ordering food at 7pm on a Friday night. We were the only large table, perhaps maybe 8 people seated at the bar, and then 4 smaller tables with a couple of people. The place was borderline empty. 3 people at our table got undercooked meat which they took home to cook up for another meal. My meal and my daughter (a steak and hotdog) was late to the point where I had to go ask for it. By the time I got it, everyone else was pretty much done. This was on what looked like a really slow night. The waitress tried her best, but she was at the whim of the kitchen. Poor lady.

Nice easy vibe, great drinks and food. Super friendly staff. Ample bar seating and large dining…read moreroom. Pool tables if you want to play.

Was it the 20+ mph winds and 10° F temperatures? The hours of mogul runs, cliff jumps and uphill…read morehikes? Or does Stark's Pub at Mad River Glen serve some of the best ski mountain food around? Hunger is the best spice they say! So those who eat here regularly may be more impartial -- but boy were we happy with our repast. There were the delicious VT beers drawn from clean taps; the buttery grilled cheese ($13; on Red Hen Bakery bread); the juicy, flavorful Local Burger ($18; Kenyon Farm beef burger with lettuce, tomato and onion on a brioche bun, topped with cheddar for +$1); the crisp, non-greasy fries; and the nicely composed Stark's Salad ($13; mixed greens with craisins, fried onions, carrots, candied pecans and crumbled feta in maple balsamic vinaigrette; +$8 for grilled chicken). I did not love the watery, bland beef chili ($8.50), but the snow-covered, somewhat child-shaped lumps of ice that followed us in to lunch told us they enjoyed it. Wait staff don't smile much (at least not on extremely busy holiday weekends when they are swamped), but they are kind and very good at their jobs -- my kind of people. When they do smile, you know they mean it. We've been shareholders at MRG for many years and have spent a good amount of time at this mountain. Really awesome ski conditions are hard for us to come by given global warming, the fact that we don't live in the area full time, and that MRG is about natural skiing (e.g. little if any snowmaking, no grooming on the big girl trails) -- so I guess we always feel some pressure to make the most of a great ski day when we are lucky enough to get one. To maximize time on the slopes, we almost always bring our own snacks and/or stick to the fast and friendly cafeteria. (Their veggie soup is awesome, btw -- probably scratch made.) If you're going for speed, it's hard to beat the MRG cafeteria. But on those occasions when you want to sit a bit longer to defrost your face and make sure that your more important appendages remain attached and functional, Stark's Pub sure hits the spot.

Food was pretty good. My son had the fish fry and it looked great! I had the grilled chicken…read moresandwich and it was tasty. My only real knock on this place is the service. They seem a little scattered. We waited a solid 15 minutes for anyone to even come to our table.

We were staying in town for a snowboarding trip and wanted to grab some dinner NYE. We went to the…read morepub and did not regret it. Pam, the owner was awesome and so friendly. She stayed open later just for us. The food was great and ambiance was cool. I highly recommend!!

Great service, food and COLD beer! Very reasonable prices on the extensive menu. The staff is very…read morefriendly and attentive.

I would like to respond to the recent poor rating from someone who chose to air their…read moredissatisfaction while hiding behind an avatar, as opposed to speaking directly to management at this wonderful lunch and dinner venue. Diane, John, and their crew of dedicated employees, opened this restaurant in the summer of 2020, in the middle of an international pandemic, and still managed to rise to the top as a fantastic, family-oriented, slow food restaurant in a small town with several well established restaurants as its base. Their idea was grounded in the "simple" grilled cheese sandwich, reimagined in some delightfully tasty presentations. The menu is modest and, other than seasonal specials, is steadfast in its design! I have eaten there more times than I can count and have YET to experience any deviation from the quality they presented at the outset! How many restaurants can attest to that, alone? The atmosphere is homey (it is a former home in a lovely neighborhood), the service is top-notch and the food is delicious. The management attends to every table at least once during your stay (so there was ample opportunity for this customer to express any concerns to the person in the best position to correct any issues), and the staff consists of community members who are our friends, neighbors, or children thereof. So special is this space, the youth servers appear every spring in their prom-best to have their pictures taken with Diane and John! How special is that???!!!! This is a team that places community at the center of their work: even facilitating massive community fundraising efforts post-flood, 2024 and 2025! If you live in this area, you already know what a gem this place is. If you are visiting, put a night out (or lunch) on your "must do" list while exploring Barre's rich granite industry history. If you haven't made Barre a stop on your journey, run, don't walk and see what the buzz is all about! See you at The Meltdown!

Five stars for the warm, welcoming spirit of this place, the classic grilled cheese with delicious…read moremaple syrup, and the homemade fries, which are unreal, some of the best I've had! Four stars for the apple and fig sandwich and the tomato soup, since the sandwich was a little sweet and the soup more like a tomato sauce. The owner is so energizing, resilient, and generous with her business and everyone who walks in which, alone, is worth the trip. 5 stars!!!

We've been meaning to try The Seasoned Skillet in Randolph, VT -- finally went last night, and it…read morewas well worth the wait! The ambiance is ideal--unfussy, comfortable and appealing. I love the skillets on the wall, and the size of the dining room, small and intimate and easy to have a conversation. The app choices were irresistable and despite thinking we would share one or two, all four of us ordered one--we had the Thai chicken skewers, shaved asparagus salad, and two specials: Hasselback (sp?) roasted potatoes and the roasted cauliflower special. All were flavorful, and very generous portions, but the roasted cauliflower and the INCREDIBLE SAUCE makes me wish I had ordered one to take home for today, it was gone in two minutes.The yogurt marinated Thai chicken skewers were juicy and delicious with another incredible dipping sauce, and could nearly have been a meal--yum! The shaved asparagus salad was work of art, plus crunchy and delicious, featuring roasted pistachios and a lemon-basil vinaigrette that I wanted to take home in a bottle. Of the four of us, three chose the Beef Barbacoa Bowl. It was tender and loaded with flavor, yet made light and summer perfect with fresh pico de gallo, guac, corn and pickled onion. The portions were generous and I'm very much looking forward to my leftovers today! The Hoisin Duck Salad was a table favorite with shredded bits of pickled ginger and other home-pickled veggies, a honey mustard vinaigrette, and the amazing crunchy fried shallots. Despite all that, we somehow managed to order four desserts, and made short work of the maple puffs, mocha mousse, lemon cheesecake, and maple pavlova. The mousse was the richest, smoothest chocolate mousse I've ever had, with a frothed coffee cream layer under whipped cream. If chocolate is your thing, GET THE MOUSSE! The lemon cheesecake is a classic, with a homemade graham cracker crust and a tart curd with fresh blueberries, but was next level in terms of flavor and texture. If they sold desserts to go (HINT!) in a chiller case I would be in trouble, but very very very happy. (All the desserts are made in house.) You can sit at the bar instead of the full meal -- we saw a couple there with wine and a shared plate, while we did the full three courses. Our server Nick was warm and attentive, and helped us through a few tricky decisions from the menu. And while Chef Nora doesn't have her sauces, salad dressing and desserts for sale to go (yet! we can dream about that!) her cookbook, Vermont Farm to Table is available for purchase! (We bought it.) The cookbook includes the recipe for the Summer Maple Berry Pavlova on the summer menu, and hot tip: the recipe for the Smashed Yukon Gem Potatoes in the book has a very similar flavor profile to the potato appetizer featured on the specials, with sour cream and brown butter crispy chili sauce. I'm hoping volume two will include the roasted cauliflower recipe, the lemon-basil vinagrette recipe and the CHOCOLATE MOUSSE recipe. Note--the menu changes seasonally, and these dishes are on the new summer 2026 menu. If I had to sum it up our meal in one word, it'd be "flavor" and if I had two words, I'd add "comfortable." The Seasoned Skillet gave us all the best parts of going out (interesting flavors, fresh and local ingredients, a menu that takes some chances, great service) but still felt familiar and homey. Already trying to figure out when we can go back! Five stars, 1000% recommend!

The Seasoned Skillet opened in February 2026 in Randolph. This chef-owned farm-to-table restaurant…read moreserves up scratch made comfort dishes from locally sourced ingredients with changing seasonal menu and special offerings. The place is cozy with limited table seating, picture window seating, and 6 seats at the full service bar. Reservations recommended and bar seating is open. The bar offers 6 regional beers on tap, wine, and cocktails list. The dishes offered here at the time of posting included chicken pot pie, cider braised pork shoulder, ginger sesame quinoa bowl, beef kofta, pomegranate red wine braised short ribs, arugula & pear salad, sweet chili meat balls, homemade soups & desserts. They also offer grilled cheese sandwiches and smash burgers on the kids menu. The prices are moderate. After hearing great things about The Seasoned Skillet, I made the drive to Randolph for dinner. I arrived here at 4:35pm, 5 minutes after opening and ample time before dinner rush. I took a seat at the bar and the bartender offered water and other drinks. I stuck with the cold water (glass and bottle for self refills). They had a brussel sprouts appetizer special too. I already knew what I wanted and went with the Pomegranate Red Wine Braised Short Ribs ($28 plus tax), which came out remarkably quick in 3 minutes served very hot, the early bird gets the worm as mentioned by the bartender. The braised short ribs were prepared with pomegranate molasses & red wine & topped with fresh arugula, served over soft mashed potatoes, crispy chili oil & beef jus. The short ribs were very tender and soft and the flavors of the meat, potatoes and beef jus meshed well together. For dessert, I was trying to decide on the maple bourbon creme brulee or the S'mores Jar and went with the latter. The chilled S'mores Jar ($12 plus tax) was layered with a thick dense dark chocolate mousse, graham cracker crumbles, and topped with a toasted Italian meringue. The dessert was very sweet and rich. The check was presented after I was done, which was $43.60 with tax and before tip. Overall, I really enjoyed the entree and dessert ordered at The Seasoned Skillet. I would come back here for dinner as their seasonal menu offerings change. The service was prompt too. The place started to become busy as I finished up my dinner, so I got in here at a great time.