Thank you everyone for such a warm welcome to Main Street and an astounding opening weekend. We appreciate the outpouring of support and interest and we were so pleased to see so many of our friends and neighbors at the open house. We'll be posting photos of the first events shortly.
Opening Hours:
Daily 3:00-10:00, until 11:00 on Thursday and Friday; Closed Wednesdays
Dinner served 5:00-9:00
Look for Lunch and Weekend "Blunch" Hours Coming Soon
Main Street
Hardwick, Vermont
802 472 7053
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Local Inspirations
This week, 7 Days features our chef, Steven, as the first to be thrown on the barbeque for their new column, Grilling the Chef. Take a look!
http://www.7dvt.com/2008grilling-chef
And we are eager to see you at Claire's... below see how things are revving up...
This week, we did manage to have our first meal at Claire's!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Moving Right Along!
Work on the restaurant space is progressing in leaps and bounds. Take a look around with us:
Behind The Scenes........
Inside the kitchen area
Looking into the kitchen from the lower dining area.
Below: The walk-in cooler was installed today!
Welcome, Guests....
Above: One of our comfortable bar stools; Vermont
Maple flooring with Vermont Natural Coating finish. Left: color possibilities.
Below: Two views of the bar; tin ceiling detail.
Behind The Scenes........
Inside the kitchen area
Looking into the kitchen from the lower dining area.Below: The walk-in cooler was installed today!
Welcome, Guests....
Above: One of our comfortable bar stools; Vermont
Maple flooring with Vermont Natural Coating finish. Left: color possibilities.Below: Two views of the bar; tin ceiling detail.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Looking Forward
This week, Hardwick area farms and businesses have received a little more attention across the state.
On Sunday, the Burlington Free Press profiled the Meyer's organic dairy and Vermont Soy business in the industrial park. You can find the story online and an additional slide show narrated by Andrew Meyer.
New Story:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803300312
Slide Show:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/legacy/slideshows/031208meyer/index.html
On Wednesday, Vermont Edition featured UVM professor and author Amy Trubek discussing her new book, The Taste of Place. Claire's chef Steven Obranovich joined the conversation, along with others who noted the diversity of food production in our area or anticipated the opening of Claire's.
You can listen to Vermont Edition from Wednesday by clicking on "listen" or "mp3" at the link below:
http://www.vpr.net/episode/43294/
On Sunday, the Burlington Free Press profiled the Meyer's organic dairy and Vermont Soy business in the industrial park. You can find the story online and an additional slide show narrated by Andrew Meyer.
New Story:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803300312
Slide Show:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/legacy/slideshows/031208meyer/index.html
On Wednesday, Vermont Edition featured UVM professor and author Amy Trubek discussing her new book, The Taste of Place. Claire's chef Steven Obranovich joined the conversation, along with others who noted the diversity of food production in our area or anticipated the opening of Claire's.
You can listen to Vermont Edition from Wednesday by clicking on "listen" or "mp3" at the link below:
http://www.vpr.net/episode/43294/
Friday, February 29, 2008
CSR Model Goes National
On NPR recently, Morning Edition listeners across the country had the opportunity to enjoy a bit of the ambience of the Bee's Knees in Morrisville. In the national version of a segment previously produced for VPR, Vermont reporter Jane Lindholm highlights the sense of community behind the CSR model:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19357345
A few more "degrees of separation" bring us to the national food blog "Eater," reporting on a New York City restaurant that, like the Bee's Knees, is generating support for an expansion through CSR sales. But its all part of the family, as the restaurant's owners worked at the famed Lespinasse, where Michael Kloeti of Michael's on the Hill in Waterbury Center also cut his chops. Claire's chef, Steven Obranovich, has been Kloeti's co-conspirator for three years... that is, until Saturday night, when he leaves his post to devote himself full time to opening Claire's in May.
To read about Riverdale Garden in NYC:
http://eater.com/archives/2008/02/riverdale_garde.php
And don't forget to sign up for a CSR at Claire's before the last one is snapped up!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19357345
A few more "degrees of separation" bring us to the national food blog "Eater," reporting on a New York City restaurant that, like the Bee's Knees, is generating support for an expansion through CSR sales. But its all part of the family, as the restaurant's owners worked at the famed Lespinasse, where Michael Kloeti of Michael's on the Hill in Waterbury Center also cut his chops. Claire's chef, Steven Obranovich, has been Kloeti's co-conspirator for three years... that is, until Saturday night, when he leaves his post to devote himself full time to opening Claire's in May.
To read about Riverdale Garden in NYC:
http://eater.com/archives/2008/02/riverdale_garde.php
And don't forget to sign up for a CSR at Claire's before the last one is snapped up!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Public Radio Goes Local - Restaurants, That Is
The new restaurant business model championed by Claire's is winning converts, and generating coverage in Vermont and nationally.
Today, VPR features a story on the CSR program - Community Supported Restaurant coupons - we launched over the Summer and that the Bee's Knees has adopted to fund their own expansion. We expect the story to be distributed nationally by NPR, but in the meantime, here's a link to the coverage in Vermont - you can read the full story or listen on your computer:
http://vpr.net/news_detail/79214/
Today, VPR features a story on the CSR program - Community Supported Restaurant coupons - we launched over the Summer and that the Bee's Knees has adopted to fund their own expansion. We expect the story to be distributed nationally by NPR, but in the meantime, here's a link to the coverage in Vermont - you can read the full story or listen on your computer:
http://vpr.net/news_detail/79214/
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