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City Market Onion River Co-Op
Type: Beer Store
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Hours: 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM every day
Bottles: 125
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RateBeer Brew Tour Guide's Comments
City Market is a modern, warehouse-like grocery store, large by Vermont standards but small compared to gourmet and upscale shops in large cities. The beer selection is small but does include virtually all available Vermont beers, including McNeills (one of only three stores in the area to carry them). Virtually all of it is refrigerated, and turnover is very quick, so you’re not going to get many bad bottles. Limitations imposed by Vermont’s 8% ABV law and poor distribution are obvious (all of Allagash except the Tripel; no Victory, Cisco, Southampton; limited Dogfish & Berkshire, very few Belgians), but the store does try to get the best of what’s available, and has only a very paltry space devoted to macros. One block from Three Needs and three blocks from Vermont Pub and Brewery. UPDATE 2007: We now carry roughly 25 sakes, the largest selection in the area. Ask for Alison, the wine and beer buyer; if she’s not around, ask for Barry -- that’s me.
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 IPFreely |
Very attractive for a supermarket. This is actually a great supermarket, which also carries a pretty solid selection of beer and sake. The beer selection was mainly local micros, with a few imports. Service was adequate and friendly. Also, look in the frozen food section for some American Flatbread pizzas. I was plenty happy to bring a few of those home. Nice store
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| Rastacouere |
A hippie spirited store with a solid, but diversified selection of everything - food or liquid, but perhaps not exceptional in any department. Still, a growing number of sakes, lots of cheeses and the excellent location, makes this worth the 5 minute walk to get there from Burlington’s center. The beer selection holds above a hundred bottles and that makes it quite good for Vermont, but obviously, if you have the time, a trip to Winooski would offer a larger variety. On the other hand, I counted a few bottles here that were not at Winooski, so you may want to pop in anyway. I like the place anyway and their breads are very solid.
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| notalush |
A really nice grocery store in the style of Whole Foods, focusing a lot on local produce and goods - even if it didn’t sell beer it would be worth a stop, as their selection of food and other products is very impressive - the beer section contains about everything you can get in VT, but when I was there their stock of McNeills had dwindled to three (although one of those was Old Ringworm, score!) - the small shelf of sakes was nice, too - overall a great little local grocery - however, it seems to get very busy, and the parking lot is dangerously small (my girlfriend and I almost got ran over in front of the place).
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| Taktik_MTL |
Établissement visité le 11 août après le diner. Comme on ne peut presque rien traverser, comme nourriture, à la frontière nous sommes venu faire nos achats ici pour apporter en camping. Ambiance: Un supermarché comme j’aime, plein de produits à découvrir et le tout très bien présenté. Service: Je ne crois pas que tout le personnel sont des experts en bière mais si vous avez des questions hésitez pas à demander à Muzzlehatch qui y travaille. Selection: Surtout des produits du Vermont. Tout les produits sont disponible froid. On y trouve aussi un bon choix de produit en format de 22 oz. Food: Paradis des aliments biologiques sous toutes ses formes. Bon choix de fromage local. (23e rating d’établissement)
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| Sammy |
A good selection of Vermonts particularly McNeills. Not much in imports. There were some Rogues as well. As this is not the biggest supermarket, the beer selection is a significant portion of the store. Lots and lots of 12-paks boxes and some growlers. Staff were not beer knowledgeable they just work here. Good long hours and convenient downtown location, so a sure stop ifyou are passing through this beautiful small city. What I liked best in Vermont was here, the emphasis on the local craft everythin industry, and the minimum in macro selection.
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| jjpm74 |
I went in there expecting to find a decent selection of beer. The store itself is very nice, but their selection is not much better than most other package stores I’ve been to in the area. The one thing they do have are McNeills, but why not stop there on the way up?
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| CapFlu |
I was very pleasantly surprised by the selection at the City Market - I presumed only Long Trail and a bunch of the Wolavers yet there is so many more quality VT brewers here including McNeills, Putney Mountain Mead, Magic Hat, Rock Art and Vermont Pub & Brewery (growlers). A great grocer - I wish we’d get a place like this in Ottawa for our environmentally conscious and organic population.
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| Goldorak |
I really wished there was a nice grocery store like this in my area. Clean, friendly, great bulk section, very impressive cheeze assortment, and good lineup of local brews. A few growlers, plenty of bombers, 6-packs and singles. Only thing that surprised me was the lack of ciders, but maybe they sold out their stock.
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| CaptainCougar |
A nice grocery store with good service. One of the few places to find McNeills in Burlington, but that and occasionally some Harpoon 100 Barrel stuff seem to be the only things that are ever that exciting. If you can get to Winooski Beverage Depot, there’s really nothing City Market has that they don’t.
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| Probiere |
Picked up a case of local beers and some wonderful local goat cheese that I enjoyed together after paddling them back to my island campsite. A nice place, although I missed muzzlehatch.
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