Community gardens, CSAs, and farmers markets

Community gardens

• Vermont Community Garden Network supports access to resources to grow food, build confidence and connect with each other, including a garden directory.
• Catamount Farm CSA is operated through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Community supported agriculture (CSA)

• Local Harvest CSA Directory is a searchable database of CSAs.
• Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont CSA Directory is an interactive tool that can help you find the right NOFA CSA for your needs.

Farmers markets

• Burlington Farmer’s Market: Established in 1980, a marketplace of farmers, specialty food producers, and artisan crafts held every Saturday from late spring through autumn in downtown Burlington.
• Directory of Vermont Farmers Markets

Farms

• Clemmons Family Farm (Charlotte): Black-owned farm that also provides educational programming and serves artists, creatives, and performers. 
• Intervale Center (Burlington): 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to strengthen community food systems.
• Magnetic Fields Farm: A queer, multi-racial farm focused affordable housing, affordable land leasing, and culturally important food production.
• New Farms for New Americans (Burlington): Community garden, agricultural program run by AALV. Read more about this farm in UVM Today's story Resettled in Vermont.
• Paul Mazza's Farm Stand (Essex Junction): Seasonal pick-your-own produce and farm goods.
• Pine Island Community Farm (Colchester): Community farm for New Americans raising crops and livestock.
• Sam Mazza's Farm and Market (Colchester): Fresh fruits, vegetables and greenhouse along with a bakery, gift shop, and seasonal corn maze.

Local groceries and markets

• Always Full Asian Market (South Burlington)
• Asian Food Mart: Taste of Asia (Burlington)
• Asian Mart (Essex Junction): Featured in Feb. 2020 Vermont Edition Story.
• Burlington Asian Market (Burlington)
• City Market Onion River Co-op (Burlington): Downtown and South End locations. Other Vermont Co-ops.
• Commodities Natural Market (Winooski) 
• Gagan Indian Grocery Store (South Burlington)
• India Bazaar (South Burlington)
• Jake's ONE Market (Burlington)
• Mawuhi African Market (Burlington)
• Nada Market (Winooski)
• Thái Phát Oriental Food Market (Burlington)

Regional and national chain grocery stores

• Costco (Colchester)
• Hannaford (Burlington, Essex Junction, Milton, South Burlington & Williston)
• Healthy Living Market & Cafe (South Burlington & Williston)
• Market 32/Price Chopper (Burlington, Colchester, Essex Junction)
• Shaw’s Supermarket (Burlington, Colchester & Williston)
• Trader Joe’s (South Burlington)

UVM Dining is committed to creating a campus where everyone has access to nourishing food that reflects their lifestyle, values, spiritual, and bodily needs. This page lists residential and retail locations on campus managed by UVM Dining and the UVM Bookstore. 

For information about diverse food offerings and religious dietary accommodations, alternative dining needs, specific meal-related concerns, or to request an individual consultation with the UVM Dining team's registered dietician, please view the UVM Dining.

Want need something to eat right now? What's open on campus.

Residential dining

• Central Campus Dining (Central Campus Residence Hall) Located in the heart of campus, features rustic open-style stations serving menus that include every item you can imagine.
• Harris Millis Dining (Harris Millis Complex) This all-you-care-to-eat traditional dining hall features a variety of fresh food, including plant-based, vegan, and allergen-friendly menu offerings. 
• Northside (McAuley Hall) Nestled in the arts & creativity part of campus this dining hall features a variety of fresh food and grab-and-go items.
• Redstone Dining (Simpson Hal) Finding your favorite foods at Redstone Dining is easy with menu selections that include everything. Enjoy signature stations like FOUR with meals made without gluten, peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish. Visit to learn more.

Retail dining

• Campus Perk (Kalkin Hall) A coffee shop featuring coffee, espresso drinks, teas, cold beverages, snacks, baked goods, salads, and sandwiches.
• Cat Pause Convenience Store (Davis Center - 1^st floor) The C-Store has all the amenities a typical convenience store has — stop in for a quick snack, a light lunch, coffee, soda, ice cream, cold medicine, pain relievers, and all the essentials you need to happily get through your morning, afternoon, and evening.
• Cyber Café (Howe Library) A convenient coffee shop featuring coffee, teas, cold beverages, and snacks.
• Given Bistro (Given Medical Building) a modern bakery-café, offers fresh and nutritious meals with a delicious twist! The menu includes healthy salads, savory soups, flatbreads, pastries, coffee, espressos, cappuccinos, teas, and smoothies. 
• Green Roof Deli (Davis Center – 2nd floor) offering sandwiches made your way with sides and beverages to make it a whole meal.
• Henderson’s Café (Davis Center – 3rd floor) Swing through and grab your morning cup of coffee (with a fresh pastry), or grab a comfy spot by the fireplace and decompress between classes - this is your resident coffee stop.
• Jamal’s Chicken (Davis Center - 1^st floor) Offering wings, fried chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, and fries. Enoy halal foods and vegan or vegetarian options. 
• New World Tortilla (Davis Center – 2nd floor) A local favorite featuring burritos, tacos, and specialty wraps.
• Redstone Market (Simpson Hall) A mini market next to Redstone Dining, featuring bagels, breakfast sandwiches, fruit, yogurt, deli, grilled favorites, daily hot entree, snacks, grocery items, grab-and-go items, coffee, tea, and fountain/bottled beverages. 
• The Halal Shack (Davis Center - 1^st floor) Offers customizable rice bowls, salads, and naanarito featuring American halal food with flavors from Mediterranean and middle eastern cuisines.
• The Marketplace (Davis Center – 2^nd floor) Home to Vermont Burger Co, serving up local beef burgers and Beyond burgers topped your way and hand-cut fries! Plus, a salad bar, signature salads, soups, beverages, baked goods, and a selection of grab-and-go items.
• The Skinny Pancake (Living & Learning Complex) A local favorite creperie offering breakfast all-day, sweet, and savory crepes, salads, bagels, sandwiches, salads, baked goods, espresso, coffee, and beverages. 
• Twelve (Jeanne Mance Hall) A self-checkout grab-and-go station located in the first-floor lounge of Jeanne Mance. This location offers a selection of reheatable meals, snacks, and beverages.
• University Marche (Living & Learning Complex) Featuring multiple dining stations offering an array of options, including sushi, bagels and sandwiches made-your-way, burritos and tacos, rice and noodle bowls, express salads, and sandwiches along with selection of grocery items, bottled/fountain beverages.
• UVM Dairy Bar (Davis Center – 2nd floor) A popular fruit smoothie station and home to UVM ice cream! All the ice cream is produced with UVM milk from the University's CREAM program.
• Waterman Market (Waterman Building) A self-service market offering refrigerated and frozen meals, coffee, tea, cold beverages, baked goods, soup, grab and go sandwiches and salads, yogurts, snacks and more!

Vermont First

Vermont First is a first of its kind program committing UVM Dining to increase local purchasing. Since its inception, our aim has been to increase market opportunity for local producers, stimulate job growth, and ensure the viability of Vermont’s working lands. UVM Dining does this through strategic purchasing shifts, collaboration with stakeholders, increasing consumer awareness, and training and enabling our operators to implement Vermont First objectives. Vermont First has been recognized as a best practice in farm to institution work for its transparent, rigorous tracking system and strategic alignment of institutional purchasing needs with local supply. 

Pro tip: Look for the Vermont First logo on signage in dining halls and on program calendars for opportunities to eat local and meet local producers on campus.

The Greater Burlington Area has more restaurants than we would ever be able to list. We've assembled eateries suggested and referenced by members of the university community, but it is by no means a complete representation of all there is to offer. Some other local resources that can keep you in the loop about new and cool spots are also listed below.

Restaurant guide 

Other restaurant resources: 

• Seven Daysies Awards
• LoveBurlington Instagram
• Eat Vermont is on a mission to revolutionize local food in Vermont by making it easier to connect with local farms and restaurants through storytelling. View eatvermont's Instagram or listen to the podcast for a deeper dive into the people behind the food.