Silver Fork: 6 tables & 5 bar stools in Manchester VT

THE PERFECT NEW RESTAURANT FOR YOUR ROMANTIC GETAWAY  TO VERMONT FROM THE LATE AUGUST SULTRY CITY! 

SILVER FORK: 4201 Main Street Manchester Ctr, VT 05255‎ 

(802) 768-8444

Dinner- Mon-Sat, 5-Close 

Lunch: Friday & Saturday, 12-2 

CLOSED SUNDAY 

When I find a new restaurant within 30 miles of my VT house that serves local food it's a big deal! A really big deal!!!

This new (about a year old) tiny little gem in Manchester, VT is run/owned/operated by a charming couple, she manages the house and he cooks.

There are 6 small tables and 5 bar stools, so make sure you make a reservation in advance. I went to dinner with my sister and a friend for an 8:30 reservation which is very late for Vermont on a Wednesday night and when we arrived the place was full but for our table. This is a good sign and a rarity in the lush green wild lands of VT. 

Silver Fork uses as much local food from area farms as possible and has a seasonal changing menu with a slew of specials.

and.... is also equipped with a full bar that includes fresh homemade local juices to quench your thirst.

We ordered a combination of the specials which the hostess/wife/waitress did a great job selling as well as items from the menu.

Below is a sampling of our orders.  Sorry about the low quality photos, my camera died earlier that day and we had to use an i phon.

Delicious french onion soup with homemade onion rings

Grilled peach with goat cheese 

Duck rolls 

It is definitely a new favorite and I will go back often (when I remember to make a reservation) ! 

X- Shira 

We can fall in love in the August heat! "TRUE LOVE FARM"

♥ 

Almost directly above my house sits a small patch of heaven named "True Love Farm". 

The farm is located at 925 Cross Hill Rd and owned and operated by Karen and Steven Trubitt. 
 

I actually run by the farm on my 9 mile loop around the block, however, didn't realize it because, like many small farms in VT they are hidden in the wild lands and don't have a sign.

Karen had reached out to me a few months ago because she heard about my interest in connecting the community to local farms.

We had been e-mailing back and forth and finally met up this week. I helped a tiny, tiny bit by picking some green beans, but mostly enjoyed a wonderfully enthusiastic and immensely kind tour of the grounds. I think I may have fallen in love 3 or 4 times during my visit. 

Karen and Steven moved here from Minneapolis 10 years ago, they found the land with no initial plans of farming but since have completely restored the barn as their house and built the most romantic farm I have visited yet.

The farm is filled with chick for meat, chickens for eggs, a rooster, beans, ginger, melon, flowers that take your breath away, a very large selection of gorgeous heirloom tomatoes, including Italian pears, indigo, green zebras and many, many more as well as basil, kale, potatoes, blueberries and the list goes on and on...

They aren't "certified organic" but are far beyond/better than organic in my book. They don't use any pesticides and use as little organic spray as humanly possible. They even have a moving chick trailer that allows the chicks to fertilize the ground for the following year.

True Love Farm is at the Walloomsac Farmers Market Saturday's (10-1) and Tuesdays (3-6). They also sell to Allegro's (my favorite restaurant in bennington)as well as Gringo Jack's in Manchester. You can keep up with them on facebook.

The farm is a true treasure! I hope you will stop by the farmers market on Saturday's or Tuesday's to say hello to Karen & Steve. You will certainly taste the love in the food! 

XXX