Local Food
Henry's Market Inc
831 Main Stlocal smoked meats and cheese,
try the cave-aged cheddar
Market Wagon
1896 Harwood Hill Rdlocal Mennonite food products, great fresh bread and sandwiches
Clear Brook Farm
47 Hidden Valley Rd15 minutes; worth the drive; plus ice cream at Chocolate Barn
locally produced everything; Saturday 10am-1pm until the last Saturday in October
Walloomsac Farmers' Market
650 Veterans Memorial Drlocally produced everything; Saturday 10am-1pm until the last Saturday in October
Restaurants
classic country restaurant; try the prime rib or lobster mac and cheese
35 locals recommend
The Publyk House
782 Harwood Hill Rdclassic country restaurant; try the prime rib or lobster mac and cheese
Pangaea
3 Prospect Stlocally-sourced American cuisine; try the braised short rib
Lunch | Dinner on the Grille patio; Bennington’s best kept secret; amazing chef
12 locals recommend
Mount Anthony Country Club
180 Country Club DrLunch | Dinner on the Grille patio; Bennington’s best kept secret; amazing chef
Traveler advice
Don't miss
Paran-Frost Trail
from Lake Paran, walk to the poetry bridge and loop back along the lake in a grove of paper birches
Don't miss
Old First Church and Cemetery
classic 1805 meeting house; find Robert Frost’s grave, among others
Don't miss
Bennington Battle Monument
300-foot obelisk, walk up for great view (limited hours; check schedule)