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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

ArtsRiot 'Refocuses,' Chef George Lambertson Returns to Kitchen

Posted By and on Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:33 PM

ArtsRiot - MELISSA PASANEN
  • Melissa Pasanen
  • ArtsRiot
Updated on February 4, 2020.

ArtsRiot, the Burlington restaurant, music club and event space at 400 Pine Street, is “shifting resources and refocusing,” according to George Lambertson, the restaurant’s former chef and co-owner of the business.

The restaurant-bar was closed for four days, January 19 through 22, without notice. It reopened on January 23 with reduced hours, an abbreviated menu, fewer staff and counter service only.

Lambertson is also back in the kitchen. “I’m cooking,” he confirmed. Chefs Mojo Hancy-Davis and Chris Donnelly — who started the Carte Blanche food cart in 2018 — had replaced Lambertson in October when left to travel around the U.S. Lambertson could not verify the status of their employment.

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Local Chef Purchases the Daily Planet

Posted By on Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:23 AM

New owners of the Daily Planet, from left; Neil Solis, Rachel Solis (with 3-month-old Lyle) and Nicole Elithorpe. - COURTESY OF MIKAYLA ROBINSON
  • Courtesy of Mikayla Robinson
  • New owners of the Daily Planet, from left; Neil Solis, Rachel Solis (with 3-month-old Lyle) and Nicole Elithorpe.
Neil Solis, a 33-year-old chef who’s worked at numerous area restaurants, bought the Daily Planet on Wednesday from Copey Houghton, according to both Solis and Houghton. Solis purchased the downtown restaurant and bar with three business partners, including his wife, Rachel.

The Daily Planet opened in 1982 on Center Street in Burlington. Houghton, who has owned the restaurant for 28 years, called the sale “bittersweet,” but said the new ownership would be a positive step for the business and Burlington.

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Monday, January 6, 2020

Mirabelles Is Moving to South Burlington

Posted By on Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:56 PM

Diners at Mirabelles Café & Bakery - FILE: OLIVER PARINI
  • File: Oliver Parini
  • Diners at Mirabelles Café & Bakery
After 29 years of business on Main Street in Burlington, Mirabelles Café & Bakery is moving to South Burlington, the restaurant announced Monday.

The café will close its downtown location on January 25 and open the week of February 10 at 3060 Williston Road in South Burlington, according to a press release and a Facebook post.

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Saturday, January 4, 2020

Stone's Throw Opens With a Free Pizza Party in Richmond

Posted By on Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 8:00 AM

Pizza and salad at Stone's Throw in Fairfax - JAMES BUCK/FILE
  • James Buck/File
  • Pizza and salad at Stone's Throw in Fairfax
The Richmond version of Stone’s Throw Pizza will introduce itself to the community on Tuesday, January 7, serving free pies from 5 to 8 p.m. 

The pizza party at 39 Esplanade — former site of On the Rise Bakery — is the day before the restaurant’s official launch on Wednesday, January 8. It is the second location of Stone’s Throw, which opened its original site on Main Street in Fairfax in November 2018.

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