Submitted by KevTravels t3_10y508c in vermont
I'm heading home to Louisiana Sunday and wanted to grab some things. The last time I was here I grabbed some stuff from the General store in Newbury but I wanna try another place or two to see if they have even more varied merchandise.
I was gonna head to White River Junction and Middlebury tomorrow so was hoping there might be something in that general vicinity.
Since you’re going to WRJ, you could drive through Quechee— there are some touristy shops there.
Chapmans, Kev. It's in Fairlee. Walk in beer cooler full of VT beers.
Dan & Whits in Norwich (two exits north of WRJ and worth it) - huge, authentic general store plus the King Arthur Flour outlet and bake shop is just down the road - loads of cool things to take home. Safe travels!
This is the correct answer. Love Dan & Whits!
Can you please stop at the Jambalaya Shoppe and pick me up a bucket of the pastalaya? I miss it
Dakin Farm in Charlotte has great foodstuffs as well as some gifts and apparel! Might be on your way to Middlebury depending on your route.
Dan & Whits, Exit 13, I-91 North in Norwich VT. Make sure you get into the back area - the part that looks like your grand-dad's old garage. That;s where they keep the best stuff.
Maybe not gift store, but keelers bay and harbor side market in the islands are my 2 favorite country stores
Since you're passing through Middlebury, stop and see us on Main St - Vermont's Own Gifts & Goods. www.vtsown.com Say hi! Have a safe trip!
The Vermont country store(s) may be worth a detour.
Seconding Vermont’s Own as an impartial 3 party (except for the fact I lived above the store for a few years)! It has a great variety of Vermont crafted items and food! And while in Midd you could also check out Sweet Cecile (some local items) and Danforth Pewter. The Midd Co-Op also has a nice range of locally produced food as well!
Ripton country store, since you'll be down in the area
Edit: hit it up when you go over the gap.
consumables > knicknacks
get em a big thing of real vermont maple syrup, so they can say how much they hate it and go back to their corn syrup >:l
Dan and whits, no brainer
Wrj and Middlebury in the same day? Really going hard on the “can’t get there from here” experience.
If you take route 7 to Middlebury you’ll pass Dakin Farm in Ferrisburg, I’ve gotten a lot of gifts there
Hero’s welcome. North hero.
Don’t forget your GPS! Getting lost in there is frighteningly easy.
Gillingham's in Woodstock is near WRJ and is a quintessential general store for this kind of thing.
Yes! Thanks for the seconding! And excellent local recommendations, too!
Agreed. I love that place to stop when heading that way!
And if you go south on 100 to 125 to get to Midd you can definitely detour to the Warren Store in Warren village. Also in Waitsfield there is a local artisan shop on Bridge St.
If they're going to White river junction from Middlebury they are probably heading down 7, and I'm assuming going over bethel/Rochester.
Warren store
Third rec, VT’s Own is a cool shop with wonderful people & good selection
Use to be an awesome antique shop near Quechee Gorge. Absolutely Huge. Cool diner there too.
Love this place to get a bottle of Moxie and some iec.
The new owners, Eva and Gary, are pretty good. I think they really have done a good job continuing on after Dick and Sue
Just when you think you've seen the whole place you realize there's a whole other back half behind the meat counter.
D&W is great—chapman’s in Fairlee is as well.
Open 364 1/2 days a year. If they don’t have it, you don’t need it.
>Dan & Whits in Norwich
If they don't have it, you don't need it!
There's also a steep staircase to an upstairs shoe/clothing room that looks like it used to be a concert hall or something.
Wherever you stop be sure to take home Champlain Valley Apiaries honey. Don’t forget syrup, and if you can find it, Plymouth Cheese.
Vermont county store
That's the one.
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Another vote for Vermont's Own Gifts & Goods and Sweet Cecily. Middlebury's downtown is too cool.
Grew up in WRJ and went to/through Middlebury maybe twice before graduating high school? For me it’s in the same category as, like, Manchester (VT).
I’ll “third” that choice!
Hero's Welcome in North Hero.
Gillinghams in Woodstock has everything in the whole wide world
OMG I was so excited to give my brother a big ol glass bear of maple syrup for Christmas and his California girlfriend was complaining so much about how the fake stuff is better! Do they not have culture outside of VT??
Chapmans is great for gifts, definitely worth a stop if going that direction from wrj
Best breakfast sandwiches I’ve had so far in my travels
Ripton General Store on 125. Not far from Middlebury.
There’s a big antique mall in White River Junction that’s connected to a couple souvenir stores (and a weird toy museum and small alpaca farm)
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Lol- Bethel, Hancock and Ripton. Now there is a ride.
Dan & Whit’s be sure you go into the back area too. Not that you’ll find any gifts out there, but you should experience the depth of what a good general store offers.
How so? It’s like a 45 minute trip
It's easily a 90 minute trip and you have to go over bethel mountain and middlebury gap. It's the same distance as going to burlington from middlebury but it takes almost twice as long to drive it.
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If you can make it to Warren, that is my favorite general store in all of vermont. Cozy little nook and a gorgeous drive there.