The Farmhouse Tap & Grill, a popular burgers-and-beer-and-more spot since it opened in a former McDonald’s in downtown Burlington in 2010, plans to add a second location in Williston by next spring.
Jed Davis, who runs the Farmhouse Group of restaurants, will also open a second restaurant in Williston with his restaurant company Awesome Times. That eatery, SPAGHET Red Sauce Joint, is scheduled to open in the summer of 2025, Davis told the Burlington Free Press in a Dec. 13 email.
Both restaurants will be in the Finney Crossing commercial and residential neighborhood along U.S. 2 east of Taft Corners. In his email to the Free Press, Davis offered these details about each new restaurant:
Farmhouse Tap & Grill
The Farmhouse Tap & Grill is due to open in March or April in the building that currently houses Railroad & Main, a restaurant that plans to close at the end of this month. Renovations will begin in the space in January.
“The Williston Farmhouse Tap & Grill location will feature the same programs as the original Burlington restaurant, including a sizable bar and lounge area for cocktailing and noshing delight,” according to the email from Davis. “An expansive South facing outdoor seating area will be open during the warmer months.”
The Farmhouse Group also oversees restaurants including El Cortijo Taqueria and Pascolo Ristorante in Burlington and Guild Tavern in South Burlington. The company divulged plans for a second Farmhouse Tap & Grill in another Finney Crossing location in late 2019, but that project never happened following the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
SPAGHET Red Sauce Joint
Davis wrote in his email that SPAGHET Red Sauce Joint will be part of a three-tenant commercial building now under construction at Finney Crossing. That restaurant will be opened by Awesome Times, the Davis-led company that founded Bliss Bee restaurants in Williston and South Burlington in 2019 and will add a third Bliss Bee on Market Street in South Burlington that’s expected to open in January.
“SPAGHET is a small footprint 50 seat restaurant with a robust take-out menu featuring reasonably priced Italian-American pastas, baked pasta dishes, sandwiches, and salads,” according to the email from Davis. “All dishes will be offered as a ‘single’ portion or ‘family style’ serving 3 to 4 guests, and all available for dine-in or take out.” Table service will be offered in the dining room with a “concise selection” of draft beer and Italian wines by the glass, according to Davis.
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