After the long awaited, much anticipated, and highly satisfying tour of the Ben and Jerry’s Factory it was off to find out what other things Vermont had to offer!  Within minutes we came across the Cabot Cheese Factory, Cold Hollow Cider Mill, and Tangle Woods Bar and Grill (don’t worry it was the only restaurant that was open after 7:30pm).  What more could anyone want!  Check out the pictures below:

I had to take this picture since the firm I work for in New York is also called Cabot.

Totally “CHEESEY” I know!  🙂

The Cold Hollow Cider Mills is where you can find the towns legendary cider donuts and the best apple cider that you have ever had!  Brief history of the Cider Mill Below, pretty cool.

History:  The Mill has become one of the top tourist attractions in Vermont because our operation is open to public viewing. Come and see cider that’s still made the old fashioned way, with a rack and cloth press built in the 1920’s.

You may be lured by an overwhelming aroma to The Donut Counter, where you can sink your teeth into our legendary cider donuts. These donuts have been featured as one of the top four donuts in the country. They go great with anything!  We sell many fresh mouth-watering baked goods from our natural ingredient bakery right in the store, including apple pies, pumpkin rolls, maple cream cheese pockets, apple-cheddar squares, and many others.

Don’t worry, KA and made ourselves sufficiently sick after visiting this place.  It is impossible to resist sample all the goodies that they have to offer!

I would have NEVER gone to this place if it wasn’t the only place in town that was open after 7:30pm where dinner was being served.  Keep in mind we were visiting on a Saturday night and this was the only place open!  (why is it that small towns have the strangest eating schedules?  Does everyone eat at 4:30 and receive a senior citizens discount our what?  I swear there is some secret that the rest of us don’t know about.)

As you can see from the picture the “TangleWoods” used to be a barn that was converted into a restaurant.  I just don’t know how I feel about that!  How clean can a place really be if horses, chickens, and cows used to live there?  I mean seriously, is the chicken that they serve me for dinner the same chickens that lived in the barn before it was converted into a restaurant?  These are the things one thinks about when eating at a place like this!

In all seriousness, the ONLY difference between this restaurant and a real barn is that this place had tables.  Otherwise you couldn’t tell a difference.  For example, there was absolutely no light (just like in a barn), I mean KA and I had the most romantic candle lit Quesadilla dinner in history!  It honestly was so dark that within minutes of us sitting down to eat I spilled my cup of ice water everywhere.  It was just too dark, I couldn’t see where my hand was in relation to my cup.

This place was out of control.  KA and I left hungry and ended up going to the one grocery store that was open and getting a few snacks there… what a joke!  This place is only good for the story factor, I would not recommend it be a place you eat at anytime soon.