![]() The cuisine takes inspiration from New York City's Chinatown, Little Italy, and Jewish delis, with dishes like rich chopped liver with a Manischewitz gelee served with rye toast, pillowy tortellini pomodoro, and a smoky, juicy duck with mulberry. The restaurant is intimate and convivial, with a communal standing table plus a few seated tables by the bar, and a separate dining room with a massive Julian Schnable painting hanging on one wall. (Partners Mario Carbone and Jeff Zalazanick have even moved to Miami.) But the third partner, Rich Torrisi, has remained in NYC to open this namesake restaurant. Torrisi Bar & Restaurant, or as many are calling it, Torrisi 2.0, heralds Major Food Group's return to NYC since the successful hospitality group started focusing on Miami and other destinations as they expand their empire. In 2012, their efforts were rewarded when the State of Vermont recognized the Tavern as a ‘Green Business.’ In 2020, Ye Olde Tavern was added to the Vermont Register of Historic Places.Scott Frances/Courtesy of Major Food Group They honored the past by preserving the Tavern while keeping pace with the ever-changing world. In 2001, Michael and Minna Brandt became the proprietors of Ye Olde Tavern. His work repeats the pineapple motif, a colonial symbol of hospitality. Within the walls of this c.1790 building, wall stenciling recreates patterns typical of Moses Eaton. At that time, the name was changed to Ye Olde Tavern and the building was listed on the Vermont Register of Historic Places. In 1975, careful and extensive restoration by Peter & Susan Palmer allowed the Tavern to reopen in time for the 1976 U.S. ![]() McGuire’s are found throughout the building. To this day, many of the curios, framed materials and some furniture of Mr. After installation of electricity in 1924 and renovations in 1934, Walter Clemons-McGuire reopened the building as a hotel and antique shop. Two years later the license was revoked and the Hotel closed. ![]() In 1902, as the Fairview Hotel, it became headquarters for the movement to license the sale of 'spirituous beverages'. The Chapter was named for the sister of Revolutionary War hero Gideon Ormsby. In 1896, Julia Thayer became a charter member of the newly formed Ormsby Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Hotel was connected to railroad station and the South Dorset Marble Quarry. The first telephone line in Manchester was installed at the Hotel. In 1860, Steven Thayer purchased the hotel and renamed it Thayer’s Hotel. The building is distinguished by the spring floor in its 3rd floor ballroom and the high square columns of its porch.Ībout 1850 while it was known as Lockwood’s Hotel, the marble porch was added. Called the Stagecoach Inn, it was built while Vermont was still an independent republic whose statehood was opposed by the hated 'Yorkers' until c.1791. Ye Olde Tavern was built in 1790 by Dorset Master Builder Aaron Sheldon. ![]() The atmosphere at Ye Olde Tavern is one of simple elegance as befitting statesmen and the gentry who often dined and socialized here. The Tavern was where the elite met to drink, eat and sleep. Our colonial era Tavern catered to the Vermont Green Mountain Boys and the politically influential folk before, during, and after Vermont became a state. From the moment you arrive, it feels as if you have stepped backwards into 18th Century New England.
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