Budget Travel Magazine names White River Junction one of "10 Coolest Small Towns" - ELIXIR featured

 

BUDGET TRAVEL MAGAZINE NAMES WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT

ONE OF THE “10 COOLEST SMALL TOWNS”

 

ELIXIR Restaurant & Lounge featured in section on White River Junction

 

In the September 2008 issue of Budget Travel Magazine, on newsstands now, an article and pictorial called “10 Coolest Small Towns” calls White River Junction one of them and ELIXIR Restaurant one of the reasons. 

 

The magazine says, “These towns all have fewer than 10,000 people – but they can rival larger cities when it comes to good food, culture, and quality of life.”

 

http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2008/08/02/AR2008080201203.html

 

The story also made it to ABC’s “Good Morning America, Weekend” on Saturday, Sept. 13^th and included an interior shot of ELIXIR.

 

The towns featured in the article are:

 

Port Jervis, N.Y.

• Manitou Springs, Colo.

• Yellow Springs, Ohio

• Mazomanie, Wis.

• Point Reyes Station, Calif.

• Belfast, Maine

• Catskill, N.Y.

• Truth or Consequences, N.M.

• Livingston, Mont.

• White River Junction, Vt

 

 

10 Coolest Small Towns: White River Junction

 

http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content/article/2008/08/02/AR2008080201334.html

 

These towns all have fewer than 10,000 people—but they can rival larger cities when it comes to good food, culture, and quality of life.

 

by Meg Lukens Noonan   |   September 2008 issue

 

White River Junction, Vt.

Population: 2,569
Nearest City: Manchester, N.H., 76 miles

 

The long-depressed former railroad hub reinvented itself as an artists' colony several years ago, so the 19th-century storefronts traffic more in quirky than in quaint. The Main Street Museum showcases a collection of oddities that includes gallstones said to be Elvis Presley's (58 Bridge St., 802/356-2776, mainstreetmuseum.org), and The Center for Cartoon Studies offers lectures by cartoonists such as Garry Trudeau (94 S. Main St., 802/295-3319, cartoonstudies.org). The Tip Top building, a former bakery, is home to about 40 artists' studios, the Tip Top Café (85 N. Main St., 802/295-3312, tiptopcafevt.com), and the Cooler Gallery, which exhibits the works of international artists (802/295-8008, coolergallery.biz). Over at Revolution, Kim Souza sells espresso and indie-designed and vintage clothes (26 N. Main St., 802/295-6487, revolutionvintage.com). She's happy the town has maintained a sense of community as it's grown. "The owner of the building across the street asked me what color to paint it, since I'm going to be looking at it," she says. White River Junction also has decent nightlife. You can catch a play by the Northern Stage theater company (12 N. Main St., 802/296-7000, northernstage.org) and then eat dinner to live jazz at Elixir, a lounge in an old freight warehouse (188 S. Main St., 802/281-7009, elixirrestaurant.com, tapas from $7).

 

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Located at The Freight House, 188 S. Main Street, White River Junction, VT (802-281-7009), ELIXIR Restaurant and Lounge presents eclectic fare and small plates and features special martinis, local beers, an international wine list and live music nightly.  Support live music!