Penny Cluse, Burlington
Penny Cluse serves the best breakfast in Vermont. Hands down, case closed, all other morning eateries can dry their eyes on their own half-rate pancakes.
Located on Cherry Street in downtown Burlington, “The Cluse,” as we insiders affectionately call it, has been serving up their in-high-demand brunch since Charles Reeves and Holly Cluse opened in 1998. I think I’ve actually eaten breakfast there fifty times or more, and I can’t think of a single time that I’ve been disappointed with the comforting, fresh, impeccably prepared food. I’ve tried almost everything on the menu, but for the last several years I’ve been ordering the same thing (tofu scram with salsa, side of fruit, chicken sausage) and when I think about that perfect plate of food, I could actually cry — it’s just that good. Read more