IN ARLINGTON, VERMONT, TONIGHT
"CHRONICLE." >> WANT TO GO VERMONTING?
YOU CAN'T DO MUCH BETTER THAN A THROWBACK TOWN.
>> ARLINGTON IS VERY MUCH THE WAY VERMONT WAS 50 YEARS AGO.
SELF-SERVICE IS IFFY, BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF COLOR IN ARLINGTON, FOLIAGE AND ALL.
LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, IT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN THREE HOURS DRIVE THAN BOSTON.
>> WE ARE NESTLED BETWEEN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND THE TA CRMPOMP N INCH C MOUNTAINS AND THE RIVER HAS TROUT FISHING.
>> AMY OWNS THE WEST MOUNT I NMP N WITH 17 ANTIQUE-FILLED ROOMS.
LOCALS SUPPORT THE I NMP N.
>> PROBABLY ABOUT ,000 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE, THEIR FAMILIES HAVE LIVED HERE FOR GENERATIONS.
>> NICE.
SQUASH, TOMATOES.
>> LARRY IS A FRIEND AT THE I NMP N SELLING PRODUCE OUT OF HIS 1965 BUICK SKYLARK TORE EXECUTIVE CHEF JEFF SCOTT.
CHEF SCOTT HAS BOUGHT FROM HIM FOR 30 YEARS.
>> ON THE MENU TODAY, SCALLOPS WITH SPAGHETTI SQUASH AND PAN-SEARED CHICKEN WITH OYSTER MUSHROOMS AND SOMETIMES, CHEF SCOTT DABBLES IN MORE UNCONVENTIONAL FARE.
>> HE HAS WON AWARDS FOR HIS CANNABIS-INFUSED FOODS.
>> I HAVE HAD A LOT OF SWEET FOODS.
>> AND EVEN APPLE SIDER DOUGHNUTS.
>> IT WILL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS SMOKING.
>> NONE OF THESE ITEMS ARE SERVED AT THE RESTAURANT, ONLY A AT PRIVATE FUNCTIONS.
>> WE CONTROL THE DOSEAGE AND PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
>> MORE SURPRISES AT THE TOWN JEWELER.
TO REPAIRS AND ONE OF A KIND FUN JEWELRY.
>> THE OWNER STARTED IN THE JEWELRY BUSINESS AS A TEENAGER ON THE CAPE.
>> I SOLD MY DIAMOND ON THE CAPE.
I STILL REMEMBER IT.
>> HE WORKS ALONE IN HIS SMALL WORK SHOP.
>> SPRINKLED AROUND THE SHOP ARE FAMILY PHOTOS.
THREE OF HIS KIDS, FORMED A BAND CALLED BURNHAM.
>> THEY GOT SIGNED TO A MAJOR RECORD LABEL.
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
>> HIS SONS STILL MAKE MUSIC BUT FOCUSED ON COLLEGE AND GRAD SCHOOL.
HE IS PROUD OF HIS FAMILY.
>> IT IS QUALITY.
IF YOU DON'T DO GOOD WORK, YOU AREN'T GOING TO SEE PEOPLE BACK.
>> THE MOST BELOVED PLACE IS THE HOMETOWN COUNTRY STORE.
THEY EMBODY THE FRIENDSHIP.
>> MY HUSBAND WAS HUGE IN GREETING PEOPLE AND PASSED THAT ON.
>> OPENED EVERY DAY FROM 5:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M., THE WAYSIDE IS KNOWN FOR DELI AND ROUND TABLE.
>> PEOPLE GENERALLY HAVE TWO PLACES THAT ARE SOLID FOR THEM, THEIR HOME AND THEIR JOB AND MOST PEOPLE HAVE A THIRD PLACE, FOR SOME IT'S A CHURCH AND SOME IT'S A BAR AND SOME IT IS A
TABLE AT THE WAYSIDE.
>> RAY SMITH RAN THE STORY FROM 1939 TO 1954.
HE STOPPED BY.
I PICKED UP A PACKAGE OF PEPPER PLANTS.
THEY ARE HOT.
ANYONE WHO IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO HAVE THEM.
>> MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS, THE ENTIRE TEAM WORKS AND TUESDAY THE OFFICE.
>> ONE THING THAT INSPIRED US IS THIS STORE.
>> I COULD ABSOLUTELY NOT DO IT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER IN LAW AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
I'M THE HISTORIAN AND GREETER AND I LOVE BEING HERE AND NICE THAT'S HEAVY STUFF FOR ME TO START PACKING.
>> WOW!
THE ROUND TABLE HAS BECOME THE SPOT.
AND TRUE GATHERING SPOT.
>> THEY TALK POLITICS AND THEY HAVE A KNITTING NIGHT AND WHEN WE WERE THERE AND WE SAT DOWN AND AT THAT TIMED WITH RAY AND PETER.
ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE HERE AT THE WAYSIDE INN AND GENERAL STORY AND ROUND TABLE BRINGS COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
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