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Burlington VT restaurant lands on Eater’s Best New Restaurants in America list

“If not for the sign in the window, it’d be easy to mistake Frankie’s for a residential home whose owners love hosting dinner parties.”

November 12, 2024

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A restaurant in Burlington, Vermont is being lauded as among the best new eateries in the country.

Eater released its 2024 list of the Best New Restaurants in America on Tuesday, and Frankie’s was one of the 14 newcomers highlighted by the publication.

Frankie’s, which bills itself as “A Vermont restaurant,” was spotlighted by Eater for its “transcendent” approach to seasonal New England fare.

The restaurant, which opened in April, is the first solo venture from co-owner and general manager Cindi Kozak and co-owner and chef Jordan Ware, who previously worked together at Hen of the Wood, another eatery focused on “a true Vermont dining experience” in Burlington.

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“If not for the sign in the window, it’d be easy to mistake Frankie’s for a residential home whose owners love hosting dinner parties,” the Eater write-up on Frankie’s reads. “The dining area is cozy and convivial, with customers tucked into seats in nooks and crannies or by the windows in the sunny front room. In the kitchen, Ware works with ingredients grown on nearby farms, combined with just enough quirks to remind diners that this isn’t the same old seasonal story.”

While the restaurant’s menu changes, the publication called attention to “one consistent stunner” on offer.

“A steaming bowl of tender littleneck clams with piles of pickled zucchini and jalapeños (or poblano peppers, or chile flakes and almonds, or tomatoes, depending on the day) tucked into their shells,” Eater wrote.

See Eater’s full list of the best new restaurants here.