Lou's Diner - Hanover VT
I'm not sure if I am licking my lips in anticipation, or after the event, but you have to go here - the place has a buzz. Sitting and listening to conversations between family and friends from the locality gives you a real sense of what this middle class University town is like. Relaxed and self assured. Wish we had more time to look around the town, certainly had time to savour the first pure beef American burger and so fine Rhubarb and strawberry pie. The Vietnamese born waitress we had just kept beaming all the time as we spoke to her about our journey and reason for stopping there (it was in our guide book) - she had been to the UK and just "loved our accents".
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