Things To Do
Everything you need to eat well without driving far. From a James Beard Award winner to the local pizza joint, here's every dining option within 30 minutes of the campground, organized by how far you'll go and what you're in the mood for.
Hours change seasonally and sometimes without notice in Vermont. Please confirm directly with each spot before you head out.
Dinner
Pizza & Cocktails
A pizza and bar spot that opened in early 2026 in the former Al's Pizza space near the railroad tracks, with a Grateful Dead theme running through the menu. House-made sodas, mocktails, and Prohibition-era cocktails alongside the pizza, and every pie can be made gluten-free.
James Beard Award-Winning Thai
Chef Rung Morgan's Isaan Thai cooking earned the James Beard Award for Best Chef Northeast in 2022. The menu centers on Northern Thai dishes, larb, papaya salad, and curries, served in the historic Kimball House in downtown Randolph. Reservations are strongly recommended, especially in summer.
Steakhouse & Farm-to-Fork
An intimate 25-seat restaurant built around cast-iron cooking. The menu features Delmonico steaks, roast duck, lobster mac & cheese, and seasonal risotto, plus a wine and whiskey list. One of the newer additions to Randolph's dining scene. Reservations recommended given the small space.
Farm-to-Table Bistro
Opened in early 2026 by Nora Rice, co-author of the Vermont Farm to Table Cookbook. The menu features comfort food with global influences, butternut sage gratin, cider-braised pork shoulder, and maple bourbon crème brûlée among the early offerings. Live music one night a week. Beer and wine available; full bar planned.
American Bar & Restaurant
Casual bar and restaurant serving burgers, salads, and entrees, with vegan and vegetarian options on the menu. Full bar and live music several nights a week. Rated 4.6 on Google Maps with 20+ Yelp reviews. Open for lunch and dinner.
Pizza & Italian
Home-style pizza, grinders, calzones, and pasta made with local ingredients and family recipes. Dine in or take out. Note: 3.5% credit card surcharge, cash avoids the fee.
Bowling Alley with Full Kitchen
A bowling alley with a full kitchen serving pizza, wings, burgers, fried chicken, and seafood, plus a full bar. Prices under $12 per the menu. Arcade games and karaoke on the third Friday of the month.
Chinese
A longtime downtown Randolph spot for Chinese dine-in and takeout, with rice and noodle dishes, combination plates, and moo shu.
Breakfast & Lunch
Bagels & Specialty Coffee
Handmade bagels and specialty coffee. Connected to the Bent Hill Brewery family (same ownership). Featured in Seven Days.
Fresh Pastries & Baked Goods
Baker Kelsey Wolfe's brick-and-mortar shop turns out cakes, scones, hand pies, quiche, and pastries. Featured in Seven Days. Custom cake orders available, call ahead.
Ice Cream
Gifford's Ice Cream
Gifford's ice cream scooped in downtown Randolph. Seasonal operation.
Dinner
Pub Fare at the Floating Bridge
A cozy pub inside the Green Trails Inn, in the historic restaurant space beside Brookfield's Floating Bridge. Vermont craft beers, classic cocktails, and pub fare like cheddar mac and house-pressed burgers, built around ingredients from nearby farms. Opened in fall 2025.
On-Farm Wood-Fired Dining
A seasonal, on-farm restaurant with a wood-fired, monthly-changing menu, pizza, panuozzo, salads, and entrees built from the farm's own organic produce and pasture-raised meat. Reservations recommended; no pets and no BYOB.
Dinner
Seafood & Homestyle Dinners
A central Vermont institution operating for over 60 years, serving seafood platters, homemade dinners, and hand-breaded onion rings. Window service for takeout, plus outdoor seating in warmer months.
Wood-Fired Pizza
Wood-fired pizza with craft beer on tap, in a casual family-friendly setting.
Breakfast & Lunch
Farm-to-Table Breakfast & Lunch
Breakfast and lunch spot using fresh, farm-sourced ingredients.
Fresh Sandwiches & Soups
Sandwiches, soups, and salads. Third Branch Wines is next door.
Brewery
Craft Beer & Vegetarian Menu
Ales brewed with their own well water and brewery-grown hops. The food menu is fully vegetarian. In summer, they host concerts on the hillside next to the taproom. Same ownership family as Wee Bird Bagel in Randolph.
Dinner
Southern Soul Food Meets Vermont
This 65-seat Rochester restaurant was listed at #46 on Yelp's Top 100 Restaurants in America. The menu features slow-cooked ribs, mac & cheese, and grilled cornbread, and changes based on what local farms are delivering. Reservations are phone-only and essential, no online booking.
Breakfast & Lunch
Breakfast, Brunch & Lunch
Breakfast, brunch, and lunch in a cafe attached to a country store with Vermont gifts and local goods. Ranked #1 restaurant in Rochester on TripAdvisor. Pizza nights on Thursday and Friday evenings.
Bakery & Café
A bakery and café in the space that was long home to Sandy's Books & Bakery, serving sandwiches, baked goods, espresso, and Vermont products. The bookstore side lives on next door as The Bookery.
All drive times measured from Lake Champagne Campground, 53 Lake Champagne Dr., Randolph Center, VT 05061.
Restaurant hours in Vermont change seasonally and sometimes without notice. We last reviewed these in June 2026, but a quick call or website check before you go is always a good idea, especially off-season. Where hours weren't certain, we've noted to call ahead.
2026 Season · May 15 – October 12