ArtsRiot Venue, Restaurant, Distillery

Grabbed a pepperoni pizza on ArtsRiot’s first night of takeout and all I can say is 🔥. Having lived in Brooklyn for 5 years it’s refreshing to get some proper pizza in Vermont for a change! Crispy crust and bottom, cheese and pepperoni were excellent. Also love that a % of sales go to the Vermont Foodbank. Will definitely reorder!

Where to start. To enter at time we were supposed to be able be sitter as the web page said to be told it wouldn’t be opening for another half and hour. Only one spot to order but no menus to look through just staring at a single board that has a very LIMITED food. Basically all that is needed to be legally open serving alcohol, which is a bummer as the fried, drunk munchy food was good. The whiskey was disgusting. The “logger” is IPA and awful as well. Limited on which beverages you can purchase at which bar. They stop serving pizza when they feel like it, despite being there at open they had “run out out of pepperoni”, don’t have seltzer, ran out of paper towels in one of the two bathrooms, rams dry of their available water. Over all couldn’t stop laughing about how horrible venue was but the band was worth it as the owners/employees would come out and enjoy when there was definitely work to be done Gave me the wrong appetizers but by the time they came out I was starving and “didn’t care”

Great setup for live music because the loud music is in a large room that’s adjacent to the quiet restaurant area. The margaritas are delicious! The bar service was slow, but slow bartenders seem to be the norm everywhere

Upon reopening in early 2024, this place was great. Staff, management, and service top tier. Not sure if ownership changed (again) but an obvious decline nonetheless. Unclear open hours. Still, some cool things happening on weekends worth checking out.

My 16+ (after tax and tip) wine pour was well below the 6 ounce line on the mason jar. As a local, I was very surprised that the wine came in a mason jar. Also the staff told me to look at the chart to choose a wine rather than describing quickly what they were pouring. Hoping for a better experience next time I visit.

As a photographer, this is a great venue to shoot in. They have a nice bird's nest for getting crowd shots and they have a great space. Their staff is super friendly and I had no problems at the door. As a patron, it's even better. Great drinks, good food and close to downtown!

Really great what the new people in charge are doing with the place. Pizza and apps are excellent! Drinks are fun and delicious. Excited that there’s music in the south end again!

The food was great, drinks were on point, and the service was friendly. Eating outside with live music wasn’t too bad either :)