For those of you working at Imaginary Road Studios, we've worked up a quick list of preferred hotels and restaurants to make your stay a bit easier.

The following is a list of Hotels/Inns and restaurants/food in the area that we recommend.
Room prices are an estimate of the potential range of prices that are available throughout the year. Please call to confirm prices on your own.

Visit Brattleborochamber.org to view other choices . . .

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ACCOMODATIONS

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS: Brand new and surprisingly homey. A new addition to Brattleboro, which we feel surprisingly comfortable with given our general aversion to franchises. Fitness center, Heated pool and whirlpool. The usual chain restaurants and a decent Chinese restaurant very nearby and the downtown restaurants 5 minutes away. The restaurant at The Chesterfield Inn (very good) is about 10 minutes away.
15 minutes from the studio.
Standard room starting at $109. and up-Includes extensive Continental breakfast.
800) 239- 0032 / 802) 257-2400
www.brattleboroexpress.com

LATCHIS HOTEL: An older Art Deco place which could use some sprucing up. It feels like a Jim Jarmush set to me. Some people absolutely love it and others don't. In Downtown Brattleboro, it features a three screen movie theater which shows remarkably currently films with a decidedly quality edge to them and a very good restaurant downstairs called Lucca.
15 minutes from the studio
Corporate rate Single weekday room starting at $55.and up- Continental breakfast.
802) 254-6300
www.brattleboro.com/latchis

COLONIAL MOTEL AND SPA: A clean, privately owned local motel. There is a newer section of the hotel which you might wish to request; the rooms are somewhat larger and the general upkeep is better. Pool, Sauna, Steam rooms and hot tub. The usual chain restaurants, a decent Chinese restaurant, Panda North, and Top of the Hill Grill are very nearby and the downtown restaurants are only 5 minutes away. The restaurant at The Chesterfield Inn (very good) is about 10 minutes away.
15 minutes from the studio
Corporate rate Standard room starting at $50 and up-Includes Continental breakfast M-F
800) 239-0032 /802) 257-7733
www.colonialmotelspa.com

FOUR COLUMNS INN: a rather famous inn on an oft-photographed town square in Newfane, Vermont. A wide variety of rooms from the very good to the remarkable.
What can we say, Mick Jagger had his 40th birthday here! A very good restaurant downstairs. 25 minutes to downtown Brattleboro.
10 minutes from the Studio
Room prices starting at $125. and up- Includes an extensive Continental breakfast
802) 365-7733
www.fourcolumnsinn.com

PUTNEY INN: A nice hotel/inn with a very fine dining room. Not as pricey or elegant as FOUR COLUMNS, CHESTERFIELD or WINDHAM HILL, but very comfortable with a very good restaurant.
25 minutes to the studio.
Room prices starting at $78. and up- Includes a Full Breakfast
802) 387-5517
www.putneyinn.com

CHESTERFIELD INN: Across the river in New Hampshire. A very nice inn with a very good restaurant. Rather in the middle of nothing and very quiet. Some rooms with Jacuzzi. 10 minutes from downtown Brattleboro.
25 minutes from the studio
Single room prices starting at $ 110. and up- Includes Full breakfast
603) 256-3211
www.chesterfieldinn.com

WINDHAM HILL INN: Windham Hill is in West Townshend, Vermont. This is the place that inspired the name for the record label. Beautiful, quiet, with a wonderful restaurant. Very expensive and a long way from the studio (35 minutes) and downtown Brattleboro (50 minutes)
Single room prices starting at $170. and up- Includes Full breakfast
802) 874-4080
www.windhamhill.com



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RESTAURANTS:

PETER HAVENS
Downtown Brattleboro (15 minutes from studio, 3 minutes walk from THE LATCHIS HOTEL).  Wonderful winelist. Pricey
802) 257-3333

FIREWORKS
A new restaurant owned by the former owners of Max’s which was such a favorite in Brattleboro. Downtown on Main Street, the restaurant features elegant pastas, steak fritte, high end pizzas. The dining room is modern. The tables are a bit small, but there will be outdoor tables in the spring. Highly recommended. Fairly Pricey

AMY'S BAKERY ARTS
Downtown on Main Street, this bakery offers a few great choices for breakfast and a good range of big healthy sandwiches and soups or lunch. There are other bakery temptations always available and the best breads in town.

FOUR COLUMS INN
North of the studio about 10 minutes as opposed to the 15 minutes south one travels to Btattleboro. Great food, great wine list. Pricey.
802) 365-7713

TJ BUCKLEY'S
Small, intimate, very good, pricey. Downtown Brattleboro, 15 minutes from studio. Pricey.
802) 257-4922

PUTNEY INN
A bit of a drive over East/West Road of 25 minutes from the studio, but a very good restaurant and a bit less expensive than Max's, Peter Haven's, TJ Buckley's, Four Columns or Windham Hill. Very good wine list.
802) 387-5517

BACKSIDE CAFE
Downtown Brattleboro, 15 minutes from the studio. Best all around breakfast, lunch and dinner place in town. Very reasonable price.
802) 257-5056

TOP OF THE HILL GRILL
Open seasonally: late spring, summer and early fall. Can't beat it for Bar BQ. 15 minutes from the studio.
802) 258-9178

RICKS TAVERN
Just up the road in Newfane, this rustic den has decent comfort food, pizza, and a wide variety of decent New England cuisine... 10 minutes from studio
802) 365- 4310

GILLIE'S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
Very good if you like seafood - all the typical favorites, lobster rolls, fried seafood of all sorts, chowders and live crustaceans waving their claws at you from their tanks..
802) 257-9900

INDIAN: INDIA PALACE (open later than most downtown establishments) On Elliot Street in Brattleboro. 802) 254-6143

CHINESE: PANDA NORTH (decent sushi, too) On Putney Road, north of Brattleboro.
802) 257-4578

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