Chef Claude opened Choices in 1986, 11 years after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America. He had the opportunity to work in notable restaurants and hotels on both coasts before deciding to leave San Francisco and returning to his home state of Vermont.
The menu has always featured everything being made in-house and in addition to the basic stocks, sauces, dressings, meat and fish cutting, Claude included his own bread, desserts, and fresh pasta.
Claude chose the name “Choices” because of the array of menu items to pick from. From nachos to escargots, fried calamari to crab cakes, steak sandwiches to filet mignon, burgers to rack of lamb, Choices features an over 60 item menu and an array of daily specials.
The gas rotisserie comes from France and flame roasts chicken, lamb and stuffed pork. You can also get a sampler of all three. Prime Rib on Weekends.
The dining room seats 60 people with the tables appointed with tablecloths and cloth napkins. The bar area is equally well appointed with a custom made cherry wood bar, back bar and a custom made wine cooler that keeps both their red and white wines at the appropriate temperatures. The same menu is offered at the bar and it’s a great place to relax and enjoy your meal and company.
The wine list equals the menu in options and price ranges. They offer over 20 wines by the glass as well as creative martinis and cocktails, and proudly serve VT beers on draft.
You can expect consistency and top quality ingredients. Claude was a “locovore” Chef well before the term was coined and uses local ingredients as much as possible.
