Mountain Times - Volume 48, Number 48: Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2019

The Mountain Times • Nov. 27 - Dec. 3, 2019 LOCAL NEWS • 9
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Charity’s:
2194 Killington Rd.
Charity’s has a new outdoor summer
dining option with a new deck
that can seat 30 in the warmer months.
“Everyone ’s looking for an outdoor
dining experience in the summertime,”
owner Chris Karr said.
Karr has long thought of building a
deck on Charity’s, similar to his other
restaurants—Jax and the Foundry.
“If this was back 10 years ago, it
wouldn’t be an important thing to
do,” Karr said. “Given the growth with
summer activities, it’s important to
do.”
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The
Lookout Tavern:
2910 Killington Rd.
The Lookout Tavern has a new
deck—a project owner Phil Black has
wanted to do for 15 years.
“We just haven’t had summer
business to make that type of commitment,”
he said. “We waited and
waited and waited and business
in the summer’s been growing and
growing. We felt like last summer
was the year to do that.”
There are about 50 seats on the
covered outdoor patio—about
double the size of the previous deck.
“The old deck, besides being
small, had no lighting at all,” Black
said. “That was one of the real
changes—having the roof and giving
us all weather capability.”
Black also converted his former
office into a dining room last year,
giving the building an additional 25
seats.
“Having that last winter was such
an asset,” he said.
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The
Butternut Inn:
63 Weathervane Dr.
The Butternut Inn is no longer open
to guests. The inn has been turned into a
campus for college students studying hospitality
and hotel management at Castleton
University.
Butternut Inn owner Jim Haff entered a
seven-year lease agreement with Castleton
University in April and closed the doors of
the inn June 15.
The inn is currently housing about 23
students and one RA.
Prior to Castleton University taking
over Aug. 1, the inn underwent a number
of renovations ahead of the fall semester.
Haff, who ran the Butternut Inn for over 11
years, after he bought it in 2007, took down
the decks, set up new windows. The inn’s
rooms were set up with college dorm style
furniture.
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Killington
Mall:
2841 Killington Rd.
Killington Mall owner Sal Salmeri,
who also owns Moguls Sports Bar and
Pub, has spent the summer working
on extensive renovations.
The exterior of the 22,000 square
foot Killington Mall building has
been painted and there have been
interior infrastructure upgrades
with new flooring and carpeting. A
new restaurant called the Nite Spot,
featuring wood fired pizza, is ready to
open in the former Outback Pizza and
the Taco X, serving tacos for breakfast,
lunch and dinner, will open in the
former Killington Diner under Annie
Gorin, Dave and Dan Sesko, John
Harper and Adam Lindberg, who own
Taco Experiment in Poultney.
The Killington Mall will also feature
an arcade and a new clothing store.
DJ Dave is also set to broadcast
from the second floor of the building.