Stories

Monica Farrington's Lebanese Food Traditions

Monica Farrington introduces you to her Lebanese grandmother and her community on South Champlain Street, Burlington.

Hershberg Family

David Hershberg tells the story of his father, Louis Hershberg, who immigrated from Lithuania alone as a 16-year-old in 1912.

Food Cart

If you were standing at Church and Bank Streets in Burlington in 1892, you would have found a night lunch cart serving late-night customers. Food trucks may feel like a modern innovation, but Burlington’s mobile food scene stretches back at least 130 years. These carts served late-shift workers, night owls, and anyone looking for something to eat when most of the city had gone dark.

The Burlington Bicycle Craze

Butcher Cuff