Cherry House is a Burlington fine-dining room for steak, seafood, wine, and planned occasion meals, with current menu support for filet, tomahawk steak, surf and turf, scallops, lobster, sea bass, and recurring prix-fixe offers.

The Carriage House is Burlington's old-school fine-dining room: Nancy Knowles' 2004 restaurant in a restored 1859 carriage-shop building, with mesquite-grilled prime beef, Brittany Dover sole, octopus, lamb, private rooms, and a serious wine list.

A polished Burlington waterfront restaurant where lake views, prime beef, oysters, seafood towers, cocktail hour, Sunday prime rib, and weekend brunch make the strongest case for a planned reservation.