Three Penny Taproom

Stopped in on the way from Burlington to home in the Cape and Islands. Incredible! Vermont onion soup - amazing. A lot of flavor layers. Clearly made with a lot of love. Tomato soup and grilled cheese. Super tasty. Hearty style soup - again clearly made with love. Hot wings - crispy, homemade sauce that was complex and some good back end lingering heat. Loved them. So good that we dug in before taking pics - these two were what was there when we paused. Terrific service. We were greeting warmly and professionally by Rachel who took great care of us.

First time visiting this place, and unfortunately we were very disappointed. Not sure if they were just having an off day, or short-staffed, or what. It was not that busy yet. We stood at the hostess stand for a couple of minutes before someone acknowledged us. We sat at the bar and ordered beer and food. Bartenders were friendly and grabbed our beer right away. We honestly waited at least 30-40 minutes for our food. No one came to update us on our food either. Our meals finally came out and everything looked great. I had the buffalo fried chicken sandwich with fries, and my wife got a salad. Fries were cold and stale, and the fried chicken was barely warm, and it was also a small piece of meat. My wife’s salad was okay but the croutons were very stale. It’s always confusing when you wait so long for your food, and it seems like it sat for a while. Unfortunately, I would find somewhere else.

We had a great time at Three Penny. The food was spectacular. Vermont onion soup and tomato soup with grilled cheese. The beer was tasty, cold and served to us very quickly. We are very glad this place was recommended to us from other guests at Grunberg Haus in Waterbury.