Restaurant
Unclaimed profileWaterworks Food + Drink
Winooski, VT · $$
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Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
A bar program built around a seventeen-drink signature cocktail list, most priced $12 to $16, with credited creators and full ingredient specifications. The wine list moves from a $32 Cava through Burgundy and Paso Robles to a reserve tier holding Caymus, Heitz Cellar, and Paolo Scavino Barolo. Draft lines lean hard on Vermont, and the non-alcoholic side gets four $9 mocktails plus non-alcoholic wine and beer rather than a token soda list.
- What should I order?
- The 7:09 Hammer Time, made with rosemary Barr Hill Tom Cat gin, Cynar, blueberry, and fresh lemon, sends a dollar from each purchase to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. For a lighter pour, the Old Mill Spritz combines fresh lemon, blueberry, ginger, and soda water.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Anyone ordering across a table where one person wants a stirred gin drink, another wants a Vermont double IPA, and a third wants a mocktail with actual construction behind it. Wine drinkers who want a $32 bottle or a $165 one on the same list will find room.
- When should I go?
- Suited to a full meal with drinks spread across courses, or to a group gathering, since a large group menu lists cocktails, wine, and beer with prices and credited creators. Daily draft specials are worth asking about.
- What should I expect to spend?
- Cocktails run $12 to $16, with the Mudslide at $8 small and $13 large. Draft beer is $6 to $8, bottled beer $3 to $8. Wine by the bottle spans $32 to $165, and mocktails are $9 each.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The non-alcoholic section runs four mocktails plus non-alcoholic wine and two non-alcoholic beers, and CBD can be added to any beverage.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
Seventeen named signature cocktails with ingredient specifications, priced $12 to $16. Classic cocktails are available on request, and CBD can be added to any beverage.
Menu strengths
- — Seventeen named, ingredient-specified signature cocktails is depth most restaurant bars do not carry.
- — Classics available on request alongside the signature roster, with CBD available for any beverage.
Standout selections
- — 7:09 Hammer Time: rosemary Barr Hill Tom Cat gin, Cynar, blueberry, and fresh lemon, with a dollar from every purchase donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
- — $42K Bath: El Charro Blanco tequila, jalapeno, house coconut cream, passion fruit, fresh lime, and hibiscus.
- — Weaver Street Margarita: El Charro blanco tequila, Meletti amaro, fresh lime, and hibiscus.
Pricing: $12–$16; Mudslide $8 small / $13 large
Wine
A broad list by bottle and glass across sparkling, rosé, white, red, and a reserve tier, with international selections. Bottle pricing runs $32 for Proa Brut Cava to $165 for Belle Glos 'Dairyman' Pinot Noir. The reserve section carries Caymus, Orin Swift 'Papillon', Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon, and Paolo Scavino Barolo.
Menu strengths
- — Five distinct sections, including a reserve tier, give the list real range from sparkling through red.
- — International spread covers Catalonia, Champagne, Languedoc, Burgundy, and Piedmont alongside California.
- — Bottle pricing spans $32 to $165, so the list works at both ends.
Standout selections
- — Veuve Fourny & Fils Champagne 1er Cru Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs, Champagne, 100% Chardonnay at $95.
- — Paolo Scavino Barolo, Piedmont, Nebbiolo, $110.; Henri Perrusset Mâcon Village Chardonnay, Burgundy, $70.
Pricing: By the bottle $32–$165
Beer
A Vermont-heavy draft board with Switchback, Four Quarters, Frost, Zero Gravity, Fiddlehead IPA, Von Trapp Helles, Lawson's Sip of Sunshine, Prohibition Pig Little Fluffy Clouds, and 14th Star Nitro Maple Breakfast Stout. Bottles and cans add The Alchemist Heady Topper, Focal Banger, Shacksbury Cider Classic, and a gluten-free lager. Drafts are $6 to $8.
Menu strengths
- — Draft board is anchored in Vermont breweries rather than a generic national lineup.
- — Bottled and canned side reaches The Alchemist Heady Topper, Focal Banger, and Shacksbury Cider.
- — A gluten-free dry hopped lager is on the list alongside the ciders.
Standout selections
- — Lawson's 'Sip of Sunshine', a Waitsfield double IPA at 8% ABV, $8 for 16 oz.
- — 14th Star Nitro 'Maple Breakfast Stout', an oatmeal stout with local maple syrup and cold brew coffee, St. Albans, $7.
- — Von Trapp 'Helles', a golden lager from Stowe at 4.9% ABV, $6.
Pricing: Draft $6–$8; bottled $3–$8
Nonalcoholic
A dedicated non-alcoholic section with four $9 mocktails: Old Mill Spritz, Kiss The Sky, Dragon Tails, and Electric Rainbows. Non-alcoholic wine is a rotating Leitz Einz Zwell Zero can at $5, and non-alcoholic beer covers Zero Gravity N/A Conehead Haze at $5.5 and Athletic Brewing 'Upside Dawn' at $7.
Menu strengths
- — Four constructed mocktails rather than a single token option.
- — Non-alcoholic wine and two non-alcoholic beers are both on the list.
- — Sodas, juices, coffee, and tea round out the section.
Standout selections
- — Old Mill Spritz: fresh lemon, blueberry, ginger, and soda water, $9.
- — Dragon Tails: fresh orange, fresh lemon, dragonfruit syrup, and almond orgeat, $9.
- — Athletic Brewing Company 'Upside Dawn', a non-alcoholic golden ale, $7.
Pricing: Mocktails $9; non-alcoholic wine $5; non-alcoholic beer $5.5–$7
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