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Skinny Pancake: The World Is Flat

Located at 60 Lake Street (the southwest corner of the large new Main Street Landing Lake & College building on the corner of Battery and College Streets), the Skinny Pancake is a creperie “where good food comes full circle.” What began as a food cart service in 2003 has moved into permanent digs on Burlington’s vibrant waterfront. Like our city’s waterfront, the Skinny Pancake blends the old with the new in a consciously Vermont-oriented theme and menu. A member of the Vermont Fresh Network since 2006, the Skinny Pancake caters to vegans, gluten-free diners and locally-raised carnivorous gourmands alike.

Open since June 2007, the two-level space has ample natural light and an open, welcoming layout. According to Chef/Owner Timothy Walker Collins, the interior decorating is made up entirely of reclaimed materials. The wooden benches in the booths once served other lumber-use gods. The slate stone tables are artifacts of Middlebury College’s green deconstruction of an old science building--the semi-circular openings for power cables now nest small rock gardens fronting miniature easel-borne paintings on the upper level. Custom window treatments frame the Southern and Western exposures, allowing diners to gaze out over the bustling Waterfront or the Lake itself. Details like the glass bottles picking up the natural light below the handmade woven branch wreaths add to the room’s modern-rustic ambiance.

While a writer enjoyed a fantastic breakfast crepe of local egg, cheese and bacon below the exposed ceiling girders and ductwork, customers from college students to well-heeled couples settled in among Ray Voide’s large oil paintings of sunflowers. Wooden-framed photos of many of the local food providers stand watch over the compost-friendly refuse containers. Contemporary concerns for home-grown produce, mindfulness about reuse of materials in an aesthetically-pleasing way and a venue for Vermont artists combine in the Skinny Pancake’s welcoming surroundings.

LEE T. FREEMAN

		January 2008 V.3-N.1
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Don’s Field by Gregory Albright 28”x40” watercolor 2007 30. Skinny Pancake 60 Lake Street (802) 540-0188 www.skinnypancake.com		Skinny Pancake: The World Is Flat Located at 60 Lake Street (the southwest corner of the large new Main Street Landing Lake & College building on the corner of Battery and College Streets), the Skinny Pancake is a creperie “where good food comes full circle.” What began as a food cart service in 2003 has moved into permanent digs on Burlington’s vibrant waterfront. Like our city’s waterfront, the Skinny Pancake blends the old with the new in a consciously Vermont-oriented theme and menu. A member of the Vermont Fresh Network since 2006, the Skinny Pancake caters to vegans, gluten-free diners and locally-raised carnivorous gourmands alike. Open since June 2007, the two-level space has ample natural light and an open, welcoming layout. According to Chef/Owner Timothy Walker Collins, the interior decorating is made up entirely of reclaimed materials. The wooden benches in the booths once served other lumber-use gods. The slate stone tables are artifacts of Middlebury College’s green deconstruction of an old science building--the semi-circular openings for power cables now nest small rock gardens fronting miniature easel-borne paintings on the upper level. Custom window treatments frame the Southern and Western exposures, allowing diners to gaze out over the bustling Waterfront or the Lake itself. Details like the glass bottles picking up the natural light below the handmade woven branch wreaths add to the room’s modern-rustic ambiance. While a writer enjoyed a fantastic breakfast crepe of local egg, cheese and bacon below the exposed ceiling girders and ductwork, customers from college students to well-heeled couples settled in among Ray Voide’s large oil paintings of sunflowers. Wooden-framed photos of many of the local food providers stand watch over the compost-friendly refuse containers. Contemporary concerns for home-grown produce, mindfulness about reuse of materials in an aesthetically-pleasing way and a venue for Vermont artists combine in the Skinny Pancake’s welcoming surroundings. LEE T. FREEMAN

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