Barrows House Country Inn & Restaurant

The acclaimed Barrows House restaurant serves houseguests, area visitors and local residents since 1900. With our cozy Tavern, bright Greenhouse room and Dorset Dining Room--hand-painted with a mural of Dorset Historical Landmarks--groups of many sizes can be accommodated. The American regional cuisine features fresh local ingredients presented with our signature flair. Vegetarian and special dietary needs are met in imaginative ways. Weddings, rehearsal dinners, family reunions, and small business conferences become special delights done Vermont country-style. During the summer theatre season, the Dorset Playhouse offers fine professional performances just a short stroll away. Barrows House is located in Dorset, six miles north of Manchester on Route 30. Set on 11 landscaped acres, we offer comfortable lodging in our 1804 main inn and seven historic cottages. Fully licensed and with an extensive wine list, the Barrows House serves dinner nightly starting at 5:30 p.m. Bountiful breakfasts are served 8-9:30 daily. Sunday 8-10 AM. Major credit cards, Travelers Checks and cash accepted. Reservations, please. 1-802-867-4455 A Dorset landmark since 1796, Barrows House began its life as the manse of the Reverend William Jackson. A Country Inn and Restaurant since 1900, Barrows House has served both residents and the traveling public. The inn was a private home for over one hundred years. After the Reverend Jackson, the property of more than 400 acres passed to his daughter Susan and her husband, Charles Baldwin. In 1900, Experience and Theresa Barrows purchased it to be a farm and country inn. At that time the farm consisted of 100 acres, and the Barrows family hosted long term summer boarders who came to escape the heat, humidity and illnesses of city life. Many of the early guests were landscape artists from major East Coast cities who painted in Vermont from early May through October.