Ride To Eat: Chelsea Royal Diner – Brattleboro, VT
Sometimes just picking a place to stop for lunch is enough inspiration to thread a route together. The Chelsea Royal Diner on Route 9 in Brattleboro, Vermont is one such place.
The modified 1938 Worcester diner will draw you in with it’s lovely facade. Not to mention their wonderful neon sign. Once inside, you get the feeling it has been well-used, well-loved over the years.
As we sat enjoying our lunch, we heard the waitresses talking to dining locals about their families and the comings and goings of the area. And then with the same smile, they chit-chatted with us out-of-towners, happy to make recommendations on which pie and ice cream we might consider for desert.
If you manage to keep the sugar-coma at bay after shoveling a Tollhouse Cookie Sundae in to your face (::cough:cough::) you’ll find yourself within a stones throw of some lovely New England riding.
But if you find the post-dessert sugarcrash too much, you could scoot up the road on Route 9 and rest for a few at the Hogback Mountain Gift Shop which has an overlook. They say it treats you to 100 miles of view on a good day.
Ride. Eat. Take in the view. Ride. Perfection.
The Chelsea Royal Diner
487 Marlboro Rd
Brattleboro, VT 05301
The view from Hogback Mountain:
I don’t think there is anything better than having a great meal at a traditional American diner. Also, Vermont is an amazing area to motorcycle so I can’t think of a more amazing way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
Riding to eat is the best way to plan a route.
We went vegan two years ago and that sure puts a damper on the riding to eat idea. A side salad for lunch as an only option gets a little old on a nice weekend ride.
Oh man I love that place. Did you get any venison jerky while you were there? Next time you stop by pick some up for me.