On our way to Milton for Vegan Creemees we stopped in Winooski for lunch. Right on the edge of Burlington on the banks of the Winooski River is Pingala.
This place is amazing!!
With a fantastic view to boot!
Winooski /wɪˈnuːski/ is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Located on the Winooski River, as of the 2010 U.S. Census the municipal population was 7,267.[5] The city is the most densely populated municipality in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. It is the smallest in area of Vermont's nine incorporated cities. As part of the Burlington, Vermont metropolitan area, it is bordered by Burlington, Colchester and South Burlington.
As early as 750 AD, the Abenaki tribe lived along the shores of a cascading waterfall in a fertile river valley they called "winoskitegw," meaning “land of the wild onion.”[6][7] Winooski's southern border is formed by the Winooski River, which is alternatively known as the Onion River.[6]
Five thousand years ago a single family of paleolithic Native Americans came to what is now the city. The prehistoric campground for this transient group is one of Vermont's significant archaeological sites. Other native people came to Winooski in the years that followed.[8]
The American Woolen Company purchased the failing Burlington Mills in 1901 restoring a measure of economic growth to the area.[10] This success eventually led Winooski to incorporate as a city in 1922, breaking away from the town of Colchester.
The mills closed in 1954, resulting in two decades of economic problems for the city.[8] In the 1980s, two old mills were converted into commercial, office, and apartment space, helping to revitalize the area.[8]
