MAIN AND DEPOT STREETS MEET, THERE IS A RESTAURANT THAT HAS QUIETLY REDEFINED WHAT DINING OUT CAN FEEL LIKE TO BE OUR OWN BOSSES AND CREATE OUR OWN VIBE. I THINK WAS DEFINITELY EXCITING. THE DOWNTOWN ...

Andrew Molen knew the damage to some of his five restaurants in Ludlow, Vt., would be severe even before he began the six-hour drive from the Hamptons on Monday afternoon to check on his properties.

The debris and mud slide near the base of the road to the Okemo ski resort have long been cleared away, and open flags now hang outside shops and restaurants in a small Vermont ski town hit by severe ...