About Us

For over twenty years Lee Duberman and Richard Fink have had one goal—to provide food and wine of the highest quality to the people of Central Vermont and beyond. This has been accomplished with a steadfast commitment to using the best available local and regional ingredients and applying techniques honed during nearly fifty combined years working in their own and others restaurants. Several visits to most restaurants may leave you uninspired to return but each visit to Ariel's causes most people to begin enthusiastically planning their next trip.

While the newest "hot chefs" like to throw ingredients like anchovies and chocolate together in some flashy presentation, Lee believes that a focus on purity, balance and depth of ingredients combined with the time honored and tested approaches of many cultures leads to the greatest gustatory rewards. Many people comment on how they can taste every ingredient in one of Lee's complex sauces. You'll find no muddied flavors at Ariel's. Richard believes that one of his most important responsibilities is to provide a wine which enhances Lee's cooking. "I don't want the wine to overpower the food. I want the food to make the wine shine and vice versa."

Offering this food and wine in warm, welcoming and relaxed surroundings with great service, complemented by the beautiful and charming country village of Brookfield, causes diners to return time after time.

If you'd like to learn more about our comunity, the farms and artisans who are part of the Floating Bridge Food & Farms Cooperative, of which we are proud members, please follow this link:
Floating Bridge Food & Farms

Editor's Pick: Yankee Magazine 2001, 2004, 2005 & 2006
Fodor's Choice: 2006, 2009, 2010
"One of the Best Restaurants in Vermont" - Vermont, an Explorer's Guide