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More Than Just Coffee
Every cup we serve is a small moment of joy, carefully crafted by passionate baristas who care about your experience.
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The Café HOT. is a welcoming coffee and tea destination at 198 Main St in Burlington, VT, offering a straightforward, satisfying experience centered on quality drinks, housemade bread, and freshly prepared pastries and sandwiches.
With great coffee, an excellent tea selection, and local specialties, it is a natural choice for a morning start, a relaxed brunch, a convenient lunch, or a quick bite during the day.
The menu also includes comfort food, healthy options, vegan options, and vegetarian options, giving guests a range of choices for different tastes and preferences.
Whether you prefer to enjoy your meal in the café or take it with you, The Café HOT. offers dine-in, takeaway, delivery, and on-site services. Its casual, cozy, and trendy setting includes seating, counter service, and table service, along with dessert options for a sweet finish.
The café welcomes solo diners and accepts reservations, making it easy to plan a visit for breakfast, brunch, or lunch. Customers can pay by credit card, debit card, or NFC mobile payment.
Accessibility is an important part of the experience, with a wheelchair-accessible car park, entrance, seating, and toilet. The café also provides gender-neutral toilets and a restroom. Rated 4.80 out of 5 based on 491 customer reviews, The Café HOT. offers a highly regarded place to enjoy coffee, tea, pastries, sandwiches, and more in Burlington.
For information or to plan your visit, call +1 802-881-9899.
Our Story
Every cup we serve is a small moment of joy, carefully crafted by passionate baristas who care about your experience.
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From our beloved regulars
Don’t usually write reviews but felt compelled. Every item on the menu is transcendentally delicious, served piping hot by someone cooler than you. If I were on death row the number 9 (biscuit with hot honey and chicken fried egg) would be my last meal. Cafe hot I love you
The food here is so indescribably good that this is the only time I've ever felt compelled leave an online review. I ordered the Number 9 with an iced coffee and the biscuit was so perfect and flaky and the chicken-fried egg was so crunchy and delicate and well-seasoned that I gave the chef a $20 bill for making my life objectively better. Please eat here.
The brothers who run this place and their staff are incredibly kind. For me personally, if it were possible to eat a breakfast sandwich for every meal of the day, I would. What these folks create are hands down the most creative and delicious egg sandwiches I've had the pleasure of eating in my 40 years, be that from fine dining restaurants or sloppy but delicious diner food (and with the added bonus of being heartier than something that actually has meat in it). Thanks Cafe Hot for bringing something unique and special to Burlington, and I'm sure anyone who's eaten at your establishment agrees: We wish you the best of luck and the absolute utmost happiness wherever you all go from here!
Hands down some of the best customer experience I’ve had in months. Amazing products, especially the biscuit donuts. Great environment. Warm, cozy feeling inside combined with great food. Love it.
The food was absolutely delicious and same with the coffee! We also tried a maple donut and it was superb. If you’re in the area this is a MUST!
This breakfast sandwich turned my whole day around. Absolutely incredible, maybe the best I’ve ever had. Flavorful, high quality, fresh baked, pillowy bun. They made a perfect flat white, too. And bonus points for being all vegetarian. On the expensive side but worth it. Don’t skip if in Burlington!
This place is wonderful! I think fully vegetarian as they serve eggs, cheese, dairy based things but they have solid vegan options. The vegan raven was delicious! Bonuts are my new obsession too
This was one of the best breakfast sandwiches I've ever had. The biscuit was so crumbly and crispy without falling apart and the egg was just delicious. The apple cider bonut was also amazing!
Absolutely tasty and unique eats with very friendly staff. I had the chicken fried egg sandwich, which is exactly what it sounds like… scrambled eggs with a crispy exterior topped with all kinds of other goodness. The sauces, textures, and flavors all combine for an amazing experience. Definitely add the avocado and hot sauce if those are your thing, you won’t regret it! Maple latte and the espresso donut were a perfect companion to this delicious and flavorful meal. Can’t wait to travel back here to have this again! Environment-wise not my usual style. I probably wouldn’t bring my kids here due to the lyrics I heard in some of the music.
The chicken fried egg sandwich the final boss of breakfast sandwiches - so good! The Nashville hot sandwich is on par with Hattie B’s in Tennessee. A little pricey but totally worth it. The donuts are also super unique and tasty. Our first stop in Burlington every time!
Common questions about The Café HOT.
The Café HOT. is located at 198 Main St, Burlington, VT 05401, United States, Burlington, VT, United States.
You can reach The Café HOT. by calling +1 802-881-9899.
The Café HOT. has a rating of 4.8 out of 5 based on 491 customer reviews.
The Café HOT. features the following accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible entrance, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet.
The Café HOT. features the following service options: Delivery, On-site services, Takeaway, Dine-in.
The Café HOT. features the following highlights: Great coffee, Great tea selection, Serves local specialty.
The Café HOT. features the following popular for: Breakfast, Lunch, Solo dining.
The Café HOT. features the following offerings: Coffee, Comfort food, Healthy options, Quick bite, Vegan options, Vegetarian options.
The Café HOT. features the following dining options: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Counter service, Dessert, Seating, Table service.
The Café HOT. features the following amenities: Gender-neutral toilets, Restroom.
The Café HOT. features the following atmosphere: Casual, Cozy, Trendy.
The Café HOT. features the following crowd: Groups, LGBTQ+ friendly, Tourists, Transgender safe space, University students.
The Café HOT. features the following planning: Accepts reservations.
The Café HOT. features the following payments: Credit cards, Debit cards, NFC mobile payments.
The Café HOT. features the following children: Good for kids, High chairs.
The Café HOT. features the following parking: Free street parking, Paid parking lot, Paid street parking, Somewhat difficult to find a space.
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