Joy bar and restaurant

Joy bar and restaurant 172 Mad River Green
Waitsfield, VT
Wednesday- Saturday: dinner 3:30-close
Fri/Saturday/Sunday: lunch at 12:00

07/01/2026

It’s July at Joy!

We have expanded summer hours, grab and go options in the fridge, new summer wines and cocktails and zero proofs

Come check out our summer specials, on going Wednesday Music Series and Joy Summer Sundays on the Green

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This week at Joy -Wednesday Music Series- Pappy is playing this week! Don’t miss his great music with fantastic drinks a...
06/30/2026

This week at Joy

-Wednesday Music Series- Pappy is playing this week! Don’t miss his great music with fantastic drinks and dinner. Joy opens at 3:30 and music rolls from about 5:00-7:00 and beyond

-Friday we kick off three days in a row of lunch
12:00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday we will have lunch and a great selection of our favorite dips, snacks, sandwiches, salads, drinks and treats in our grab and go fridge

-Summer Sundays on the Green-
Joy presents a full day of delight for everyone
-11-12- yoga in the dappled shade of the green with the green mountains in the background
-12-3- lunch at Joy (or grab and go and drinks)
-2-5- live music and artists market on the green with food and drinks of all types from Joy and children’s activities by Inklings Children’s Books
This week Pappy is playing on the Green as well!

All of Summer Sundays on the Green will be held in Joy, except for yoga, in case of inclement weather

06/26/2026

It’s summer in the Mad River Valley and Joy has you covered!

This week we kick off our Joy Summer Sundays on the Green. Join us every Sunday for community centered fun at the Green at the Mad River Shops:

-11:00-12:00- yoga on the Green, suggested donation $15
-12:00-3:00- lunch at Joy with take out and grab and go options
-2:00-5:00- live music and artists market on the Green or inside in the case inclement weather
Evan Jennison is this weeks musician
Check out our website for the rest of the month, it’s a great lineup!

Thursday 7/2 is our next Joy Wine Dinner at
6:30 in a nod to the American spirit of innovation, we will feature a wonderful family run winery Teutonic Wine Company. We will pair their low intervention wines, made with old world grape varieties with our spin on classic, American food with a nod to the Pacific Northwest (where Teutonic makes its wonderful wines) via the fresh, local food of VT and New England

-welcome course- scallop crudo paired with two of Teutonic’s bright well rounded whites, Jazz Odyssey and Grüner

-salad course- fresh rolls with local vegetables and herbs with Teutonic’s two Pinot Gris wines, one white, one red

-main course- surf and turf- local sirloin with crab cakes paired with Teutonic’s chillable red and Zenczak

-dessert- strawberry shortcake with digestif

Our current summer hours:
-dinner- Wednesday- Saturday- open at 3:30
-lunch- Saturday, Sunday and kicking off next week, Friday- open at 12:00

Pop in next week to check out the debut of our grab and go selection of our favorite dips, snacks, sandwiches, drinks and more in our fridge!

Brett Hughes is playing on Wednesday 6/24Come on down to enjoy great music, phenomenal fresh, flavorful food and great d...
06/22/2026

Brett Hughes is playing on Wednesday 6/24

Come on down to enjoy great music, phenomenal fresh, flavorful food and great drinks!

We open at 3:30 and will have great summer specials to share with you

Joy presents Summer Sundays on the GreenKicking off next Sunday 6/28 and running weekly through 9/6Sundays on the Green ...
06/19/2026

Joy presents Summer Sundays on the Green

Kicking off next Sunday 6/28 and running weekly through 9/6

Sundays on the Green will be community centered days with activities for everyone

Weekly yoga classes will be held on the Green at the Mad River Green Shops 11:00-12:00 with a suggested donation of 15/person

Lunch at Joy kicks off at noon with great sandwiches, salads a great selection of local beer, fantastic summer wine list and fun cocktails of course!
Our grab and go and take out options are great for enjoying on the green or by the river, too.

Our Sunday afternoon music and artists market will be from 2:00-5:00, on the green when it’s nice out and in Joy when it’s not
Evan Jennison will help us kick off week one and Pappy will join us for week two

Address

172 Mad River Green
Waitsfield, VT
05673

Opening Hours

Wednesday 3:30pm - 9pm
Thursday 3:30pm - 9pm
Friday 3:30pm - 9pm
Saturday 3:30pm - 9pm
Sunday 11:30am - 4pm

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