The Spotted Cow Cafe - Barre

My sister and I have tried coming here twice now. The first time was completely packed, everyone was sitting down and it was very cramped, no one even had a drink or food in front of them, not one employee in sight. The parking lot was so full we were lucky to be in my tiny subcompact car or we wouldn 't have been able to park. Second time we walked in, no one greeted us, there 's no signs anywhere explaining anything. Apparently you stand near the back of the place to order coffee, and you go up to the little iPad station to order baked goods. When you try to order baked goods an employee has to walk through all the customers in line and ask people to move so you can point to the baked good you want from the case. There was only like 4 options... 3 muffins and one banana bread thing. Are you serious? We figured all this out by watching the regulars come in. This place caters exclusively to regulars. Not sure how anyone would become a regular here, maybe the service was good in the past. So incredibly unfriendly and unwelcoming. Employees kept walking past us, we were obviously confused. We had to ask an employee if we could be seated. She said yes of course, sat us down and gave us 2 menus. Mind you, that same girl just picked up two cups from that table and didnt even clean it off. No one came back. We had now been there for 25 minutes. Finally, we got up and asked what we were supposed to do because we wanted to order. The girl seemed overwhelmed and was like uhhhhh I can...uh yeah, I 'll take your order. While looking around at the other customers. It was no where near as busy as it was the first time we came. When I started to order eggs and toast she told us the kitchen closes at 12. What?? You 're open until 6pm. No signage anywhere. No one thought to tell us that when we asked to be seated? So you only serve coffee and muffins until 6pm...? So we just wasted all that time there and ended up leaving to find a different place to eat at. I 'm trying to live a healthier lifestyle so a muffin wasn 't what I had planned to order, so we just left empty handed for a second time. We really tried to give this place a second chance because we thought they were just understaffed or off their game the first time. My sister left so sad and disappointed, she recently moved to the area and wanted to support local businesses. What an absolute train wreck of a restaurant. My sister wanted to go here so bad for a flavored coffee flight and a blueberry muffin but after this nonsense we will never be back. Such terrible customer service. The idea of a great place is there. Completely horrendous execution.

A trip to The Spotted Cow Cafe is worth the drive. Don't miss the always chsnging, ever popular coffee flights.

Excellent breakfast.Wheelchair accessibility: Excellent

This place is ADORABLE! The coffee and food is phenomenal and the atmosphere is warm and cozy. Their breakfast sandwiches have farm fresh eggs. Such a great place to go to for breakfast.

Really cute little diner. Great coffee. Regular run of the mill food. Super friendly