Most nights it jumps with locals imbibing single malts to the music of popular bands. The opulent Colonnade dining room has a venerable sense of occasion. Once the inn's carriage house, now elegantly contrived in hues of crimson and cream, it is a beautiful, alcoved space with curved, hand-stenciled ceilings. Classical piano music enhances the memorable cuisine. Roasted oysters, smoked trout bisque and grilled yellow-fin tuna are tantalizing appetizers.
Desserts are divine concoctions spun with sugar, dolloped with chocolate or dense with pecans.
Guests settle comfortably into rooms or suites appointed with bleached-pine furnishings, rocking chairs and Audubon prints. View of Manchester Village from the Equinox golf course. One of the finest 18-hole golf courses in Vermont, the Equinox Gleneagles Course, named after its sister course in Scotland, hosts the qualifying rounds for the US Senior Amateur Championship. Though thoroughly enjoyable, Gleneagles is tough for the average player. Take the 13th hole.