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WEBVTT WUNDERLICHJOINS US LIVE INBURLINGTON TO TALK ABOUTTHOSE NEW RESTAURANTS COMING TO THE QUEEN CITY. - HERE IN DOWNTOWNBURLINGTONBUSINESSOWNERS AREHOPING CHURCH STREET CROWDS WILL CELEBRATETHE SUMMERSEASON AT THEIR RESTAURANTS - AND NOW DINERSHAVE SOME NEW CHOICES.13:05:25 -00:13:09:16 SOT: ISAACOWSU, RESIDENT"IT'S ALWAYS ABREATH OF FRESH AIR TOSEE A NEW BUSINESS OPEN UP."THIS SPRING BRINGSBUSTLINGCROWDS ANDSEVERAL NEW BUSINESSESHERE TO THE CHURCH STREET MARKETPLACE.00:11:34:04 - 00:11:40:02; CLIP 15SOT: CHARLESCOBB , RESIDENT "NEW BUSINESS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDS. ITPROVIDESREVENUE FOR THE TOWN, NEW JOBS FORPEOPLE.'MORE THAN 50PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HIRED AT THE NEW FIVEGUYS BURGERSAND FRIES RESTAURANTTHAT OPENED TUESDAY.00:04:21:16 - 00:04:25:00; CLIP 12SOT: GREG VASEY, OWNER, FIVE GUYS RESTAURANT, "BEAUTIFUL DAYOUTSIDE, LOTS OF PASSERSBY, WE'VE HAD A VERY BUSY MORING."OWNER GREGVASEY HOPES THE HYPE FROM CHURCH STREET FOOT TRAFFICCONTINUES.- IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS HEWANTED TO OPEN A LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON. 00:04:57:13 - 00:05:08:00; CLIP 12SOT: GREG VASEY, OWNER, FIVE GUYS RESTAURANT, "WE'VE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE FORTHE BETTERPART OF FOUR TO FIVE YEARS - WE OPENED IN SOUTH BURLINGTON IN 2012, AND EVERSINCE THENWE'VE KNOWN WE NEEDED TOFIND A HOME SOMEWHERE INTHE CHURCHSTREET MARKET PLACE." BECAUSE INBURLINGTON -VERMONT'S LARGEST METROPOLITANCITY - REAL ESTATE LIKE THISIS TOUGH TO COME BY...00:10:01:19 - 00:10:14:24; CLIP 13SOT: BECKYCASSIDY,CHURCH STREET MARKETPLACE,"WE ARE ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT FULLTODAY WITH FIVE GUYS OPENINGUP, AND THAT IS A TESTIMATE TOWHAT THEMARKETPLACE ISALL ABOUT - TOTHE FACT THAT PEOPLE WANT TOBE HERE AND ENJOY BEING HERE AND HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCEHERE."FIVE GUYS ISN'T THE ONLY NEWRESTAURANTCOMING TO CHURCH STREET.NEXT MONTH, 'HONEY ROAD'MEDITERRANEAN MEZZE WILL TAKE THE PLACE OFTHE OLD CHURCHAND MAIN BARAND RESTAURANT. 00:19:10:25 - 00:19:21:04; CLIP 35SOT: CARA TOBIN,CHEF/OWNER, HONEY ROAD, "IT'S REALLYGREAT TO BE A PART OF THISCOMMUNITY AND TO BE RIGHT INTHE MIDDLE OF IT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT CHURCH STREET IS - TI'S ALL ABOUT THE LOCAL SCENE AND THE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCINGVERMONT." AND STARTINGTOMORROW, YOU CAN GET A TASTE OF NEW PLACES AND OLD FAVORITES AT'BITE OFBURLINGTON.'IT TAKES PLACEEVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 4 TO 7 P.M.RIGHT HERE ON CHURCH STREET.LIVE IN BURLINGTON, RENEE WUNDERLICH, NBC5 NEWS.- NEW AT TEN -

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Downtown Burlington business owners are hoping Church Street crowds will celebrate the season at their restaurants -- and now, diners have some new choices. “It’s always a breath of fresh air to see a new business open up,” said Isaac Owsu, who was teaching chess at a table along Church Street. This spring brings bustling crowds and several new businesses here to the Church Street Marketplace. "New business is exactly what it (Burlington) needs,” resident Charles Cobb said. “It provides revenue for the town, new jobs for people.' More than 50 people have been hired at the new Five Guys Burgers & Fries restaurant that opened Tuesday. Owner Greg Vasey hopes the hype continues, as it's one of the reasons he wanted to open a location in downtown Burlington. "We've been excited about being here for the better part of four to five years,” he said. “We opened in south Burlington in 2012, and ever since then, we've known we needed to find a home somewhere in the Church Street Marketplace." Because in Burlington, Vermont’s largest city, real estate like this is tough to come by. "We are 100 percent full today with Five Guys opening up, and that is a testament to what the marketplace is all about -- to the fact that people want to be here and enjoy being here and have a great experience here,” said Becky Cassidy, of the Church Street Marketplace. Five Guys isn't the only new restaurant coming to Church Street. Next month, "Honey Road" Mediterranean Mezze will take the place of the old Church & Main bar and restaurant. "It's really great to be a part of this community and to be right in the middle of it,” said Cara Tobin, chef and owner of Honey Road. “You know, that's what Church Street is - it's all about the local scene and the community and, you know, experiencing Vermont."