Antidote Books

leftist lit and guava pastelitos—what more could a person want? 💖 top-tier poetics & pastries, with equally superb bevvies. so many great finds not sold elsewhere within many miles.

Well curated selection ranging from amazing and niche coffee table books to a $3 cart for readers. Loved sipping my coffee and sifting though the books. Must stop and awesome spot to start your Brattleboro main walk and shop!

Somehow I missed this dual bookstore (Antidote Books) and coffee shop (Duchess Coffee) in my previous travels through VT, but not this fall! Adorable, cozy, and filled with a highly curated selection of books. The focus appears to be on poetry, but there’s also other selections to choose from as well. On the coffee side of the house they roast their own micro lots of beans! You couldn’t pick a more dreamy environment to browse for books. Go for the cortado with oatmilk!

It was a very nice, small used bookstore with an unusual selection of new literary books. The coffee was also good (though no indoor seating). However, it is no more, and the location has been cleaned out. The owners have opened Dutchess Coffee in Brattleboro, but no used books.

So grateful to have this gem right in our town. A wonderful place full of charm with a great selection of books plus delicious drinks. They serve their own organic, fair trade coffee plus organic matcha and organic chai.