The job
Build the restaurant you want to run.
Head chefYou run the kitchen: the ten‑seat counter, dinner, sushi to go, and the bar bites for Whereabouts.
PayTop salary, plus bonus and benefits. We help with housing.
StoweA small mountain town under Vermont’s highest peak: trails, rivers, and farms out the door, with biking, hiking, and skiing galore. 45 minutes from Burlington’s airport, 2½ hours to Montreal, and 3½ hours to Boston.
StartsMarch 2027, two months before we open.
What it is
Sekka is a sushi restaurant
coming to Stowe in Spring 2027,
in partnership with Whereabouts bar.
coming to Stowe in Spring 2027,
in partnership with Whereabouts bar.
The foodDinner, omakase, sushi bowls to go, and bar bites.
The drinksHandcrafted cocktails by Whereabouts.
The name
Inspired by and named after an 1832 book.
A Japanese lord, Doi Toshitsura, looked at snowflakes under a microscope, drew them, and called them sekka, or snow flower.
Sekka Zusetsu, 1832
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The Snow Lord
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His bookSekka Zusetsu, 1832. Every page of his book.
His storyThe Snow Lord. Our history of Doi.
The partnership
Whereabouts
All the drinks.
Open now
- MakesHandcrafted cocktails for the bar and for Sekka
- ServesBar bites, made in Sekka’s kitchen
- The roomThe bar room; Day Haus by day
- OpenWed–Sun, 5pm to late
Sekka
All the food.
Opening Spring 2027
- MakesSushi and omakase, plus the bar bites
- ServesDinner, To Go lunch, private dining
- The roomThe dining room and sushi bar, 40 seats
- OpenWed–Sun, 5pm to late · To Go 11am–2pm
TogetherOne front door. Open the same nights. Come for the food, the drinks, or both.
Sekka
Ten seats at the sushi counter.
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Dinner 夜
A destination at night.
Sushi in the dining room, omakase at the counter, private dining by request.
Wed–Sun · 5pm to late · 40 seats
Sekka To Go 昼
Sushi bowls at lunch, to go.
Fresh fish over warm sushi rice, packed to go.
Wed–Sun · 11am–2pm · order ahead
Whereabouts
The bar room
Day Haus by day. The bar by night.
The room members work in by day turns into the bar at five.
Wed–Sun · 5pm to late
The drinks
Every drink in the building.
Cocktails at the bar and at Sekka’s tables, plus bar bites.
Sample menus
Dinner
Dessert
To Go
Bar bites
1 / 4
On the table
Pens, cards, coasters, the check, and matches.Every print is a real Edo woodblock, cut in the years after Doi’s 1832 book. From The Met and the Tokyo Metropolitan Library.
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The room
Doi’s crystals from Sekka Zusetsu, 1832, stitched on linen at every window.
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The dining room from the front door.
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Three booths along the windows.
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Pete Ginsberg · Owner
Let’s talk
Strictly between us
Write to Pete
10 November 2026