We started Outsi to create a place where people can slow down and reconnect—with themselves, with each other, and with the natural world.
Set in the mountains of Plymouth, Vermont, Outsi is a bathhouse shaped by our belief that relaxation is a doorway to deeper awareness and connection.
As founders, we built Outsi the way we wanted to experience it ourselves: unhurried, elemental, and honest. No excess, no performance—just well‑crafted spaces, fire and water, good food, and time.
the founders
Outsi is founded and guided by Maribel Araujo and Andrew Field, whose lives in hospitality are the foundation of everything the bathhouse is today.
Maribel was born in Venezuela and moved to New York City in 2001. In 2003, she opened Caracas Arepa Bar, which became a deeply loved institution known not just for its food, but for the feeling it created: warmth, generosity, and care. Her work has always centered on nourishment as an intentional act of connection.
Andrew was born in Ghent, NY and raised in New York City, with formative years living and working in Canada and Mexico. Working in restaurants since he was 16 years old, he went on to open Tacoway Beach (formerly Rockaway Taco) in Rockaway Beach, NYC, in 2008, a foundational restaurant that reshaped the food scene in Rockaway. His approach has always been rooted in place, in casual, elemental spaces where people can gather easily and return often.
Together, Maribel and Andrew share the belief that hospitality is not about performance, but about how people feel, and Outsi is an extension of that belief. The intuitive pacing, the flow between heat and cold, the comfort of the lounge, and the care in the food all reflect the same principles they’ve held and practiced for years: attentiveness, simplicity, and respect for the guests.
At Outsi, the bathhouse becomes a form of hospitality—one that uses fire, water, rest, and nourishment to offer the same sense of welcome and belonging that has defined their work from the beginning.