Cafe Adam
Posted by: Marilyn Bethany
Posted on: Sunday, April 12, 2009
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I find Cafe Adam just lovely. Adam is a very talented chef, very cordial and the food is great and inventive. The ambiance is very chill, and I always end up ordering something I can’t find elsewhere that hits the spot! and, he smokes his own salmon (among other things). Nice European flair, and the wines by the glass are pretty good, as well. I believe he also offers some great cooking classes, too? Their pomme frites are awesome, as well. Highly recommend this little gem.
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Cafe Adam, owned by the internationally-trained chef and Berkshire native Adam Zieminski, delivers. It bills itself as a brasserie. In addition to the good value that implies, the menu has plenty of impeccably-executed brasserie standards, such as boeuf Bourguignon, cassoulet, bouillabaisse Marseilles (at $22 their most popular dish, according to our genial waitress), and steak frites. Even the low-key-yet-skillful interior design nods to brasserie tradition, with firsts, wines and desserts scrawled on tall rectangles of chalkboard painted directly onto the walls. The management also justifiably claims a stake in New American Cuisine. There is a spirit of experimentation you’ll never find in a Paris brasserie, and what comes out of the kitchen is locally raised and grown “as much as possible,” with special effort invested in obtaining fresh fish. One appetizer of deep-fried Spanish onion with a yogurt-turmeric sauce was shared by five people and got ten thumbs up. The steak is offered at four price points, ranging from a $15 hache to a $28 tenderloin. We opted for the $19 hanger and were patting ourselves on the back. The profiteroles were perfect and, as promised, the crème brûlée was “just like Julia Child’s.”
325 Stockbridge Road (Route 7; shares Hammertown Store driveway)
Great Barrington; 413.528.7786
Lunch and brunch: Thursday - Monday 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Dinner: Thursday - Sunday 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
