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Cafe Adam - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Rural Intelligence FoodCafe 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
 

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