Cafe Adam is a small, 42-seat restaurant in Great Barrington, NY founded by a Johnson & Wales grad.
We visited this locavore destination in the Berkshires and were quite impressed. Most of the dishes are made with locally sourced products.
For appetizers, we had thin fried strips of parsnips which looked like long, dry blades of golden brown grass. Delicious and addicting. Too bad we couldn’t take some home; they were so light and fragile. Their soft shell crab, served with avocado and tabouleh, is now one of our favorite renditions.
Our main courses consisted of a New England-style boullabaisse, made
with haddock, wild shrimp, scallop, squid, and mussels – all sourced from neighboring towns and states. The saffron aioli was (thankfully) not very garlicky but instead more delicately flavored than the classic Marseille version. I especially liked the tiny squid rings and plump scallops.
Other notable dishes were steak frites with an unusual ketchup and green garlic-cognac butter, and a mushroom pie with Spanish goat cheese. We tried their local ale, which was average at best.
I think we could go back to Cafe Adam.
