Aegean Breeze
PRICE:
Frommer's Highly Recommended
ADDRESS: 327 Stockbridge Rd
CITY: Great Barrington
STATE: MA
COUNTRY: USA
PHONE 1: 413/528-4001
WEBSITE: www.aegean-breeze.com
Readers who associate Greek cuisine with roadside diners or dingy blue-and-white storefronts in strip malls will have their preconceptions swept away by this commendable taverna. Almost hidden on the heavily commercial street leading north from Great Barrington to Stockbridge, it occupies a building with an enclosed porch, an open terrace, and three dining rooms. The menu is laid out in the traditional manner, with sections for
mezedes (appetizers),
salates, and
thalasina (seafood), along with pastas, poultry, and lamb. Execution is what counts here, elevating such standards as
moussaka (potatoes, eggplant, and ground beef with béchamel) and lamb
plaki (with mushrooms, Vidalia onions, and feta baked in a clay pot). Especially appealing are the fish and shellfish dishes, 17 of them, utterly fresh and simply prepared. Thursday is lobster night.
Opa!
Copyright: Excerpted from
Frommer's New England, 14th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Great Barrington
, USA