The interior of the former stove store was completely renovated and a new kitchen and sushi bar installed.
ADAMS, Mass. — The newly opened Lee's Dynasty wants to bring new flavors to Adams.
Manager Xlang Lin Chen and owner Xing Li have made the Berkshires their home and want to share traditional Asian cuisine with those who have welcomed them into the community.
"The town has been great and we feel welcomed," Chen said. "A lot of town people support us, and they wanted a new restaurant with a new kind of food."
The Lee's Dynasty menu has a variety of Asian cuisine bringing in traditional favorites from China, Thailand and beyond.
"We have Thai and traditional Chinese food, which is much different than Chinese American," he said. "And we have sushi."
Chen, who has three children attending local schools, said he originally wanted to open across the street from Town Hall in one of the renovated buildings. He said the Park Street location ended up not working so they chose the former Berkshire County Stove building on 131 Columbia St.
The entire building was completely renovated with the addition of a kitchen, sushi bar and an open dining room.
"We wanted light, natural light," Chen said. "We didn't want a dark room we wanted it open."
Li, of North Adams, bought the 2,200-square-foot building on a half-acre with partners for $125,000 in January. James Leitch of Westall Architects designed the renovated interior and the 90-square-foot vestibule that was added onto the building. The restaurant has a seating capacity of about 49.
Chen said so far business is booming.
"It has been crazy you should see it on Thursday and Friday," he said. "My tables are full and people are waiting outside the door to get in."
Lee's Dynasty is open Tuesday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Friday through Saturday 11 to 10:30 and Sunday noon to 9:30.
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Adams Welcomes New Officer; Appoints Housing Authority Board Member
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Officer Cole Desroches recently graduated from the Police Academy.
ADAMS, Mass. — The Selectmen welcomed the newest member of the Adams Police Department, Officer Cole Desroches, on Wednesday evening.
Desroches graduated from the Police Academy on March 22 in the top tier in his class. He's currently in the field training program and assigned to Sgt. Curtis Crane. He attended Hoosac Valley High School and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
"He's going to serve and protect the town of Adams very well," said Crane, who with Sgts. Matthew Wright and Gregory Onorato stepped in to introduce the new officer while Chief R. Scott Kelley was on vacation.
"We don't often get an opportunity to kind of talk about, frankly, some of the positive things that are happening in town and one of the many things that I feel are positive with are the Adams Police Department," said Town Administrator Jay Green. "We are right now at full staff. We have a full complement of officers. We have a chief who just resigned a three-year contract. ... We have four very capable sergeants (including Donna Malloy)."
The force consists of the chief, the four sergeants, a full-time detective and 11 patrol officers. It also has a new position in Cpl. Joshua Baker who is responsible for training and keeping staff equipped.
"We're on the cutting edge of ensuring that we have proper training in a very changing environment with law enforcement," continued Green. "And we have a nice complement of officers and we have a well-respected detective who handles some very complicated cases."
He called out the half-dozen officers who attended the meeting for the work they're doing as well as the K9 unit.
Desroches graduated from the Police Academy on March 22 in the top tier in his class. He's currently in the field training program and assigned to Sgt. Curtis Crane.
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