Café in Callicoon is open

Posted 8/21/12

CALLICOON, NY — There’s a new coffee spot in Callicoon. Café Adella Dori opens its doors today, Thursday, May 26, for business. Located at 33 Lower Main St., it offers a full espresso bar, …

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Café in Callicoon is open

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CALLICOON, NY — There’s a new coffee spot in Callicoon. Café Adella Dori opens its doors today, Thursday, May 26, for business. Located at 33 Lower Main St., it offers a full espresso bar, coffee, tea from Tay Tea, house-made baked goods, gluten-free and vegan items from Natural Contents Kitchen, sandwiches with Beach Lake Bakery bread, house-made yogurt and granola, as well as soups and salads made in house.

Café Adella Dori is owned by local chef Eva Barnett. It’s open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for six days a week, closed on Wednesday.

The name is a combination of Barnett’s grandmother, Adella, and mother, Dori. She grew up learning how to cook from them. “I was brought up around tea drinkers, my grandmother was a fantastic baker and mother a fabulous cook,” she said.

Barnett took those skills to heart, and started farming in 2008 at Mt. Dell farm in Hancock. She then moved to work with Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Abrahamsville, PA for two years. “I realized I was in it for the beautiful ingredients,” she said. At Mt. Dell farm, each worker had designated cook days for the whole crew. “I realized how much I loved cooking with things I could go and grab out of the field.”

After she moved to Sullivan County, she took classes at SUNY Sullivan and worked at The Heron restaurant and Early Bird Cookery, then with Henning Nordanger at Henning’s Local and The Green Table in New York City, and then the restaurant Tree at the Lodge at Woodloch Pines. Suffice it to say, she has extensive experience in the kitchen and on the field.

This all led to opening her café. “I wanted to own my business here in Callicoon specifically because I love the feeling of this town. It feels accessible to a range of people,” she said. “It’s so close to the river and so close to Willow Wisp, which makes me feel like I have a garden.”

Of course, after the closing of Café Devine there was no option for coffee in the river town. “There’s a need for a coffee shop,” Barnett said. “I love coffee and need a place to hang out.” So she created one. The space is almost completely renovated, with a counter made of found materials including copper flashing and antique armoire doors from A Picker’s Find in Honesdale, PA. Barnett put her own spin on the design, creating a bright and fresh space. She wanted to bring her mom’s and grandmother’s sensibility as much as she could, with family photos and nostalgic and romantic pieces. There is a 10-foot Catholic church pew that she refinished herself. Also, a few select pieces from Lee Hartwell Antiques, which sits next to the café, will be for sale, from tables to paintings to mirrors.

In the future, she hopes to offer wine and beer and an evening gathering spot with light hors d’oeuvres. The café offers a “365 Mug & Hook Club Membership.” For $365, you get a cup of coffee every day plus a pound of coffee beans per month at wholesale price. There are 30 hooks available for members to leave their personal mug of choice for their daily cuppa.

Barnett said she wants the café to feel like a welcoming spot where people can have quality coffee, tea and food, in the dining room and on the deck. “I want to hear people say ‘this is my coffee shop.’”

Café Adella Dori is located at 33 Lower Main St. The phone number is 845/887-3081. Find them on Facebook and Instagram @adelladoricafe.

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