Adam Kay, 61, and his 22-year-old son, Zach, will open a lunch and dinner restaurant called Adam’s Table at 25 Centre Drive in Milton by the end of March. The 75-seat restaurant will serve what Adam described as “American grill-type comfort food”: burgers, wraps, salads and wings, along with mains such as tenderloin steak tips and weekend specials. The bar will offer beer, wine and canned cocktails. During the summer, a deck will add 30 seats.
Adam started his restaurant career as a dishwasher at 15. “They fired the chef, and all of a sudden I was cooking,” he recalled.
Although the Culinary Institute of America-trained chef has been in the hospitality business ever since, Adam’s Table is his first solo restaurant venture. He will leave his latest position of three years, as executive sous chef at Stowe’s Trapp Family Lodge (just renamed von Trapp Family Lodge & Resort), to work with Zach, who will serve as general manager.
The Kays live in Milton and had been considering opening a restaurant together. It’s a good opportunity as a parent, Adam said, to help his son “learn the business and make a living out of providing for the community.”
The Youngstown, N.Y., native moved to Vermont about 35 years ago, after falling in love with the state during a culinary school internship. “I got hooked on the Bob Newhart show thing,” he said, referring to the 1980s sitcom “Newhart,” set at a fictional Vermont inn.
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This article appears in Mar 5-11, 2025.
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