Dan got a mention in a newspaper's Top Ten list this year. The Watertown Daily Times covers all of Northwestern New York, not just our local area, a population of at least 250,000. I don't even know seven of the other restaurants because they're in areas that are 2-3 hours from here. The whole article is here. The number one restaurant is near us as well, and we had a great Dan's B-day/Anniversary dinner there last week.
The misspelling of the restaurant name is intentional.
mMaxfields in downtown Potsdam has been a destination for eclectic American cuisine for a quarter century.
mMaxfields is a large, open room with high ceilings. A 100-year-old antique bar occupies about a third of the room. The rest is devoted to dining space; attractive tables are highlighted against the original interior brick wall.
Executive Chef Mike Hayes has been overseeing the food operation for several years. Chef Dan McFarland, a veteran of the upscale kitchen at Lake Placid Lodge, recently joined mMaxfields' cooking crew.
At mMaxfields earlier this year, we enjoyed crab cakes in a sherry cream sauce, hand-rolled spring rolls, potato-crusted salmon and lobster and crab ravioli in a rich cream sauce.
Recently, Dan has totally revised the menu and perhaps taken the food to a new level. I had a stunning and savory veal osso buco with a wild mushroom potato "bone" in a perfect sauce. The potato "bone" took the place of the veal shank bone — mashed potato formed to resemble a bone was stuffed with sautéed wild mushrooms. A spectacular dish.
Their large Greek-style house salad is always a hit, a generous portion of fresh greens, julienned carrots, sliced red onion and cucumber in a balsamic garlic vinaigrette with crumbled blue cheese.
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