Adventure In Food Trading

Menands, United States

4.7

3 reviews

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+1 518-436-7603
Website:
www.adventureinfood.com
Address:
381 Broadway, Menands, NY, 12204
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Description

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We are a wholesale distributor of culinary specialties. We deliver to chefs and restaurants in the Capital District, Berkshires, Hudson Valley, and north to Saratoga and Lake Plaicd. We ship UPS throughout the Northeast. In addition to our wholesale distribution, we welcome and are open to the public during normal hours of operation.

Our products include: exotic game (boar, bison, elk, alligator, kangaroo, rabbit, snake, venison, yak), natural meats (beef, goat, lamb, pork, veal), free range poultry, duck breasts, etc. We have an ever increasing variety of gourmet cheeses, both international and domestic. We carry nuts, dry fruit, fruit preserves, fruit purees, dry beans, rice, grains, mushrooms, and truffles. We have in stock a variety of pates, cured meats, foie gras, caviar, snails, and white anchovies. Other specialty items we carry include olive oil, vinegars, olives, and variety of sauces and seasonings.

History

Established in 1980.

Since its inception in 1980, Adventure in Food Trading (known then as Specialty World Foods) has been the premier purveyor of wild game, natural meat, gourmet cheese and culinary specialties to the Northeast’s finest chefs. In 2007, the company was acquired by Eric Guenther, a long-​time employee and culinary aficionado. Since then, Adventure in Food Trading has developed a reputation for its commitment to the culinary arts. Adventure in Food Trading invites you to «Expand Your World», and brings chefs and food lovers together to help educate and improve the food industry. Adventure in Food Trading has received numerous accolades, including the Capital District/​Central New York American Culinary Federation’s 2010 Vendor of the Year award, as well as the 2009 Excellence in Small Business Award presented by the New York Business Development Corporation.

Meet the Manager

Danielle G.

Manager

Danielle G. is the Project Manager at Adventure In Food, and an avid Yelper! A recent transplant to Troy, NY from the Charlotte, NC area, she is excited to see what the Capital Region has to offer!

Adventure In Food Trading is dedicated to providing the culinary community with an ever expanding variety of quality, avant-​garde foods. Our team is committed to the success and profitability of our of our associates, clients, and staff.

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3 reviews of Adventure In Food Trading

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Place rating: 5
Saratoga Springs, NY
Giant capers on the stem. Wild boar meat. Python. Antelope. A 1-​oz tin of saffron for $ 103. Are you in your car yet? Then there’s Korean citron juice. 3 liter bottles of white balsamic vinegar. Green peppercorns. Lavender buds. Truffle salt. More cheese than you can shake a stick at. And did I mention the Kobe and Waygu beef and the pigs’ tongues and trotters? And the pheasant and squab?
Adventures in Food Trading sells mainly to the restaurant trade, but Jordan in the warehouse is super friendly, will show you around, and is happy to sell to you in small quantities. Prices are fair, not inflated, and you don’t pay shipping as from some web gourmet shop.
This place is REALLY hard to find, in an industrial park just before the bridge over the Hudson to Troy. Look for the Midlands dairy facility, enter at the public road south of the facility, then proceed past Ace Hardware and Midlands and turn right on a private road. From there, wander around until you find it. If it’s a hot day, be sure to bring a cooler, but Jordan will be happy to throw in a cold pack.
Open Monday-​Friday only, from 8 am till 4 or a bit later.
Place rating: 4
Valatie, NY
I consider myself an amateur foodie — I like to eat locally and I like to experiment in the kitchen. I went in hoping to find chocolate feves, which are similar to chocolate chips but bigger and fancier, I guess.
It’s a little awkward when you first walk in. I was the only customer there at that time, and there was a handful of staff walking around or sitting at computers. Someone immediately came up and asked me what I was looking for. He pointed me to the chocolate feves — unfortunately for me they only sell them in 10# bags. I don’t ever expect to make that many cookies and can’t imagine using that much, so I declined. The employee asked around the other staff to find out if there’s a place locally where I could buy a smaller quantity and was successful. Great service!
I was time pressured and couldn’t linger, but they had a remarkable amount of interesting meats and gourmet products. Perhaps not the best place to shop if you’re looking for small amounts of things, but if you’re cooking for many or want to try out some exotic stuff, head down.
N.B.: Google Maps will get you to the big parking lot but after that it’s a little tricky: When you pull in to the gigantic parking lot, the first thing you’ll see is some kind of generic Farmer’s Market office building right in front of you. Turn right and follow the edges of the parking lot. It’s in the far right corner.
Place rating: 5
Albany, NY
It’s hard to imagine a more dangerous place for a food lover.
Adventure in Food Trading supplies gourmet provisions to some of the best restaurants in the region… and they are open to the public… selling amazing food at wholesale prices!
Seriously, once you go wholesale, it’s impossible to return to the world of retail shopping. Granted, some items come in wholesale quantities. For example if you want some pork belly, you have to buy an entire eight pound pork belly. But theirs isn’t any pork belly, it’s Berkshire pork, which is a prized heritage breed.
I went in for a pack of fresh grass-​fed skirt steak, which at the time was less than $ 6 a pound, and came in convenient two pound packages. However they were out of stock so I left with a pork belly (and a bunch of other delicious stuff).
If you go, bring a jacket. You’ll want to spend some time in their walk in refrigerator, and you may want to spend time in their walk in freezer (that’s were all the farm-​raised game lives). Also bring a sense of adventure. None of the prices are marked, but the staff is incredibly friendly and loves talking about food. They are incredibly knowledgeable, and will gladly look up prices for you.
Since my initial discovery of the place, I’ve now started an account. So I can show up without any money and they’ll just bill my card.
And that’s pretty dangerous. Because it’s really inexpensive for what it is. But when you are confronted with duck and foie gras sausages, tubs of duck fat, cured Ibierco loin, Old Chatham Sheepherding Company cheeses, bottles of extra virgin olive oil, caviar, and cured salami made from happy pigs, it requires a lot of willpower to leave the caviar behind.
Oh, it’s also hard to find the place, the below link has the right address and directions. It also is another love letter I wrote about my favorite store in the area.