At first read, the menu is strikingly Spanish, and a number of dishes seem drawn directly from the tapas tradition. But a New Orleans sensibility goes into many of them.

The tapas fiesta continues with the Chuletos De Cordero (RM59) which is composed of two pieces of grilled lamb cutlets with aromatic herbs, garlic, olive oil and aioli smeared atop.

The idea behind tapas dishes is that they are shareable plates but these dishes are so good that may be hard to do. You may have to order a second plate. In their seafood paella, they do shrimp ...

Torrado said the biggest misconception about Quintaesencia Tapas&Bar is that when people hear Spanish food, they think Mexican. “We have a lot of dishes from those countries that also speak ...

Chef Andres Kaifer’s great-grandmother Marina ran the kitchen at an almost 100-year-old tapería in Asturias, Spain. The new tapas stall at Optimist Hall will be an ode to her.