¡Salud! means “to your health,” and it’s how we cook: fresh ingredients, Grandma Lola’s recipes, and a night that does you good.
Saffron rice, garlic and paprika, cooked the way Angel Miranda brought it from Spain. Not spicy, all flavor, and made to share.
Shrimp, fish, calamari, scallops and mussels in saffron rice.
Spicy tomato seafood sauce, garlic and mushrooms over angel hair.
Marinated in romesco, grilled, and served with gorgonzola cheese sauce.
Spanish-style seafood soup with shrimp, calamari, scallops and vegetables.
Crimini mushrooms sautéed in garlic, olive oil and fresh basil.
Chef Angel Miranda opened Lola’s on June 19, 1994, and named it for his mother. Before that he ran Altamira, a Spanish restaurant he opened for the 1984 World’s Fair.
Garlic, saffron and paprika, not heat. You can taste how much Spanish cooking gave to Creole food. Today the Miranda family still runs the room, and the staff greet you with “¡Salud!”
Lola’s is a family-run Spanish restaurant at 3312 Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans, open since 1994 and known for paella, fideuà, tapas, catering and private parties.
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Tapas for the table and a pitcher to share.
A table on the patio and one paella between you.
Birthdays and anniversaries. Bring the cake.
Tables under the oaks for the whole crew.
Real Spanish food, a short ride from the Quarter.
Office lunches, birthdays, holiday parties and wedding weekends. Paella pans and tapas from the same kitchen that cooks for the dining room.
Plan my cateringTables under the Esplanade oaks for birthdays, showers and reunions.
The seating along the green wall, for a long table of friends.
Holiday parties and family dinners. Ask about booking the restaurant.
To your health, and the health of your evening. Your first signature cocktail is on us.
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