Granada on Carrollton

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We hit it for dinner last night and I'm still impressed enough this morning to send in a report.

We hadn't been in at least a year, but my interest was renewed when I stopped to read their menu after having lunch at Lebanon the day before.

btw--I went to Lebanon specifically to try the Bethanjan Dip that was recommended on another thread, and it was terrific! I can't believe I had never tried it, so thanks for that tip!

Back to Granada; I like seeing natives dining at ethnic restaraunts and Granada was full of Spanish people. Now, I don't know that they were all from Spain, of course, but they were of Spanish decent. And, it was crowded at 7:00. So, I took that as a good sign.

They have a small but decent selection of well priced Spanish wines. We went with a bottle of somewhat fruity white that had nice depth and a quick finish that made it perfect with a smokey calamari dish and very good with all other seafood dishes. $28

We had a wonderful cerviche, which was large enough for three to share.

An incredible grilled shrimp dish that featured five jumbos, head and tail on, served over polenta and accented by a pungent/smokey bbq sauce reduction. They did not call it bbq sauce, but that is what it reminded me of and it made me wonder if bbq has its roots in Spain. Maybe low-and-slow can chime in on that.

A seafood soup that got huge raves.

And an eggplant and caramelized onion dish that was awesome.

Crab and shrimp bernaise balls were delicate, complex, and very nice.

All in all, I guess we shared 7 or 8 tapas, plus wine and tip, came to $40 a head

We were stuffed, it was really too much food.

We had all seafood aside from the eggplant dish, which was veggie, but they had a 6oz.
filet (the sauce I forget) but I'm sure it is wonderful and only $12. That is a good example of the value at Granada.

Most tapas dishes are $6 and we were sharing among 3 people, easily. And this is very well done food. I would put the ingredients and preperation up there in the upper echelons.

Service was friendly and efficient. We walked in.

[Turbodog]

This is right down the street from my #2 son's new place. Ms. Turbodog took him there a few weeks ago and they both raved about it. And we ate tapas at numerous great places in Barcelona this past summer, so there is some reference point. They said it was not as good as the best place we went o in Barcelona, but comparbale to several other good ones.

[ratcheese]

This is right down the street from my #2 son's new place. Ms. Turbodog took him there a few weeks ago and they both raved about it. And we ate tapas at numerous great places in Barcelona this past summer, so there is some reference point. They said it was not as good as the best place we went o in Barcelona, but comparbale to several other good ones.

Your post reminds me that my wife was still raving about the food after I had already written the OP. She is European and she lived in Spain for a year after she got out of school...anyway, she agreed with your basic assesment.

She also commented that they did calamari better than anyplace she had ever eaten in the States. The soup I mentioned above, was loaded with calamari and the individual calamari dish was exceptional.

We are big fans of RIo Mar, but Granada has them beat on their tapas menu. Granada has probably thirty tapas items as well as many main courses and specials. Last night, Grouper was the special and was also used in the cerviche. Rio Mar has a larger and perhaps better wine selection. I also love Rio Mar's habanero cerviche.

But, judging by the execution of the tapas, I am thinking I'm going to have to dig into some of their main courses soon.

What we had last night would have to put them up there in the NOLA top 10, if they are consistent. And, again, a real critique would probably knock their small wine list.