Acala

Acala
246 E 44th St, New York, NY 10017
http://alcalarestaurant.com/

Per their website: Alcala Restaurant offers a fine dining experience based on an updated traditional Spanish cuisine menu.

Gazpacho $10. Cold Andalusian Soup. Fantastic start to a meal. Especially with the weather finally breaking. Gazpacho is a soup made of raw vegetables and served cold, usually with a tomato base, originating in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia

Chuletitas de Cordero a la Parilla 34 Grilled lamb ribs with scalloped potatoes and sautéed vegetables. This is Spanish for "Lamb chops on the grill".  Pretty self explanatory. Nothing too outstanding about this particular dish.  Perhaps even better were the delicious olives served as an appetizer.

Solomillo de Buey con Pimientos Asados $34. Grilled filet mignon with roasted red peppers and crusty fried potatoes.  I believe that night they were serving a sirloin as the steak vs. a filet.  This was still good, nothing exceptional, but I certainly would not send it back.

Dessert was a delicious ice cream with chocolate and caramel sauce to end the meal.  This was not the best I have ever had, but it was not bad either.  It was adequate.

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