Acamaya
Acamaya is a Mexican seafood restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is owned by chef Ana Castro, who previously worked at the restaurant Lengua Madre, and her sister Lydia.
Description
The restaurant focuses on a type of Mexican seafood, mariscos, served hot or cold. The name of the restaurant comes from the Spanish word acamaya, for a type of "crustacean similar to a crawfish". Despite the name, there is no crawfish on the restaurant's menu. There is a glossary on the back of the restaurant's menu for food terms that are used in dishes.Architecture firm Farouki Farouki designed the restaurant's interior spaces. The restaurant is heavily inspired by Mexico City, which is the hometown of the Castro sisters. Ana Castro lives above the restaurant in order to better receive deliveries of shrimp from her "shrimp guy", who arrives exclusively between 5:00 and 6:30 a.m.