text: Items SelectednBeignetsnCinnamon RollnBaked French Toast with Norris Cane SyrupnAndouille SausagenLeidenheimer Grilled Garlic BreadnFried Chicken and Fresh Baked Waffle with Roasted Pecan Fig Strawberry ButternBronzed Catfish and Grits over Gouda Grits with Andouille Sausage and Mushroom RagoutnBronzed Shrimp and Grits over Gouda Grits with Andouille Sausage and Mushroom RagoutnSweet Potato Pecan Pie with Chantilly CreamnLouisiana Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Bean Ice CreamnBananas Foster Bread Pudding with Vanilla Bean Ice CreamnnOwned by Lola Elizabeth Pokorny with one successful spot already located downtown Lolas A Louisiana Kitchen in Summerlin opened without much fanfare amidst the hubbub surrounding the new Downtown but with the mall mobbed by crowds a short drive up Town Center Drive found Ms Pokornys renovated space to be a pleasant experience the truncated and unannounced weekend brunch menu aside Apparently once a Ruby Tuesday with a sunny patio offering an al fresco option to those not sold on modest Mardi Gras duecor our party of three was sat quickly at a cozy fourtop and with the dining room mostly empty while the bar bustled with football our service could not have been better a duo of young ladies eager to answer questions and seek feedback while beverages remained brimming Happily conversing beneath upbeat Cajun instrumentals it would not be long after ordering that the first round of food would arrive and although beignets were a bit too bready while Leidenheimer French Toast proved overpriced and underwhelming compared to the restaurants signature bread pudding both the supple cinnamon roll and spicy sausage were excellent the later a recurring theme in round two Admittedly a bit disappointed in the lack of oysters on the brunch menu but soon to find solace in items offered as signatures it was with two plates of creamy gouda grits that the meal moved on and with the stickaspoonupstraight base punched up by rich mushroom gravy and snappy Andouille both the shrimp and flaky fish equally shined an order of chicken and waffles entirely forgettable in the face of such greatness as I mopped the bowls clean with complimentary grilled bread loaded with garlic At last arriving at dessert the full menu offered in addition to two specials it seemed only proper to select the items designated as Lolas signatures and although the soft chocolate cake was light yet intense while the hybrid pie was truly a best of both worlds amalgam of sweet and savory neither could compare to the bread pudding a steamy block of custard teaming with cinnamon beneath praline crunch and brown sugar sauce tinged with rumnnLong lamented for being a cookiecutter planned community where PF Changs and Olive Garden continue to generate long lines Lolas is a welcome addition to the area and the sort of place I can only hope continues to proliferate West as Downtown Summerlin develops Obviously new and still finding its footing particularly with regard to a brunch menu that seems muddled and poorly conceptualized in its lack of NOLA favorites like oysters or crawfish I look forward to seeing how the restaurant evolves over time and only hope that the unwieldy location does not prove too daunting for those preferring to stick to the same old same old spots further south