Cafe Nola disappeared and Mallorca took its place. Actually, the rear dining room looks pretty much the same, as does the Garden Room to the side of the entrance. The outdoorsy Iberian room in the far rear is used mainly for private parties. The dark red walls of the front room are dotted with stenciled palm trees, and a mural of the French Quarter still covers one wall. The French service, too, is like the stately, formal restaurants of Spain.
Bread arrives with a dish of butter whipped with pimento and garlic.
The bar offers a fairly extensive selection of sherries, so a glass of Amontillado would be an authentic alternative. You can always tell that the food in a particular restaurant is fresh when the list of daily specials is longer than the printed menu. They too are crunchy and full of flavor. Chorizo is Spanish sausage, but this is really linguica, Portuguese sausage. Either way it is sausage, broiled before it is flamed, and I am assured that since it's homemade it has neither fat nor calories.