Acamaya
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| Location | 3070 Dauphine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70117, United States |
| Coordinates | 29°57′52″N 90°02′45″W / 29.9645°N 90.0457°W |
| Website | acamayanola |
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.[1][2]
Description
The restaurant focuses on a type of Mexican seafood, mariscos, served hot or cold.[1][3] The name of the restaurant comes from the Spanish word acamaya, for a type of "crustacean similar to a crawfish".[1][4] Despite the name, there is no crawfish on the restaurant's menu.[1] There is a glossary on the back of the restaurant's menu for food terms that are used in dishes.[1]
Architecture firm Farouki Farouki designed the restaurant's interior spaces.[1] The restaurant is heavily inspired by Mexico City,[1] which is the hometown of the Castro sisters.[3] Ana Castro lives above the restaurant in order to better receive deliveries of shrimp from her "shrimp guy",[5] who arrives exclusively between 5:00 and 6:30 a.m.[3]
Awards
The restaurant was named by The New York Times in September 2024 as one of the 50 best restaurants in the United States, alongside Baton Rouge restaurant Zeeland Street.[2] Ana Castro was named as a semifinalist in the 2025 James Beard Awards.[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lorell, Clair (July 8, 2024). "Inside Acamaya, Ana Castro's Hotly Anticipated Mexican Mariscos Restaurant in New Orleans". Eater New Orleans. Archived from the original on April 28, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- 1 2 "The Restaurant List 2024". The New York Times. September 24, 2024. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
- 1 2 3 Topping, Emily (July 9, 2024). "Bright, bold and joyful: peek inside Acamaya, the hottest new seafood restaurant in New Orleans". Gulflive.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ↑ D'Addono, Beth (August 22, 2024). "Ana Castro opens Acamaya restaurant in Bywater". The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. Archived from the original on April 28, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ↑ Brasted, Chelsea (July 5, 2024). "Ana Castro's much-anticipated new restaurant, Acamaya, is now open in New Orleans". Axios. Archived from the original on January 22, 2026. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ↑ Lorell, Clair (January 22, 2025). "Here Are New Orleans's James Beard Award Semifinalists for 2025". Eater New Orleans. Archived from the original on April 28, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2025.