I LOVE TAPAS.

I LOVE TAPAS.

Not only do I love tapas but I love GOOD, QUALITY, and ORIGINAL tapas.

I just wanted to get that out of the way first so you know where my review on this place is coming from. Also as my wife has me addicted to Iron Chef knowing that it was owned by Jose Garces made me want to come here even more and wow does the quality of his originality show.

Every dish we tasted was good.

Truita De Patata (Spanish omelette), Pimientos se padron (flash fried peppers), Gambas al aillo (garlic shrimp), mixto croquetas (chorizo!) datiles con almendras (bacon wrapped dates!) and finally the albondigas de cordero (lamb meatballs) are what we've tried so far and WOW are they all good.

We've also mixed in with that the 'mixto' (3 cheese selected by the chef) two of the times we've been there and it's been a great mix. We've tried a few other things as well though so far every single thing on the menu stands out as being fantastic. I have a few favorite tapas places in the area though I do have to say I think Mercat stands out as my favorite.

Writing this is making me think I need to come up with an excuse to head over here again. Thankfully I have a couple reasons to spoil my wife coming up!