About Cava

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Galway, Ireland
Cava opened in May 2008. It is the only Spanish Restaurant in Galway. It serves Tapas,รก la carte, Lunch and brunch and is opened 7 days a week. It is said to have the best Tapas in Ireland and its all Spanish Wine and beer menu is the largest in Ireland.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Seville Tapas Fair

Cava is busy preparing for the Seville Tapas Fair, with a special Tapas menu for groups of 8 or more to share. The Festival which takes places in the streets and restaurants of Seville during the month of February, is both a national and international festival which brings many people to the south of Spain in search of good food and wine.

In conjunction with this event, Cava has designed a menu for people to share. The idea of sharing is essential to Tapas, and this way people get to experience a lot more of the Tapas thing that coming in on their own.

The menu runs for the duration of February and is an excellent way for friends to get together and have some fun.

Wine and dessert is also includes in the menu @ €25 per person

Booking is essential, so call Cava is you're interested @ 091 - 539884

Talk soon, Jp

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Come on down to Cava and taste a tipple of Spain

The fish is coming in from Stefan and we have 68 people booked in and its only Thursday. Where do they all come from? I don't know, but coming they are, and with Szymon and Louise busy preparing for tonight, I'm sure it will be gloves off and around 7, no doubt, a fair amount of bare knuckle boxing will take place.

The new menu is printed. So come on down to Cava and taste a tipple of Spain or just have a drink and get drunk and be merry and hug someones with a mouth full of meatballs!

Jp

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Reflections on a Recession (January)

What can I say?
It has not been too bad in old Cava.
People are still coming in having food and drinking wine.
We will not say they are coming in their thousands.
But they are coming all the same.
We got a great write up in the Mail over the weekend!
So I'm sure this will help things.
The wine menu is finished and going to print tomorrow.
Over 80 Spanish wines - the biggest in the country!
Can't wait to try some of the expensive ones.
Shared the €105 Christopher Lopez with staff over xmas.
Literally (and figuratively) amazing.
Best wine I have had in years.
You may say, how can you spend that on a wine.
We got six glasses - about €17.50 a glass.
But you only live once.

At least the last time I checked.

So what have we learned:

1) That January is not as bad as I thought it would be.

2) Wine that cost over €100 a bottle in most likely good (this is not to say our €20 wine is bad - it is not, just that it's the different between Ryanair and a private jet).

Thursday, January 14, 2010

New Winter-Spring Menu

This week, Cava launched its new Winter-Spring menu. Though the menu was supposed to be out in November, it was delayed due to the change in covers (which it must be said not only look better, but also are more hard wearing). However, better late than never as the Bishop says.

The menu feature several new main courses, a number of which have already become quite poplar. While the free-range rabbit it certainly selling the best, the scallops are not far behind, and when Szymon gets his beetroot sprouts (at €13 a kilo!) I'm sure the dish will really show the potential that Cava has to offer.

There are several new Tapas dishes: Venison sausages with white bean and morcilla, sherry and garlic, & Fresh Sardines with rocket and Romesco. Both are going well. The sardines are coming in from Stefan and only come in on Thursdays, so they won't always be available, but at least they'll always be fresh.

The Riojana has also returned, so all of those who have been asking about its whereabouts can finally rest in peace.

Feedback on the menu have been great, with many, many complements.

Other news:

Those Two Girls have taken over the PR for Cava so hopefully we'll see lots more of Cava in the news.

Food and Wine magazine did a nice feature on us. There review, although positive had lots to say about how we can make things a bit better. This can only be a good thing, as thinks develop in Cava.

Jp