Acamaya
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- Ana Castro
- Lydia Castro
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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]
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]