Just a month after opening, Detroit's only Spanish-style tapas bistro earns influential praise from a doyenne of Detroit dining.
La Feria's chef and co-owner, Pilar Baron-Hidalgo, is from Seville, Spain. (Facebook photo)
A Detroit News review by Molly Abraham praises La Feria as "a true tapas bar with offerings much as you would find in Seville or Madrid. . . . Service couldn’t be friendlier or more welcoming."
At the Cass Avenue newcomer, she savored a "delicious" soup called cocido -- "thick with garbanzo beans, shredded pork and chicken, pork belly and a flourish of shredded cabbage." The recipe comes from chef Pilar Baron-Hidalgo's mom, notes Abraham, whose review mentions other menu items.
The 35-seat restaurant "seems to be what the Midtown neighborhood needed," the veteran restaurant writer says, "fitting into that thriving part of town seamlessly, another bright thread in the tapestry."
Earlier coverage: Tapas in Midtown: La Feria Is Cooking on Cass, Oct. 30
