"Tapas and pizza at the same place? But it tastes awesome? And a Spanish-speaking staff? And dinner for 2 with drinks was $40 per person?!? Yup, that's La Parra in a nutshell. We were heading into a show, so we needed something about an hour and a half before the performance. As it turns out, La Parra serves tapas within about 5-10 minutes of ordering, so we made our show with plenty of time to spare. The space was about half-full at our 5:30 reservation, and it never got too loud. As for the food... Veal and beef meatballs: deliciously tender, like you would hope veal would be (but as most people who have made meatballs know, you can't just throw two meats together and expect to get flavorful, tender meatballs). The sauce and shaved Parmesan added a little bit of spice and salt, respectively. Maybe I'd get two orders next time. Octopus: The tentacles were served around a small serving of gold potatoes, which were nicely flavored, but the octopus both tasted fresh and wonderfully marinated. Easily the best octopus-based dish I've ever had. Ordering tapas means you get room for dessert, so I got a torta de Chocolate, and my wife the coconut panacotta. The torta was great; the cake a bit on the heavy side but appropriately contrasted against the feathery-light mousse, leaving space for the sour raspberry sauce. And my wife's panacotta was solidly coconut-flavored, but having the texture of a tender, moist sponge. This was a great night in Berwyn. I'm looking forward to coming back."
