Pa'la is a very small very casual restaurant with a patio. This isn't an average restaurant. The food served is of the highest quality. The House Made Bread and Seafood offered is Wood Fired. (at the time of this review Dec.2017) The menu offered is ever changing and very limited. On the day of my visit a few tapas appetizers were offered, One open faced Tuscan Style Sandwich, 2 Seafood Grain Bowls and Farro Cookies. That's was it. At Pa'la you order at the counter and sit in the very small but modern dining room or the slightly bigger comfortable Patio. All our food was served on Paper ware and our silverware was plastic.
We started with a Tapas and tried the Artichokes in extra virgin olive oil ($5.00) I have to be honest an admit the portion was far smaller than I thought it would be. We received a quarter of a very small artichoke in great quality olive oil and it was sprinkled with some sort of fruity pepper. It was a nicely marinated Artichoke.
We shared the Ramon Navarro Bowl (5 grains and vegetables topped with fish Bowl). I picked the Hand Harpooned Swordfish. The Grains were served like a salad (not warm). All the grains were nicely prepared and were studded with vegetables and seeds. The Swordfish was a good size portion and was flaky and mild. It was lightly seasoned and had a mild wood oven taste. Everything in the bowl was mild and very natural tasting. The bowl was suppose to be made with a Wu Wan Wo Soy Sauce. It's not a deal breaker or anything (the bowl was still GOOD) but neither of us tasted anything that resembles soy sauce in this dish. If the sauce was used it was used very sparingly. (I looked up this special soy sauce and read that it goes for $40.00 for a small bottle....that might be why it was used so sparingly)
My husband mostly ate the Schiacciata (opened faced wood oven whole grain bread sandwich). The sandwich contained greens, very good quality Rosemary Ham, Manchego Cheese and Unusual Peppers. The sandwich was very good and made on very flavorful bread.
Lastly we tried the Farro Cookies. I thought of them like Italian Thumbprint Cookies. The Cookie was sort of like a more flavorful shortbread and topped with very natural tasting bitter Grapefruit Jam. Really Different.
Very Natural Tasting Food of the highest quality.
The man working the counter was very helpful and friendly.
At this time Pa'la is difficult to find because the sign isn't up yet. Look for the small white building next to the green building.