Move over Fiore, I think I have a new favorite restaurant in town.  Cadaques Tapas Bar, located at 188 Grand St between Bedford and Driggs, is sure to become a neighborhood staple. The restaurant is currently in the “soft launch” phase and plans to have their official Grand Opening next Monday, September 13th and as an added bonus – Mondays they have live Flamenco music and dancing!

The Details:

• HUGE open and airy restaurant (by Williamsburg standards) with a semi-private back dining area.
• Little known fact: the space used to be two apartments.
• Open for Brunch and Dinner
• Late night menu - serves dinner until 2AM!
• Live Flamenco band on Mondays
• Live Jazz bands and other assorted 3-piece bands to play during brunch and dinner
• Cheapest menu item: Gazpacho $5
• Priciest menu item: 6 choice meat and cheese plate $20
• Soft launch extremely successful- the restaurant has already been running on a wait time during peak weekend hours.
• Their cocktail menu is still in development but Sib – the most awesome bartender – told me that they will be playing around with reductions and infusions.

I had, and loved, the fried artichokes with a fennel pollen aioli and the Manilla clams with chorizo and white wine.  When I say this shit was good – it was AMAZING.  I could eat that every day. The chef then treated me to two of his specialties… a Beet and Goat cheese salad, which was really good and I don’t even like Goat Cheese.  And then something I would have never normally ordered for myself but was pleasantly surprised – Plancha octopus with roasted sherry tomatoes, squid ink,  and fig balsamic.  The octopus was not chewy at all and had a great consistency – perfectly grilled to boot. I will def be back to Cadaques… my new favorite joint! You can check out the brunch review over at I Yum New York too. Full gallery after the jump.