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The New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as March 2026, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.[1]- Start
- Mar 31, 202650% CONFIDENCEsource
Dolfy's Opens in New Orleans
Adolfo Garcia Jr. and Sophia Petrou Garcia open a Spanish restaurant on Freret Street built around pintxos and Basque-style wood-fire steak.
- Named to The New York Times' Restaurant List 2026, its 50 favourite restaurants in the United States (unranked), published on 15 September 2026; the list gives the opening as March 2026[1]
- Adolfo Garcia Jr., 33, fell for Spanish food at RioMar, his father's Latin-Spanish restaurant, then cooked abroad; he runs Dolfy's with his wife Sophia Petrou Garcia[1]
- Shared plates in the manner of Basque sidrerías: pintxos, charred leeks with romesco, Ibérico pork and dry-aged txuleta[1]
Food photographs are from the restaurant’s official website and show seasonal or representative dishes; they may differ from the current menu and do not document the historical opening date.