Costera is a coastal Spanish restaurant and bar by co-owners Chef Brian Burns and Restaurateur Reno De Ranieri located at 4938 Prytania Street, on the corner of Robert Street in New Orleans' Uptown neighborhood district. The 5,400-square foot restaurant features coastal Spanish cuisine, highlighting local produce and Gulf seafood in a casual, communal-dining setting.
"Uptown’s coastal Spanish hit has rolled out a happy hour menu, available Wednesday through Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Taste tapas like patatas bravas, olives, and pan con tomate while sipping on half-priced beer and wine by the glass, or $6 cocktails. The list of discount drinks includes a dirty martini, a rebujito, and more." - Missy Frederick
"Costera is keeping it family style for its four-course, $95 Spanish feast. Start with marinated chanterelles and king oyster mushrooms, then pass the baked local crab and fontina dip. There’s red snapper crudo, crispy pork belly, seared jumbo scallops, and braised short ribs with pickled peppers and fresh herbs. Add sides like creamy Parmesan polenta and this is one of the snappiest New Year’s Eve menus in town." - Beth D'Addono, Clair Lorell
"This coastal Spanish tapas restaurant Uptown, while known for its food, puts a great deal of attention into its seasonal cocktail menus. This year it’s rolling out three Winter Warmers ($12 each), all hot cocktails. A gingerbread toddy has whiskey, demerara, housemade gingerbread syrup, and a splash of fresh lemon juice; while the hot buttered rum mixes brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove into a smooth batter that then gets dissolved with hot water and mixed with dark rums and a twist of lemon. Finally, Irish Coffee gets a surprise twist with rotating, liqueur-spiked whipped cream flavors including orange, mint, coffee, and coconut." - Clair Lorell
"At Costera, the coastal Spanish restaurant from chef Brian Burns and restaurateur Reno De Ranieri, tapas-style dining is perfect for a hot summer eve. Don’t miss the daily fish crudo, cured with a fresh grapefruit juice and ginger vinaigrette and paired with pickled fresno peppers, cucumber, and fragrant mint." - Beth D'Addono
"Assemble as many people as you think it might take to tackle 30 tapas, and head to Costera with its brilliant and traditional Spanish menu with all haste. Even if you’re a couple or on your own, head there anyway and do the best you can. It’s an experience that will take you out of yourself for the evening, and that’s not something you can say about many restaurants. The dishes range from the rustic simplicity of pan con tomate with a pleasingly pungent roasted garlic aioli up to a sophisticated braised lamb shank that luxuriates in salsa verde and manchego. The staff—amenable and knowledgeable to the last—is remarkably friendly because they know, deep down, that they’ll be seeing you again." - Paul Oswell
