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FOOD & BEVERAGE

LA LOCA MARIA “WITH ITS WARM ECLECTIC AESTHETICS
If food is about love and leisure, it comes to life at La Loca AND ARTFULLY-CONCEPTUALISED
Maria set up in Bandra in 2019 as an ode to the way
Spaniards love to eat, socialise and live. It’s also been the SPANISH INTERIORS, LA LOCA MARIA
celebrity hangout with stars like Deepika Padukone and HAS INFLUENCES FROM CHEF MANUEL
Isha Ambani and husband Anand Piramal dropping by. OLVEIRA’S HOME, THE UNESCO HERITAGE
While the food does the talking the décor rules, too. With
its warm eclectic aesthetics and artfully-conceptualised CITY OF TOLEDO. THE INTERIORS ARE
Spanish interiors, the 75-seater restaurant helmed by Chef IN AN OLD TOWN COLOUR PALETTE OF
Manuel Olveira and his wife Mickee Tuljapurkar, has BEIGE, GREENS, WHITES AND BROWNS.
influences from Manuel’s home, the UNESCO heritage city YOU ARE GREETED HERE BY NATURAL
of Toledo, Spain. The interiors are in an old town colour
palette of beige, greens, whites and browns. You are greeted STONE CLADDED ARCHES, A BEAUTIFUL
here by natural stone cladded arches, a beautiful dome from DOME FROM WHICH HANGS AN ART
which hangs an art deco chandelier that sets the mood of DECO CHANDELIER THAT SETS THE
the restaurant.
Other Art Deco design features include textured walls, MOOD OF THE RESTAURANT.”
ornate mirrors, a tapestry-cladded bar façade, wrought iron
grills and a refined selection of pottery with that ‘au
naturale’ flair. Elaborating on their design, Mickee reveals, arranged so that almost every table has a view of the kitchen
“Our idea was to create a restaurant space which was not that is right in the centre of the restaurant.”
explicitly Spanish but an interpretation of Spanish The private dining room is another jewel of a space with
architecture. The vibe of the restaurant is simultaneously beautifully aged hand-painted mural ceilings where you sit
high end and entirely casual. The place feels warm, down to savour your tapas, paella, deconstructed tiramisu
comfortable, modern yet traditional. The restaurant is and more.

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