{"id":346280,"date":"2025-10-31T19:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346280\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T19:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:44:10","slug":"for-a-nice-dinner-out-in-baltimore-la-cuchara-is-always-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346280\/","title":{"rendered":"For a Nice Dinner Out in Baltimore, La Cuchara Is Always the Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">When Ben, Jake, and Amy Lefenfeld opened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacucharabaltimore.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Cuchara<\/a> in the spring of 2015, it led many Baltimoreans to research the Basque region and, maybe more importantly, how the hell to pronounce \u201cpinxtos.\u201d But once the linguistics got figured out, diners quickly fell in love with the romantic space in an old coat factory, and its cuisine inspired by the Spain-France border. Every moment \u2014 from the salted butter with bread service to the indulgent candy bar for dessert \u2014 makes for a memorable night out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Yes, the restaurant is flanked by two beautiful, art-filled dining areas. But trust us, sit at the bar. There are almost always available stools at the roomy, rectangular bar, which serves discounted snacks, $5 beers, $6.50 glasses of wine, and $7 gin and tonic du jours during happy hour, running Monday through Friday, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Speaking of wine, talk to the sommelier, whose nickname is Red. He\u2019ll lead you in the right direction for pairings, like which Rioja is the best companion to the hearty txuleton bone-in ribeye. On Sundays, bottles over $100 are half-price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">The family-owned restaurant group is working on a new space, Seppia, up the street in Hampden, which promises a coastal Italian vibe. We can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Ben, Jake, and Amy Lefenfeld opened La Cuchara in the spring of 2015, it led many Baltimoreans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":346281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,141333,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-346280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-dining-report","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115470497506036776","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}