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Acamaya
Seafood Mexican
Ana Castro grew up eating mariscos in Mexico City and now makes them with Gulf Coast shrimp, crab, and fish in a Bywater dining room tiled in pastel pink with terracotta lattice walls. The seafood-driven Mexican menu comes with a glossary on the back, which tells you this is not a Tex-Mex situation. It landed on North America's 50 Best Restaurants list and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and Castro is a James Beard nominee.
Fourteen honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Condé Nast Traveler The best new restaurants in the world
- 50 Best #30 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- Food & Wine Arroz Negro · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: South · Ana Castro
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times Chochoyotes · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times The Restaurant List
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- Eater Best New Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in New Orleans Right Now
- Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in New Orleans
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: South · Ana Castro
One number, weighted & current 93
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Shrimp aguachile Condé Nast Traveler, 2024
- Hamachi tostada 50 Best
- Arroz negro 50 Best
- Tonka bean flan 50 Best
Nearby in the record closest first
- Booty's Street Drink · 50
- Maurepas Foods Drink · 50
- Bud Rip's Drink · 81
- Saint-Germain Contemporary New American Eat · 92
- NightBloom Cocktail Bar Drink · 80
- Pizza Delicious New York-style Pizza Eat · 67
- Rosalita's Backyard Tacos Eat · 4
- Evviva Eat · 67
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