When it comes to having a good time, we certainly can find the party and once again we found it! Rene drove us up to LOLA (Love Often, Laugh Alot) in Delray Beach a few nights ago to try this new restaurant for the first time. LOLA has a sister restaurant called YOLO (You Only Live Once) on Las Olas Blvd. in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. YOLO is a very nice space with a big fire pit outside and a connected lounge, which seemed pretty cool. We found LOLA to be very similar!
As we were singing and dancing loudly, we passed the restaurant and made a quick right turn into the next parking lot and realized Wow! They are busy! It was a Wednesday night around 9:30. Walking into the restaurant-ultra lounge we both gave quick look to each other with raised eyebrows. PARTY! Okay, seriously, it was like walking into a college kegger with loud music, a lot of dancing, and a lot of drinking. BUT...it was not the college scene. Oh no, this particular party was a cougar party. Short description: older ladies, wigs, plastic surgery, breast implants...all dolled up dancing and carrying on with their younger men.
So we were seated and we ordered two caipirinhas, which were decent. We decided we wanted to just try a few appetizers and people watch. We started with the Lobster and Manchego Croquets (lemon chive aioli) and Beef Carpaccio (peppercorn encrusted prime tenderloin, arugula, shaved parmesan and white truffle oil). The croquets we weren't so thrilled about. They were like mozzarella sticks from the bowling alley. Where the hell was the lobster? The beef carpaccio wasn't so bad, a little bland maybe, but definitely needed some salt. So the caipirinhas went down and order of martinis came out. The martinis were good and strong!! Next were the Ahi Tuna Tartar (ahi tuna, sesame seeds, sesame oil, with wasabi cream hot chili paste, taro root chips) and Crispy Calamari (san marzano tomato pan sauce, dijon remoulade). So we placed that order keeping our eyes on the DJ and the crowd all the while counting purple wigs. I think I counted five or six, but that martini had me seeing double. The tuna tartar was yummy, seemed to be fresh, but the chips were stale. The calamari was good as well with a nice dijon sauce. With our bellies full we decided to just sit a minute and enjoy our first time at LOLA. That is when this idea of creating this blog happened! We just had to tell people about this "cougar town" kind of party and how much fun they seemed to be having.
I would definitely go back to LOLA and enjoy the ambiance they provide and try some other food items on the menu. We had fun, we didn't spend too much money and of course, it was a party.
When it comes to having a good time, we certainly can find the party and once again we found it! Rene drove us up to LOLA (Love Often, Laugh Alot) in Delray Beach a few nights ago to try this new restaurant for the first time. LOLA has a sister restaurant called YOLO (You Only Live Once) on Las Olas Blvd. in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. YOLO is a very nice space with a big fire pit outside and a connected lounge, which seemed pretty cool. We found LOLA to be very similar! 
