The owners of Bankers Hill's 5th Ave Kitchen & Tap, which closed last year, are rebranding the concept and reopening it in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood as NOLA on 5th, a scratch-made bar & grill serving New Orleans-inspired eats.
5th Ave Kitchen & Tap was opened in March 2018 by Ron Crilley, who has long run Cardiff seaside haunt The Kraken Bar & Restaurant, and Andrew Boyer, who was formerly the general manager of Carver's Steaks & Chops in Rancho Bernardo. Last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 5th Ave Kitchen shuttered at 3515 Fifth Avenue. Owners have since taken over the 3,200 square-foot, 1902-era Craftsman house that last housed the short lived "World Famous" Tin Room in Hillcrest to reinvent their concept as NOLA on 5th.
Like 5th Ave Kitchen & Tap, NOLA on 5th will have a kitchen helmed by co-owner Andrew Boyer, who has designed a menu based around New Orleans and Cajun comfort foods and American staples. Expect items like po' boy sandwiches, fried seafood, jambalaya, burgers, wings and desserts, as well as a full bar with cocktails, craft beer and wine.