Lakeview’s Cava Has Closed, Owner Focusing on Upcoming Azul

Lakeview’s fine dining restaurant Cava served its last meal over the weekend on Saturday, April 6, as owner Danny Millan focuses on his next venture, a family-friendly sports restaurant and bar also located on Harrison Avenue.

Nola.com reported that Millan, who opened Cava at 789 Harrison Avenue in 2014, said a family in Lakeview bought the restaurant with plans to open a “more casual, family” spot in the location.

Casual, family-friendly dining is also Millan’s plan for his upcoming Azul, which he began working on last year, a new construction at the other end of the Avenue, 117 W Harrison Ave. Set to open mid-May, Azul will have pub standards like po-boys, burgers and wings as well as a signature Cuban, an “extensive” draft beer system, and wines by the glass that don’t cost more than seven bucks.

Millan has a 35-year career in New Orleans, having previously worked at the original Brennan’s on Royal Street, Restaurant August, and the now-closed Le Foret.

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