Nineteen61

215 E Main St, Lakeland
(863) 688-1961

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Chips Avocado Mousse & Tomatillo Salsa
Grand Marnier Créme Brûlée
Peruvian Ceviche De Pescado
Vaca Frita and Red Grouper
Gran Marnier Creme Brulee
Leche De Tigre Ceviche
Black Bean Risotto
Braised Lamb Shank
Charcuterie Board
Guava Cheesecake

Menu

Starters
Anticuchos De Corazon
Ajc- panca marinated beef, smoked baby potato, choclo, queso blanco, brasa crema, and cooked on the wood burning grill.
Calamares Fritos
Crispy fried calamari tubes, and tentacles, jalapeno carame
Empanadas
Flakey fried pastry dough filled with beef picadillo; rocoto hot sauce, and powdered sugar.
Croquetas De Jamon
Creamy manchego and serrano croquetas. Guava glace
Crab Cake
Lightly breaded jumbo lump blue crab, brunoise peppers, jalepenos, sweet plaintain, and aji rocoto bechamel.
Pulpo Clasico
Pickled black bean, compressed pears, almond, and argula pesto.
Flatbread De Higos
Fig jam, grand noir blue cheese, arugula, and serrano ham.
Brussel Sprouts
Fig jam, grand noir blue cheese, arugula, and serrano ham.

Salads
1961 Salad
Artisian lettuce, manchego and baby swiss cheese, manzanilla olives, and house dressing.
Spanish Capresssse
Burrata cheese, blistered seasonal tomatoes, wild argula, almond pesto, and triana sherry glaze.

Raw-Cured-Cold
Jamon Iberico Pata Negra
Fermin acorn-fed iberico, "The king of the ibericos".
Cheese board
Fig jam, olives, and three artisan cheeses.
Ceviche and Leche De Tigre
Corvina, ginger, lime, cilantro, cancha, choclo; plantain chip.
Charcuterie
Chef's selection of meats and cheeses; house pickles, seasonal fruit preserve, marcona almonds, and olives.

From The Wok
Arroz Con Gandules
Crispy pork belly, rice, and pigeon peas tossed in recaito, and recaito butter.
Vaca Frita
Brisket and short rib blend, caramelized onion,crispy garlic. Served with black beans, jasmine rice,sweet plantain, and fried egg.
Arroz Chaufa
Ginger, peruvian spices, peruvian style chinese fried rice onion, soy, cilantro, screened egg, and green onion.
Lomo Saltado
Soy marinated beef tenderloin, tomato, red onion, veal glace, aji amarillo, green onion, and cilantro. Served with jasmine rice and house fries.
Arroz Con Pollo a La Chorrera
Pollo, calasparra rice, sofrito, bell pepper, onion, peas, aged manchego, cumin, oregano, cerveza, salsa criolla, and plantain chip.
Quinoa Saltado
Quinoa, sesame oil, house dressing, and mixed vegetables.

Sides
Jasmine Rice
Manchego Risotto
Black Bean Risotto
Fresh Cut House Fries
Plantain Chips
Sweet Plantains
Side Salad

Mains
Tamal Ravioli
Sweet corn filled ravioli, gulf shrimp, blue crab, and enchilado sauce.
Filet Mignon
Sous-vide center cut beef tenderloin, cooked to temp. Served with manchego risotto, and veal glace.
Churrasco Steak
Ajc- panca marinated 8 oz flat iron; cooked to temp. Served with black bean risotto, avocado crema, chimichurri.
Ropa Vieja
6 oz braised short rib, sofrito, bell pepper, onion, manzanilla olives. Served with manchego risotto, sweet plantain, and plantain chip.
Seabass Chimi
Aji panca rubbed fish, boniato sweet potato silk, and chimichurri.
Seafood Paella
Traditional Spanish seafood paella Scallops, and corvina, Shrimp, pulpo, mussels, calasparra rice, cantimpalo chorizo, bell pepper, onion, peas, saffron, sofrito, cilantro, nad tomato escabeche.

From The Wood-Freied Grill
Bone-in Tomahawk Ribeye
28 oz USDA Prime Tomahawk Ribeye; Cooked to Temp.Grilled Over Wood Coals, Served with Choice of Side.
Bone-in Pork Chop
16 oz Bone-In Duroc Pork Chop; Cooked To Temp.Served with Choice of Side
Bamaca Burger
Half pound smokehouse blend prime beef,avocado, fried egg, Swiss cheese and rocoto hot sauce, artisan bun, and house fries.
Prime NY Strip
Herb basted 18oz prime new york strip, cooked to temp.Served with shallot butter and choice of side.
Pollo a La Brasa (While Supplies Last)
Classic peruvian rotisserie chicken; house fries, and brasa sauce.

Desserts
Grand Marinara Crème Brulee
Guayaba Cheesecake
Tres Leches

Beverages
Coca-Cola®
Coca-Cola Soda
Iced Tea
Mondariz Still Water (Spain)
Mondariz Sparkling Water (Spain)
Hibiscus Tea

Starters
Croquetas De Jamon
Creamy manchego and serrano croquetas. Guava glace
Anticuchos De Corazon
Ajc- panca marinated beef, smoked baby potato, choclo, queso blanco, brasa crema, and cooked on the wood burning grill.
Calamares Fritos
Crispy fried calamari tubes, and tentacles, jalapeno carame
Empanadas
Flakey fried pastry dough filled with beef picadillo; rocoto hot sauce, and powdered sugar.
Crab Cake
Lightly breaded jumbo lump blue crab, brunoise peppers, jalepenos, sweet plaintain, and aji rocoto bechamel.
Pulpo Clasico
Pickled black bean, compressed pears, almond, and argula pesto.

Soup-Salad and More
Garbanzo Bean
Garbanzo bean, cantimpalo chorizo onion, carrot, bell pepper, garlic, cilantro and light tomato broth.
Salad
Artisan lettuce blend, aged manchego,baby swiss, manzanilla olive; signature, and house dressing.
Spanish caprese salad
Blistered seasonal tomatoes, burrata cheese, wild arugula, almond pesto, and triana sherry glaze
Yogurt and Fruit
Fresh and dried fruit, greek, yogurt with nuts and seeds.
Flatbread De Queso
Burrata, blistered tomatoes, and almond pesto.

Sandwiches
Chicken Bacoissn Swiss
Amarillo marinated chicken;pecanwood smoked bacon, babyswiss, brasa crema, house greens,and artisan bun.
Salmon
Dijon glazed salmon; avocado, sliced, tomato. Crispy quinoa, and artisan bun.
El cubano 61
Slow-roasted mojo pork shoulder,aged manchego, jamc3n serrano, pickled green tomato, sour orange aioli, and honey-butter pressed cuban bread.
The Negotiator
Tossed in rocotohot sauce, baby swiss, house dressing, and baby greens.
Crispy Fried Corvina
Breaded and fried crispy corvina;shaved bermuda onion, tomato fresno aioli, house greens, artisan bun.
Pan Con Bistec
Brisket and short rib blend; agedmanchego, caramelized onion,shoestring potatoes, garlic aioli, and honey-butter pressed cuban bread.
Burrata and Tomato
Burrata cheese, seasonal tomatoes,jamc3n serrano, wild arugula, almondpesto, olive oil, sherry vinegar, and pressed cuban bread.
Country Chicken Sandwich
Toasted country ciabata rolls, chickensalad, shoe string potatoes, avocadon and rocoto hot sauce.

Sides
Jasmine Rice
Black Beans
Beans and Rice
Plantain Chips
House Fries
Sweet Plantains
Side Salad
Vegetables Del Dia

Beverages
Mondariz Still Water (Spain)
Mondariz Sparkling Water (Spain)
Hibiscus Tea
Iced Tea
Coke Products

Starters
Anticuchos De Corazon
Ajc- panca marinated beef, smoked baby potato, choclo, queso blanco, brasa crema, and cooked on the wood burning grill.
Calamares Fritos
Crispy fried calamari tubes, and tentacles, jalapeno carame
Empanadas
Flakey fried pastry dough filled with beef picadillo; rocoto hot sauce, and powdered sugar.
Croquetas De Jamon
Creamy manchego and serrano croquetas. Guava glace
Crab Cake
Lightly breaded jumbo lump blue crab, brunoise peppers, jalepenos, sweet plaintain, and aji rocoto bechamel.
Pulpo Clasico
Pickled black bean, compressed pears, almond, and argula pesto.
Flatbread De Higos
Fig jam, grand noir blue cheese, arugula, and serrano ham.
Brussel Sprouts
Fig jam, grand noir blue cheese, arugula, and serrano ham.

Salads
1961 Salad
Artisian lettuce, manchego and baby swiss cheese, manzanilla olives, and house dressing.
Spanish Capresssse
Burrata cheese, blistered seasonal tomatoes, wild argula, almond pesto, and triana sherry glaze.

From The Wok
Arroz Con Gandules
Crispy pork belly, rice, and pigeon peas tossed in recaito, and recaito butter.
Vaca Frita
Brisket and short rib blend, caramelized onion,crispy garlic. Served with black beans, jasmine rice,sweet plantain, and fried egg.
Arroz Chaufa
Ginger, peruvian spices, peruvian style chinese fried rice onion, soy, cilantro, screened egg, and green onion.
Lomo Saltado
Soy marinated beef tenderloin, tomato, red onion, veal glace, aji amarillo, green onion, and cilantro. Served with jasmine rice and house fries.
Arroz Con Pollo a La Chorrera
Pollo, calasparra rice, sofrito, bell pepper, onion, peas, aged manchego, cumin, oregano, cerveza, salsa criolla, and plantain chip.
Quinoa Saltado
Quinoa, sesame oil, house dressing, and mixed vegetables.

Sides
Jasmine Rice
Manchego Risotto
Black Bean Risotto
Fresh Cut House Fries
Plantain Chips
Sweet Plantains
Side Salad

Desserts
Grand Marinara Crème Brulee
Guayaba Cheesecake
Tres Leches

Beverages
Coca-Cola®
Coca-Cola Soda
Iced Tea
Mondariz Still Water (Spain)
Mondariz Sparkling Water (Spain)
Hibiscus Tea

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Recent Reviews

This was my second visit and I’m just as pleased this time. I had the poutine before which I highly recommend and this time the sea bass which my server recommended and it was heavenly. The whipped sweet potato type side was so smooth and I was surprised I loved it. Mashed “potatoes” don’t usually thrill me. Even the asparagus had that smoky wood fired flavor. Service was excellent both times.
February 2026
A shining star and very welcomed addition to downtown Lakeland. Super good setting, extensive menu and wine list with well curated and plated food. We recieved top class professional service from Cullin who also possesesd, a high level of wine knowledge, interest and understanding. I highly recommend this restaurant and of course Cullin, not with an O, but a U lol\nSincerely,\nPriorat/Rioja
December 2025
We visited Nineteen61 with a party of nine including out of town business guests. It was my first time with this restaurant. I must say that the atmosphere was amazing and that the restaurant was extremely busy and the location was hard to beat. This obviously is a very popular restaurant with a lot of followers.\n\nFor us the service staff was extremely good And timely and without any complaints at all. We had a great waiter he was able to explain the the specials and was able...
November 2025

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Nineteen61

215 E Main St, Lakeland, FL 33801
(863) 688-1961