Yeah! The rare salad in Granada! 
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I very much appreciate all your help!
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Looking forward to your next report!
Speaking of salads, the typical Granada salad of sorts is the remojón, which has an Arab origin whose ingredients are cod, oranges, black olives, green onion and boiled egg. I don´t know whether you´ll see it on any menu, but I do remember having it once at the Parador on the Alhambra hill.
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Got another glass of wine and was brought what I am guessing is their version of Russian salad. I like Russian salad but this is a bit dull, although the crisp onion is a nice touch. And I appreciate their effort!
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Cha ching!! Time to buy some lotto tickets! 
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If you get any more blah Russian salads, ask for some vinegar or a slice of lemon. I remember a lot of restaurants having their oil and vinegar available in bottles, to add to taste, to the ensalada mixtas with or without tuna. Vinegar would be available at most low and mid range restaurants and tapas bars.
Vinegar and lemon are the main ways I liven up resto made salads that lack zip.
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A SALAD!!! 
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How are the temps ATM? I am guessing pleasantly warm, not overly hot? I can’t imagine having potato salad with mayo in mid-summer.
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I laughed out loud!
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Right?? We’ve decoded it!
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High 50s, a bit overcast. Glad I brought my coat but not needing it until sundown.
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Woot!
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Maybe “sin carne” instead of “vegetariana” will get you out of the salad loop into some fishy goodness? Might as well push your (excellent) luck
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Good stuff. I like Los Diamantes for what it is. Easy, comfortable, and being open at 7pm for us tourists. While everything else opens at 8:30.
And I’m voting no more salads 
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The trouble with just the expression “sin carne” is that ham-loving Spaniards interpret that as no meat (cordero, buey, solomillo, vaca), but jamón ibérico is just fine! It´s just “jamón” !!! As is jamón ibérico is in a class of itself! Not meal but “jamón”.
Again, if you can find remojón or ensalada ilustrada, it will be lift you into the fish region, as the typical ensalada ilustrada may come with tuna, as we have it every day in our house. And again, the remojón will have cod, bacalao.
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Second vote for skipping salads, even with the good tips about adding lemon or vinegar.
Are you needing to wear the jacket at night, before midnight? I plan to take only a light cotton jacket to Sevilla… Could put a light quilted vest under it…does that sound about right?
I was last in Granada in 2011 and I wrote a report for a travel site; this is the part about Los Diamantés (note the prices):
<<<From the Plaza de Carmen it is only a few steps to the beginning of Calle Navas, one of the principal bar streets in Granada. Here, at #28 we found a very different type of tapas scene. If Puerta del Carmen is a beautiful and elegant wine bar with refined takes on local classics, Los Diamantes, which has two outposts on Calle Navas, is a no frills free-for-all fry bar, or what some less kind soul might describe as a zoo!
We elbowed our way from the street, through the tiny sardine-packed room to the bar area and placed our order for one beer and one wine. The free tapa, was a plate with a few slices of fried potato. My partner was devastated to learn that they were out of their famous fried calamari, so he settled for a plate of fried chipirones (1/2 ration, 9 euro) Fried seafood is the specialty here, but I opted for a plate of chopitos a la plancha, grilled baby squid in a delightfully oily and garlicky parsley-flecked sauce ( the origin of all those indifferent “green sauces” turned out by mediocre Spanish restaurants in the US). This dish was a knockout! (1/2 ration, 9 euro)
While we ate, we were enthralled by how just two barmen were able to serve the heaving crowd pressing against the bar and filling the entire room—without seeming the least bit frazzled or appearing to break a sweat. The total here came to 23 euro with one beer, one wine, and the chaperones and the chopitos. Although the din eventually drove us out into the street, I would certainly keep Los Diamantes on the list for a Granada tapas crawl!
Once again, our tolerance was pathetically small and by this time we were ready to head back to the hotel, but before we did, we stopped into Pasteleria Lopez Mesquita at Reyes Catolicios, #39, near the intersection of Reyes Catolicos and Gran Via, reputed to be one of the better bakeries in town. I would have to agree with that statement, based on the tiny and unscientific sampling of several cookies and a good-sized slice of their almond-rich pastel Gallego that we toted back to our hotel room that night. this was the first of what came to be quite a few visits to that address…>>
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erica1,
You went to a different and older, the original Los Diamantes (there are now 7). The original, the tiny “hole in the wall” or “a zoo” one is on Calle Navas 28.
The newer one, and much larger one, is on Plaza Nueva. There have been several branches since you were there in 2011. The dining scene changes, not only in Granada but everywhere in Spain these days. The dining panorama in Spain for vegetarians (even vegans, I have a family member…), especially, is evolving quickly.
There are plenty of salads these days in Spanish restaurants, all kinds of salads that I see in menus every day, but one just needs to be aware of or look for the names of these salads (not an easy task for non-Spanish speakers) and one needs to be aware of where they are featured on the menu—sometimes mentioned as a separate course, “ensaladas y verduras”.
Not an easy chore, especially for those who don’t have a Spanish menu! I have salads everywhere I dine, but I know where on the Spanish menu to look for them. Not at all easy for those who are first timers, I fully understand!
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Hahahahaha
In nyc (where I am, and I hope you will visit if you haven’t) some vegetarian family family members would give an extra paragraph at the end when ordering chinese and thai food — vegetarian means only vegetables — no chicken broth, no chicken, no eggs, no fish sauce! And the person would say “ooohhhh — no chicken broth? no eggs? ok ok”
And invariably something would show up with chicken broth or eggs 
. Even now, when there are so many more vegetarians and vegans, I will get a dish pushed over to me for “examination” that something in there isn’t tiny pieces of chicken or egg 
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I understand completely, especially about the chicken broth and eggs! Very good point!!!
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I am happy to have my down jacket. Today it suddenly started raining, and got chillier. Still, not as cold as it would likely be in the NE of the US, where I think you are? And every place has outdoor heaters.
I had a crazy, wonderful evening. Will add more tomorrow, but have an early reservation at the Alhambra so trying to get to bed. But I have 2 new best friends, have seen a flamenco show, and had a quick stop at Diamontes after. Weeeeee!!!
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