Peruvian Tastes Find a Spot on the Upper East Side
Mission Ceviche Restaurant & Bar opens, a special-occasion bar from a Joël Robuchon protégé arrives, and more restaurant news.
Peruvian tastes have a new home on the Upper East Side. José Luis Chavez, a native of Peru who was raised in Venezuela, works out of an open kitchen in this stylish restaurant, which has an arresting wall sculpture of a black sea bass. Here, he gives a more formal presentation to many of the dishes served at his stalls in the Gansevoort and Canal Street Markets. Ceviches share the menu with grilled anticucho skewers of octopus or beef heart, larger plates of seafood or chicken over rice, and causas. Often served cold, causas combine mashed potatoes, which can be yellow, purple, orange or white, with ingredients like seafood, eggs and avocado. “I want people to appreciate Peruvian food and ingredients, especially the causas,” he said. There’s a bar up front where pisco, the Peruvian grape spirit, figures in 10 of the 12 cocktails, including a pisco and tonic and a piscajita, a riff on the popular Mexican salt-rimmed drink. Miguel Yarrow and Brice Mastroluca are partners in this venture. (Opens Wednesday)
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