New ceviche restaurant and pisco bar headed to Uptown
Tito Ceviche & Pisco will bring a new Peruvian dining option to Uptown in late summer.
“Peruvian food is a fusion of Chinese, Japanese and Spanish,” said Juan Lock, who will open the restaurant with his wife, Tatiana.
Ceviche, raw seafood marinated in lime juice, is the most popular Peruvian dish in the United States. Peruvian cuisine relies heavily in fresh fish, hot pepper and potatoes of all kind.
Tito will take over the space that most recently house the upscale lounge Ivy. Lock plans to completely renovate the building to make it lighter and brighter.
Peruvian food is slowly gaining popularity in New Orleans. Cuzco opened on Freret Street last year. Las Carnitas in Kenner also specializes in Peruvian food.
Cuzco, new Peruvian restaurant, now open on Freret
Cuzco is a family-run Peruvian restaurant on Freret Street.
Lock was born in Lima, Peru, and moved to the New Orleans area in the 1980s. He began his career working in the front of the house at Mr. B’s Bistro and went on to manage several steak houses in the New Orleans and Florida area.
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