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La Mar Cebicheria: La Mar is the most successful of Acurio’s chains. This modern cevicheria concept is the first Acurio restaurant to expand into the United States in San Francisco, and a New York branch is opening in April of 2011. Not only ceviche, Peruvian seafood in all of its forms are the emphasis here: causas, arroces, tiraditos, chupes, etc.
Locations: Lima, Santiago, São Paulo, Panama City, Mexico City (x2), San Francisco, New York (2011).
Astrid y Gastón: The original restaurant of the Acurio Empire, Astrid y Gastón, was in Miraflores in Lima, Peru and was the first to expand outside of Peru. Originally the restaurant was a French bistro, but Acurio quickly began to incorporate more and more Peruvian ingredients and regional cooking styles into the menu and the rest is history.
Locations: Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Quito, Bogota, Caracas, Mexico City.
Panchita: A steakhouse/anticucheria that opened in 2009. Meat is the primary focus, much of it cooked on wood fired grills and ovens.
Locations: Lima.
Chi Cha: Acurio’s first restaurants in Peru to open outside of Lima. Each Chi Cha restaurant is based on the regional cuisine of its location, with a number of national plates thrown in that are similar to the menu of Lima’s Panchita.
Locations: Arequipa, Cusco.
T’anta: A Peruvian café/bistro that is a particular pleasant lunch spot. This is where Acurio’s wife, the German born pastry chef Astrid Gutsche really shines.
Locations: Lima (x4), Arequipa (2011), Madrid, Barcelona (2011), Los Angeles (possibly in 2012), Dallas (delayed indefinitely).
Pasquale Hermanos: A fast food sandwich shop in Lima, Pasquale Hermanos, serves Peruvian sandwiches such as the Butifarra and Chicharrón con camote.
Locations: Lima (x3).
Madame Tusan: Acurio’s first Peruvian-Chinese restaurant opened in Lima in late April of 2011.
Locations: Lima, Santiago (late 2011)
Nikkei: A Peruvian-Japanese fusion restaurant that will open its first branch in Santiago, Chile in 2011.
Polleria: The first of Acurio’s rotisserie chicken restaurants will open in 2011. Likely in Lima.
Los Bachiche: A Peruvian-Italian fusion restaurant that will open in Lima in March 2011.
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