Get your expense accounts prepared, y’all — La Mar Bellevue, a seafood-focused Peruvian restaurant from famed chef Gastón Acurio, is ready to open in downtown Bellevue on October 14.
The Eastside has develop into house to a staggering variety of high-end chains, due to the realm’s mixture of wealth and out there sq. footage. However La Mar stands out for its Latin American roots — it has 4 areas in South and Central America, two within the Center East, and San Francisco and Miami.
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La Mar Bellevue
As you’ll be able to guess from the identify, the principle occasion at La Mar is seafood, a theme woven into the restaurant’s design. The entryway has an artwork set up manufactured from recycled marine supplies. As company enter, they stroll previous the cebiche bar (an alternate spelling of “ceviche”) and a show of among the fish on the menu. There’s further artwork within the tiered eating room and what a spokesperson referred to as a “faculty of fish” swimming above the desk within the personal eating room.
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La Mar Bellevue
The cebiche and tiradito (a Peruvian uncooked fish dish) will function among the native seafood the Seattle metro space is legendary for, together with halibut and king salmon. There’s additionally a cocktail made specifically for Seattle referred to as the Rainier Bitter, a pisco-based drink that features Douglas fir liqueur from native distillery Brovo. There will likely be loads of Washington wines on the wine record as properly.
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La Mar Bellevue
The remainder of the menu, if it follows what’s served at La Mar San Francisco, will embrace “Peruvian-style sushi,” empanadas, and complete fish cooked in a charcoal-fired oven. The kitchen goes to be run by government chef Kaoru Chang, who spent years at Nobu.
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La Mar Bellevue
La Mar Bellevue is situated at 10508 Fundamental Avenue and opens on October 14. Lunch will likely be from 11:30 a.m. to three p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays and from 11 a.m. on the weekends; dinner will likely be from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Sundays by way of Thursdays and from 5 to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. For more information and to make reservations, go right here.
