La Mar, huge international chef Gastón Acurio's first foray into the US and one of San Francisco's biggest fall openings, will be expanding to New York in 2009: "Acurio admits that his biggest challenge is yet to come: making Peruvian the new Japanese in the U.S...La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in San Francisco is the first of three Acurio is opening in the U.S. over the next year; New York and Las Vegas locations are planned for 2009." [Portfolio]For more stories from Eater, go to eater.com.
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