La Catedral del Pisco, Peruvian seafood restaurant in Palermo, Argentina.
La Catedral del Pisco is a Peruvian seafood restaurant set inside a mansion from the 1920s in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The menu centers on ceviche in many forms and fish dishes drawn from Peru's coastal cooking traditions.
The restaurant opened in 2015, bringing Peruvian ceviche traditions to Buenos Aires for the first time on this scale. Chef Gaston Acurio was behind the project, drawing on cooking methods long established along Peru's Pacific coast.
The name pays homage to pisco, the spirit deeply tied to Peruvian identity, and sets the tone for a menu rooted in coastal Peruvian tradition. The daily catch from local Argentine fishermen shapes what appears on the table, creating a bridge between two food cultures.
The restaurant serves both lunch and dinner, Tuesday through Sunday, and reservations are recommended during busy hours. The mansion's layout means some tables are in indoor rooms while others are in outdoor or covered areas, so it is worth asking when you book.
Chef Gustavo Montestruque has developed dishes such as sole with three different pepper preparations and whole lobster marinated in lime and seafood stock. These are not drawn from a single traditional recipe but reflect his own reading of techniques he has worked with over many years.
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