La Perla de Pacifica on Preston opened today!

Stopped in for lunch and loved it. Same Pacific coast Mexican seafood menu as the Westport road location. Had the "regular" coctel de Campechana, a large goblet containing at least a half pound of chilled shrimp and a generous ration of slightly chewy octopus in a tomato broth with tomatoes, lime juice, diced red onion, avocado and cilantro. It wasn't as spicy as I like it, but a sprinkle of Valentina hot sauce did the trick. They threw in a free tostada de ceviche, since I was their first customer at the new location.

I figured the tostada would be a small appetizer-sized portion, but it was a five-inch tostada mounded with a pile of ceviche nearly three inches tall!

Lunch specials are mostly breakfast dishes and quesadillas for five or six bucks. They are also going to offer "home estillo" specials, which I think will be Mexican comfort food as well as taqueria fare.

My three favorite Mexican restaurants: La perla, La Rosita in New Albany and Sante Fe CaFe in Old Louisville.

Where on Preston is it located? It might have to be dinner tonight.

damn that sounds good. I'm there for lunch today.

Clay, La Perla is at 4906 Preston, a few doors north of Pepper Shaker BBQ.

Gave it a try tonight, and liked it very much. I had the fish tacos, which were very good. They were different from what I was expecting: the tacos were sealed up and looked to have been briefly deep fried, which resulted in a nice crispy shell. My wife's steak burrito was also excellent. The tuna tostada needed a lot of salt and hot sauce to bring out flavor, but once it was doctored up, it was tasty as well. Portions were huge, prices were not.

There a lot of great seafood items on the menu, (whole lobster, shrimp, crab, fresh oysters, mussels, octopus) and it's clearly going to warrant a number of return visits.