The Boston Globe, “Boston’s New Restaurants: a look at the season’s most exciting openings”

BY: DEVRA FIRST

DATE: SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

“Chef Jose Duarte is always a little bit ahead of his time. He has long been one of the area’s biggest champions of Peruvian cuisine, now gaining popularity: It’s been almost 20 years since he opened Taranta in the North End, infusing Italian food with aji amarillo, huacatay, and other ingredients from the country where he was born. He has also long been a leader when it comes to green restaurant practices. And he’s spent the past four years working to create an eco-lodge in Huaripampa, Peru, to support the local agricultural Andean community … Then there’s his new project closer to home, for which he has partnered with Taranta general manager Taylor Choquet. Both live in Chelsea, and Duarte has wanted to open a restaurant there for years. Tambo 22 also makes connections between produce, labor, and people, Duarte says. “The word ‘tambo’ means a place to rest and eat and recharge.”