THE Boston Globe, "With Tambo 22, longtime North End Chef Jose Duarte brings his vision of Peru to Chelsea"

BY: DEVRA FIRST

DATE: MAY 18, 2021

"As we eat, Chelsea falls away. Tambo 22 isn’t just a Peruvian restaurant. It’s a portal to the Andes. Duarte has spent his career bringing us the flavors of the country where he was born, the ingredients he is passionate about…A more recent project is the Santa Cruz Lodge in Huaripampa, Peru, an eco-lodge created to support the local agricultural Andean community. Tambo 22 is a direct line between there and here, at a time when great distance feels even greater. This relationship is both practical and spiritual: For instance, the restaurant uses an agave-based spirit from the region in some of its cocktails, such as the Don Miguel margarita. “We want a symbiotic creation of how we can run a business and connect and interconnect cultures, food, and people,” Duarte says.”