When Celeste opens, it will provide guests the opportunity to share music playlists with other diners. “Celeste is tied to ideas of gathering, of community, of sharing a home-cooked meal, of belonging, of open-ended, of feeling at home,” Rondeau says. The restaurant is meant to be an experience, not just a place to eat. Testing a potential shrimp dish for Celeste at home ProvidedĬeleste takes its name from the Spanish word for the color light blue, which Rondeau says “evokes a sense of space, and a mood.”
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“The concept for the space is to create a vibrant and intimate environment, and although it is very small, the plan is open, inviting, and the space is full of light,” Rondeau says.
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The restaurant will span about 450 square feet, and there will be seating for 24, including space along the windows and at the kitchen bar. The Bow Street storefront is currently under construction, but it will eventually offer a “simple yet stimulating” interior. “Pairing food with a good beer or a well-balanced drink is an art, and we believe is equally important to the culinary experience,” Rondeau says. There will be a late-night bar menu as well. Paola Ibarra will manage the bar program, which will include beer, wine, and cocktails, along with liquors like mezcal and pisco. There will also be potato terrines and salads, along with daily specials like octopus with olive tapenade, mussels, and rice with lentils.
In addition to a catch-of-the-day ceviche and a vegan version made with artichoke hearts, expect to see three kinds of slow-cooked stews: aji de gallina, which is a creamy chicken stew seco de cordero, made with lamb and locro, a vegetarian stew made with squash. The food will center on “home-cooked meals, made with love,” according to Rondeau, with an emphasis on ceviche, made for diners’ viewing pleasure: Bar seating will overlook the restaurant’s open kitchen. “Celeste is envisioned as an open and democratic space, where everyone participates sensorially in how the food is made - through views, color, scents, textures, sounds, and projections, it all works as part of the shared experience,” Rondeau says. As a creative space, it will serve as a forum of sorts, where the community can come together over arts and food. “Our ideas have always been tied to working collaboratively with friends and colleagues, allowing a sense of experimentation in how things happen, and challenging the status quo,” Rondeau tells Eater in an email.Ĭeleste will likewise reflect that mindset: As a restaurant, it will focus on recipes from Peru, where Calderon grew up learning cooking methods from his mother and grandmother. They were also responsible for an artist residency project in La Antigua, Guatemala, and have worked together to produce a film, Amores Gatos. (formerly an acupuncture clinic, located right by the Juice Union and steps from Neighborhood) as early as February 2018.Ĭalderon, a chef and filmmaker, and Rondeau, an architect and producer, have previously collaborated on a restaurant concept called Kriollo Real, which they ran as a Peruvian pop-up within their Cambridge home, beginning in 2013.
JuanMa Calderon, Maria Rondeau, and Paola Ibarra are working on securing permits and finalizing plans, aiming to open the doors to their new restaurant at 21 Bow St. Celeste will be a creative space and restaurant, with a focus on ceviche and artistic collaboration. Somerville’s Union Square will welcome a new source for Peruvian cuisine in the new year, and the restaurant responsible will bring a little extra flare along with the food.
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