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Tiffani Faison opens new restaurant Tigerbaby at High Street Place

Boston.com, Katelyn Umholtz, February 17, 2026

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Another concept from Tiffani Faison is headed to the High Street Place food hall in downtown Boston, one that will remind diners of an earlier restaurant from this celebrity chef.

Tigerbaby, which opens Tuesday, Feb. 17, is the counter-service version of Tiger Mama, Faison’s second restaurant concept that opened in the Fenway in 2015 and closed down in 2021. 

In a press release, Faison said the concept draws from her days running Tiger Mama, which served a fusion of Southeast Asian cuisine, as well as a return to cooking the food she loves most. In the opening menu at Tigerbaby, you’ll find influences of Thai and Vietnamese, but also more Eastern Asian influences as well, with dishes like Thai basil chicken, black pepper beef and broccoli, and Vietnamese cold coffee.

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“Tigerbaby is an opportunity to continue to cook in a vernacular that I love, as are all of our spaces, but this one feels like reuniting with an a family member I haven’t seen in a while,” Faison said over email.

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But different from the sit-down experience at Tiger Mama that brought diners dishes like short rib crudo or a massive platter of marinated duck, Tigerbaby will fit the mold of what downtown diners are looking for at a food hall like High Street Place: quick and easy food that they can even order for carry-out if they’re on the go. Other dishes include tangerine chicken, popcorn dumplings, Lucky Buddha Beer, transfusion drinks, and Tiger Thai tea.

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But for those looking for a bit of Tiger Mama nostalgia, Faison pointed to the “Tiger Classics” section of the menu. One such dish, the Singapore street noodles, makes a return and comes highly recommended from the High Street Place team’s Lauren Johnson.

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Tigerbaby is now the fifth concept inside High Street Place from Faison’s Big Heart Hospitality. There are, of course, other restaurants and bars in High Street Place that serve everything from fried chicken sandwiches to craft cocktails. But clearly this food hall — which had a significantly delayed opening due to the pandemic — likes working with Faison. Bubble Bath, Charming Gardener, Dive Bar, and Tenderoni’s are all under the Big Heart Hospitality umbrella. 

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“Tiffani has an incredible vision, along with a deep understanding of the food hall format and how to evolve within it,” said Johnson, the food hall’s marketplace manager. “We have been exploring ways to reimagine and adapt the Tiger Mama concept for High Street Place for some time, and Tigerbaby felt like a natural next step. It introduces a range of flavors that we have not yet  showcased within the hall while still fitting seamlessly into the energy and diversity of the space.”

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Faison, a familiar face in Boston and nationally given her Food Network and Top Chef programming appearances, also runs other restaurants in traditional brick-and-mortar spaces, like Sweet Cheeks Q and Fool’s Errand, both in the Fenway. Just last year, she also opened a rooftop bar version of Bubble Bath at the CitizenM hotel in Back Bay.

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Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday to Saturday; closed Sunday.

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Katelyn Umholtz is the Food and Restaurant Reporter for Boston.com