After the Immense Success of Ghetto Gastro, Jon Gray Readies His First Restaurant

Photo courtesy of Gourmega

Writer Osman Can Yerebakan writes in Galerie magazine about Ghetto Gastro opening Gourmega, a Greenwich Village restaurant designed by Mariam Issoufou.

Yerebakan writes: “From artworks by Rashid Johnson and Hugh Hayden to a tan limewashed bar that references 20th-century Black and tan clubs, Gray and Issoufou weave thoughtful tributes to Black culture throughout the restaurant. Gray also sought to celebrate Black queens across history, incorporating subtle references to figures such as Nina Simone and Nefertiti into the scheme.”

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