"We both came to France in our 20s, one of us (John) for work at Activision and the other (Mashama) for a cooking school, and we both fell in love with Paris in our own ways. After we got the Grey in Savannah off the ground, we talked about opening a restaurant in Paris. We came to France to revise our book, Black, White, and The Grey, and after a couple of months eating out here, we were decided and started looking for space."
"We're still in that beginning stage of trying to get a team together. We also opened in a very old building - there's been a restaurant here for a hundred years - and we had to do a lot of renovations, since the last time it was renovated was in the early '70s. We tried to keep a lot of the spirit of the old place, preserving and restoring the furniture, the lighting, and the bar face."
"We love the owner, Pierre Cheucle, at this little place on the Rue de Stanislas in the 6th arrondissement. He's a character and makes you feel so at home. It's a traditional, French, old-school-style bistro and showcases food from Lyon. The best things on the menu are the kidneys and the mustard sauce. The old-school French bistros love a lot of offal, so there's some history there."
John and Mashama arrived in France in their twenties for work and culinary training and fell in love with Paris. After launching the Grey in Savannah and revising their book, they chose to open a restaurant in Paris and searched for space. They opened L'Arrêt in the 7th arrondissement in a century-old building, completed extensive renovations, and preserved original furniture, lighting, and the bar face. They aim to bring American culture and hospitality to Paris, build a local team, and bridge Parisian, rural French, and American Southern cooking while engaging neighborhood restaurants and inspirations.
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