“I wanted it to be very immersive, very concentrated… The idea was that the kitchen would always be present through silhouettes.” — 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗳𝗼𝘂
After 14 years of
@ghettogastro , cofounder
@ghettogray finally opens a brick-and-mortar in the United States: 𝗚𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗮. A community kitchen by day, in collaboration with
@rethinkfood , and a 14-seat dining room by night,
@gourmega collapses restaurant, social infrastructure, and cultural project into a single space.
Designed by
@mariamissoufou_architects , the interior grounds itself in the layered history of its West Village site — once part of one of Manhattan’s earliest Black neighborhoods — through a black-and-tan palette, black limewashed walls, and a circular communal table that flattens hierarchy and pulls every guest into the same orbit.
Photography by Ashland Mines (
@bobbybeethoven ) for PIN–UP
Read the interview with Gray and Issoufou at 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴
#Gourmega #JonGray #GhettoGastro #MariamIssoufou #architecturalentertainment
