Johno & Mashama

ABOUT MASHAMA BAILEY, JOHNO MORISANO AND GREY SPACES

Partners Mashama Bailey and Johno Morisano are the duo behind Grey Spaces, which operates The Grey Market and The Grey, a formerly segregated 1938 Greyhound Bus terminal they transformed into an essential American dining destination. Since opening in December 2014, The Grey has earned a number of accolades, including being named one of TIME Magazine’s World’s Greatest Places, Eater’s 2017 Restaurant of the Year and a World’s Best Restaurant by Food & Wine and Travel + Leisure. In 2018, Bailey and Morisano opened The Grey Market, combining their love for New York City bodegas – the true lifeblood of any New Yorker – with the history and convenience of the Southern lunch counter. In 2021, Bailey, the 2019 James Beard Best Chef: Southeast, and Morisano released a co-written culinary memoir, Black, White and The Grey, which explores how the two unconventional partners built a relationship and a restaurant that would inspire conversations around gender, race, class and culture.