Inside Ardo restaurant. (Credit: Courtesy of the establishment)
A drink, a few shared plates or a sit-down dinner: Ardo, which opened in September in Achrafieh’s Saint-Nicolas district, aims to be a neighborhood spot. It takes a deliberately more casual approach than its founders’ previous fine dining ventures, including Aubrac.“We wanted to create a place where we ourselves would want to go,” says co-founder Gianny Chamoun. “The idea is to have a warm and accessible spot where you can spend an hour over a drink or meal without necessarily having planned a special outing.” Road trip? In Jounieh, À la minute merges fast and healthy in Lebanese sandwiches A $400,000 investmentThe restaurant represents a $400,000 investment by five partners: Gianny Chamoun; her husband, chef Fouad Chemali; architect Jefferey Meawad; Michel Matta; and Peter Chamoun.The founders opened their first restaurant, Maison...
A drink, a few shared plates or a sit-down dinner: Ardo, which opened in September in Achrafieh’s Saint-Nicolas district, aims to be a neighborhood spot. It takes a deliberately more casual approach than its founders’ previous fine dining ventures, including Aubrac.“We wanted to create a place where we ourselves would want to go,” says co-founder Gianny Chamoun. “The idea is to have a...
