Here’s A Sneak Peek Inside Justin and Mia Devillier’s Soon-to-Open French Brasserie

The husband and wife team behind one of Eater’s essential 38 restaurants, La Petite Grocery, will open the doors of its highly anticipated French Quarter brasserie next Friday, January 25.

Initially hoping to open in the fall, James Beard award-winning chef Justin Devillier and his wife Mia Freiberger-Devillier have been working on their new project Justine since summer. The pair snagged Seaworthy’s former chef Dan Causgrove, who previously worked for Devillier for five years as his sous at La Petite, to serve as the restaurant’s executive chef.

Justine is located in the historic May & Ellis building (formerly the Hurwitz Mintz building) at 225 Chartres Street. The 200-seat, grand-hall style restaurant designed by New Orleans-based design firm Farouki Farouki features antique brass, vintage artwork and lighting, and diamond-patterned smoked glass mirrors. An outdoor dining space with a custom “absinthe decanter-inspired” fountain, and lots of greenery aims to bookend the distinctly Parisian feel of the space.

Denny Culbert

Denny Culbert

Denny Culbert

Justine will open its doors at 4 p.m. on opening night, with dinner service running from 5:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. Dinner will be served seven days a week from 5:30 p.m. – 11 p.m., with late night hours from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

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