Menu
Step into The Diner Bar, where Southern seafood meets Texan flair! Led by Mashama Bailey and Johno Morisano, our menu features seasonal delights like Shrimp Toast with benne seeds and Seafood Towers brimming with raw bar favorites. Experience Southern hospitality with a Texan twist in the heart of Downtown Austin.
Mid-century modern furniture reflects Bailey & Morisano’s first project together, the James Beard Award winning The Grey restaurant in Savannah, with faded leather booths lining the front windows while a horseshoe bar serves as a focal point at the center of the restaurant. There, our guests indulge in an assortment of oysters alongside vodka and cocktails while selecting bar snacks such as Fried Ugali with salsa macha and Savannah Red Rice balls.
Join us for a perfect martini, served old school with a side car, and indulgences like oysters & caviar at the bar while chilling to a home spun playlist. After that, move on to a menu of some things familiar, some new to you, but all made with local fare and love. And, wash it all down with an eclectic and thoughtful wine list that focuses on expressions of grapes from areas both traditional and, well, not so much.
Diner Bar Austin proudly advocates for fair wages, provides a meaningful benefits package for full-time employees as well as educational resources to help our team continuously grow.
Mashama Bailey is the 2022 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Chef and co-founder of Grey Spaces, the hospitality group behind restaurants such as the critically acclaimed The Grey restaurant and its all-day counterpart The Grey Market in Savannah.
In 2022, she and Grey Spaces co-founder/business partner Johno Morisano opened two new restaurants, the Diner Bar and The Grey Market Austin, that showcase the Grey Spaces’ distinct take on Port City Southern fare in the new Thompson Austin.
Johno Morisano is the co-founder and managing partner of Grey Spaces, the hospitality group behind restaurants such as the critically acclaimed The Grey and its all-day counterpart The Grey Market in Savannah.
At Grey Spaces, Johno oversees guest experience, business growth and strategy while Mashama, the executive chef and co-founder, oversees all culinary creation and operations.
If you enjoy working with like-minded people who thrive in a team-first culture and are passionate about food, wine and service, we want to meet you!
Ideal candidates are team players by nature, delight in exceeding guest expectations and have a dynamic sense of humor, all of which we consider as important as work ethic and technical proficiency.
Email us at: jointheteam@thegreymkt-austin.com