Bistro La Floraison, Take Root Hospitality’s transportive French restaurant in Clayton, is closing its doors. The restaurant group announced the news in an email today, citing the inability to secure a lease renewal as the reason for the closure. Bistro La Floraison’s last day of service will be May 30.
“It is with a heavy heart that I share that Bistro La Floraison will be closing at the end of May,” the announcement reads. “This is not the outcome we had hoped for, and it is incredibly difficult to say goodbye to a place that has meant so much—to us, to our team, and to all of you who have filled our dining room with life, laughter, and celebration these last four years.”
Michael and Tara Gallina, co-owners of Take Root Hospitality with chef and partner Aaron Martinez, opened Bistro La Floraison in 2022, after taking over the space previously overseen by the iconic St. Louis restaurateur Zoe Robinson. Robinson had operated its predecessor, Bar Les Freres, in the charming space on Wydown from 2012 through 2020, when the pandemic forced its temporary closure. Robinson made the decision to retire and sell the restaurant along with her other concepts I Frattelini (now Wright’s Tavern) and Billie Jean (now Bar Moro); she was thrilled to entrust the Gallinas with her legacy, and they did her proud, maintaining her vision for a stylish, elegant French restaurant while infusing it with their own flair…