Sensing a decline of J & S in the early 1980s the two opened another restaurant, Graffiti’s, in 1984. The banker advised Ed to manage the money and the hiring of kitchen help, and let Paul Bash (a top-notch chef from Montreal) reign over the food and the chefs.Įd and Paul made good business partnerships. The top floor of what was then First National Bank (now Regions Bank) had (and still has) breathtaking views of the State Capitol and the Arkansas River. (Exxon), eventually finding their way back to central Arkansas to be closer to friends and family.Įd took one look at the restaurant and said yes. They took their son, Mike (now an attorney with Friday, Eldredge & Clark), and moved around a bit with Ed’s position at Humble Oil Co. The restaurant was 100-percent financed by the bank.īorn in Kansas City, Mo., Ed was raised in Dallas, educated at Hendrix College in Conway in 1954, and married Carolyn, also a Hendrix graduate. Unfortunately, Jacques and Suzanne Tritten had moved from Switzerland, opened the restaurant and then decided they wanted to go back to Switzerland. Ed remembers the past Jeffrey looks to the future.ġn 1975 Ed owned a truck stop at the dead end of I-430 when he was asked by a banker, Bill Cravens, to manage one of the most sophisticated restaurants in Arkansas, Jacques & Suzanne. Ed managed and owned well-known restaurants, and Jeffrey is a chef and partner in a brand new restaurant. Ed Moore, is a retired business executive, and his grandson, Jeffrey Moore, is a just getting started, up-and-comer.
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