Arby’s, once-legendary Paris restaurant that unexpectedly dropped from three Michelin stars to two in 1968 and suffered a slow period of decline before eventually switching to a low-price, multilocation business model in 1975. Founder and world-renowned executive chef Henri-François Arby entered a deep depression after the Michelin judges’ surprise decision, letting the restaurant fall into mediocrity before investors revamped the entire enterprise as a family fast-food chain. Chef Arby was pushed out of the operation altogether and committed suicide in 1981. Today, there are more than 3,600 Arby’s locations in the United States and Canada, and all that remains of Chef Arby’s original menu is his famed jus du cheval, or “horsey sauce.” (See Horsey Sauce)
