Jean Galatoire Explained

Jean Galatoire (5 December 1854 – 30 September 1919) was a French-American restaurateur who owned Galatoire's restaurant on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Galatoire was born in Pardies, a small village near Pau, France. In 1880, he immigrated to America, where he bought an inn and a restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama.^[1] In 1896 he moved to New Orleans and opened up a café.^[2]

In 1905, Jean Galatoire bought out Victor's Restaurant on Bourbon Street and reestablished it as Galatoire's.^[3]

He died in 1919 in New Orleans.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Galatoire, Leon . Galatoire's cookbook . 11 . Pelican Publishing Company . 1994 . 0-88289-999-6.
2. Book: McCaffety, Kerri . Etouffee, Mon Amour: The Great Restaurants of New Orleans . 56 . Pelican Publishing Company . 2002 . 1-56554-926-0.
3. Book: Arthur, Stanley Clisby . Old New Orleans: A History of the Vieux Carre, Its Ancient and Historical Buildings . 212 . Heritage Books . 1936 . 2007 . 978-0-7884-2722-0.
4. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Death Records Index, 1804–1949