Southern Tailor

This weekend I had dinner at John Besh's August restaurant. It did live up to its reputation. I was told by my family before going that it was in the old Southern Tailor building at 301 Tchoupitoulas Street. This is where my grandfather worked for over 40 years making suits for the people of New Orleans and beyond. I was surprised that neither of my servers at the restaurant knew this bit of history. I suspected that my family had the address wrong, but I double checked and it was indeed correct. A quick internet search turned up no mention of this fine old New Orleans institution. Southern Tailor closed sometime in the 1970s, but it seems to have no mention anywhere on line. So here it is. Southern Tailor. 301 Tchoupitoulas Street. Now the site of August restaurant. The place that kept the men of New Orleans looking sharp for many decades.