About Jean Galatoire
Lived 1854 – 1919 (aged 64–65). Jean Galatoire was a restaurateur and chef.
alt=Black and white portrait of a mustachioed man. Appears to be in his mid-20s.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. In 1896 he moved to New Orleans and opened up a café.
In 1905, Jean Galatoire bought out Victor's Restaurant on Bourbon Street and reestablished it as Galatoire's.
He died in 1919 in New Orleans.
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American restaurateur
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Jean Galatoire was born in 1854 in Pardies.
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Jean Galatoire died on 30 September 1919.
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Jean Galatoire was a restaurateur and chef.
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