Galatoire's Hotel & Restaurant
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Galatoire's Hotel & Restaurant was a fine restaurant and hotel located at 108-110 21st Street North in downtown Birmingham between about 1889 and 1892. It was owned and operated by French-born chef Jean Galatoire, who went on to found the long-lived Galatoire's Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana.
One of Galatoire's regular customers was industrialist J. H. Woodward. On his 46th birthday, Woodward dined at Galatoire's with his future son-in-law, Oscar Underwood, to discuss iron markets.
Galatoire closed the business on May 5, 1892, with unpaid debts of about $4,000.