Our Town With Host Andy Ockershausen - Homegrown History

"Often imitated, never duplicated, where the elite meet to eat." ~Tommy Jacomo of The Palm Restaurant Tommy Jacomo, The Palm Restaurant, Washington DC A Ockershausen: This is Our Town with Andy Ockershausen. I'm delighted to have a man here that I've known since he came to Washington, and I remember in 1972, Tommy. Tommy Jacomo, as far as I'm concerned, is the mayor of the D.C. restaurant world, and certainly knows more famous people than any ten people I know. Tommy, welcome to Our Town. Tommy Jacomo: Pleasure, thanks for having me Andy. Beginnings A Ockershausen: It's a long way from New York, New York. Tommy Jacomo: It's all downhill. A Ockershausen: You grew up in the Queens, right? Tommy Jacomo: Correct. A Ockershausen: Went to school in New York City? Tommy Jacomo: Yeah, very little schooling, I was hustling most of the time. A Ockershausen: Your family was in, was your family in the restaurant business? Tommy Jacomo: My father was a bartender at Waldorf Astoria for 40 years. He started in the men's