Please don’t go to Tailor with a friend you haven’t seen in a while, because there will be no “catching up.” The food demands all your attention. And happily so. Fortunately I went with my daughter who I could blissfully ignore while taking in all the flavors of Tailor.
Tailor is the brainchild and passion project of Vivek Surti. He parlayed his cooking through his supper club series (VEA Supper Club) that he operated out of his home in 2011. Until he opened his restaurant Tailor in 2018 in Germantown, Vivek hopped around town cooking his food with chef freinds and popping up everywhere from City House to Butcher & Bee. He even did a collaboration with Hattie B’s.
Vivek is a first generation American of Indian descent. He grew up in Brentwood and is a self taught cook, heavily influenced by his moms and grandmothers Indian cooking. He knew early on that regular restaurant service was not for him. He wanted to cook and serve the food he felt passionate about, in the way he wanted, which is supper club style. He wanted to celebrate and share the traditional (Punjabi) food his family ate at home while celebrating the South as well. This translated into a prixe fixe menu twice a night with limited seating, and unique spice-infused fusion dishes, served community style.