The son of Sicilian immigrants, John Majoria was part of the family that started Majoria Drugs and Majoria’s Grocery in Boutte. He got into the restaurant business with his lifelong friend, Bruce Griffen, when they bought the now-long-gone downtown cafe Mumphrey’s on St. Charles Avenue. They then bought the Commerce Restaurant about a year after it opened. There was no question back then that New Orleans staples would be their bread and butter. In the background, the constant clunking ring o