Our original Tootsies location is in Nashville, TN. Hattie "Tootsie" Louis Tatum bought the bar (called Mom's at the time of purchase) in 1960. She credited a painter with the name new name because of the orchid color he'd painted her building. Tootsie was a singer/comedienne with "Big Jeff & The Radio Playboys. She recorded "My Little Red Wagon" and Tootsie's Wall of Fame."