Cincinnati – 89-year-old Gus Miller doesn’t advertise. He’s not on the internet. His downtown store, Batsake’s Hat Shop, has been operating downtown since 1907 and is confident he can continue to run until he is 100.
“I’m 89 years old,” he said. “11 more will be easier.”
Mirrors are unique. Likewise his shop. It is perhaps one of the few traditional hat shops left. This product is handcrafted by a mirror that uses older tools to make and care for hats.
He stated it was a family business. Miller’s relatives (a Greek immigrant whose surname was pronounced “Bat Circies”) opened the store when Theodore Roosevelt was president and the country consisted of only 46 states.
Miller moved from Greece to the United States as a young man in 1951 and helped his cousin Pete Basakes in the shop.
Decades later, he still works six days a week. Batsakes is only closed on Sundays.
“I don’t know how I’ve done this job for the past 70 years,” he said. “That’s incredible”
At the time, he was curating a collection of celebrity clients and a number of strong beliefs about the importance of traditional businesses like himself.
Batsakes has relied on local buyers for over 100 years. Miller thinks that’s right.
“Pay a little more,” he said. “You save money in the city and help the city.”
Batsakes Hat Shop, a fixture in Cincinnati for 114 years
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