Pelle opened his tailor shop, called Romualdo ... “I started working with Romauldo when I was 19-years-old and he’s pretty much like an adopted grandparent for me. It’s been a wild ride ...

His own shop, John Berardi’s Modern Custom Tailor, has been open for 50 years ... Several American sewing machines sit in one corner, and old trophies fill a glass case by the door -- relics ...

Pops had opened a modest little shop on NE Second Avenue in downtown ... where the now 61-year-old tailor weaves suits, slacks, dress shirts, tuxedos, and sport coats. Christian Garcia is a ...