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By Leah Chase
Published 2023
When I got that first restaurant job at the Colonial Restaurant, all of my aunts and uncles here in New Orleans got together and were going to sit me down and have a talk with me to straighten me out. At the time, the only city work a girl my age and color was expected to do was in the clothes factories. But I got to keep my job.
I made seven dollars a week waiting tables there, and could keep all of my tips. I loved the French Quarter and loved working there. I met so many interest