Coming up in the Quarter: Stories from Leah Chase




All Things New Orleans show

Summary: Before Leah Chase became the culinary luminary of Dooky Chase's Restaurant , she had to start somewhere. Right out of school, Leah took her first restaurant job in a little cafe in the French Quarter. It was during that time that she found her calling as a restaurateur and met some memorable characters along the way. In this edition of NOLA Life Stories , Leah takes us back to her early days working in the Quarter. This NOLA Life Stories interview was conducted by Mark Cave for The Historic New