

90

"I felt the legacy of Leah Chase in a dining room that once hosted Civil Rights leaders and is now stewarded by her grandson Edgar Dook Chase IV, where sincere, heartwarming Creole cooking—gumbo, red beans and rice, golden fried chicken, mustard greens and peach cobbler—is served amid a dazzling collection of African-American art, red-painted walls, red-patterned carpet and red-striped chairs while congenial matriarchs circulate, creating a powerful mix of history, sincerity and wonderful food." - The MICHELIN Guide