We often refer to the restaurant world as “the service industry” but the people who actually serve are mostly relegated to the role of functionary – simply a necessary conduit between the real stars of dining: the chef and the person bestowing the food with appreciation or approbation. However, there are servers in the service…

Back in the day – pre Katrina and Ivan and a bunch of other wicked storms that killed them off one at a time – the New Orleans Lakefreont was a mecca of seafood restaurants.  Fitzgerald’s, Sid-Mar’s, Brunings, and more, Lakefront dining was an integral part of growing up in New Orleans.  Eventually they all…