(AP) — Shrimp and grits served for breakfast on the sidewalk at El Pavo Real. In New Orleans, food is just one of the many ways that residents help each other during hard times. New Orleans’ problems echo those of much of urban America: dismaying bursts of violent crime, ingrained poverty, a dearth of affordable housing for the poor. Still, New Orleans residents have had to display a certain resiliency many others haven’t, she said. El Pavo Real owner Lindsey McLellan is an area native and Katrina veteran who remembers dishing up free food after that killer storm when she was a restaurant employee.

Source: thestar September 05, 2021 13:30 UTC