(AP) — In this Jan. 20, 2009 file photo, Chef Leah Chase, owner of Dooky Chase Restaurant, prepares a meal in the kitchen of her restaurant in New Orleans.
Dooky Chase Restaurant is one of the few civil rights landmarks remaining in New Orleans. "I feel like in this restaurant, we changed the course of the world over bowls of gumbo." (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)