Meet The Gumbo Guy
Strolling through Eastern Market’s Shed #3 I noticed a man sitting at a plastic chair at a plastic table with an umbrella over it. It was a little peculiar, I thought, having the umbrellas over the tables indoors. The man, wearing a knit cap, was by himself eating steaming soup out of a styrofoam bowl, intermittently adding oyster crackers, obviously enjoying it. “The Gumbo,” said the customer with a full mouth… “It’s excellent.” My brother and I purchased a bowl of the piping hot Gumbo at...