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Antoine's: A family tradition - Los Angeles Times
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Antoine’s: A family tradition

Casie Blount, 22, is the heir apparent to Antoine's Restaurant, one of the legendary dining spots in New Orleans' French Quarter. Her grandmother, right, Yvonne Blount, was not allowed to work in the restaurant because her father didn't think it was appropriate for a woman.

Casie Blount, 22, is the heir apparent to Antoine’s Restaurant, one of the legendary dining spots in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Her grandmother, right, Yvonne Blount, was not allowed to work in the restaurant because her father didn’t think it was appropriate for a woman.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Casie Blount is the heir apparent to Antoine’s Restaurant, one of the legendary dining spots in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

Rex room

Marlon Barden, who has worked at Antoine’s Restaurant for five years, sets the table in the Rex room. His brother worked there before him.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

1840 room

Casie Blount is the social director and assistant sales and marketing director. One of her favorite rooms is the 1840 room, which includes many historical paintings.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Antoine's Restaurant

Antoine’s Restaurant bills itself as the longest continuously family-run restaurant in the nation.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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French Quarter

On St. Louis Street in the French Quarter, Casie Blount and grandmother Yvonne Blount talk about the neighborhood they love.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Family lunch

Waiter Charles Carter, who started working at Antoine’s Restaurant when he was 15 years old, serves Casie Blount, who has lunch with her father Rick Blount, 55, the chief executive of Antoine’s.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Clowning around

Waiter Derrick Roberts, center, jokes around with Casie Blount and her grandmother as he arrives for work.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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