most of it of the not good variety. known unfortunately as much for byron de la beckwith, and tom brady s infamous speech after brown v. the board of education as anything else, fairly or not, it s hard to get past that. during all the years of cruelty and struggle from 1933 on, through it all and until today, this place, lusco s, was a beloved institution. once a grocery store, it turned restaurant to the money class, serving them in discreet quarters in the back where one could enjoy an alcoholic beverage in what was then a dry state. still going after all these years. and unchanged. why? john t. edge: this place is like a reliquary of like indiscretions past. you know? anthony: but maybe, to really tell the story of this place, you have to start with the story of its most famous employee booker wright, who had been working at lusco s as a waiter wince he was 14 years old.
turning them in discreet quarters in the back where one could enjoy an alcoholic beverage in which was once then a dry state. it s a place of indiscretions past. to tell the story of the place, you have to start with the story of the most famous employee. booker wright. he d been working at lusco s as a waiter since he was 14 years old. we don t have a red menu. in 1965, nbc news came to town. they did a documentary on race relations. booker s recitation of the menu was famous around town and they asked if it was a usual retune f routine for the camera. but at the end of his usual litany is where he dropped the truth bomb that nobody was ready