Black chef offers food for thought in rural Minnesota community
Mateo Mackbee and his girlfriend Erin Lucas opened a New Orleans style restaurant in St. Joseph four days after the death of George Floyd. Author: Boyd Huppert Updated: 10:25 PM CDT April 7, 2021
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Mateo Mackbee, owner and chef at Krewe restaurant in St. Joseph, Minnesota
ST JOSEPH, Minn. St. Joseph is a town of towering steeples and 6,500, mostly, white people.
Mateo Mackbee is a notable exception.
“This is the barbequed shrimp,” Mateo says as he works the grill at Krewe, the New Orleans style restaurant he opened last May with his girlfriend Erin Lucas.