Gumbo Cook Worried About Regular Customer’s No-Shows Goes To His Home And Saves His Life

Gumbo Cook Worried About Regular Customer’s No-Shows Goes To His Home And Saves His Life

Gumbo Cook Worried About Regular Customer’s No-Shows Goes To His Home And Saves His Life Hero gumbo cook Donnell Stallworth at the Shrimp Basket – courtesy photo Something had to be wrong. For over a decade, his routine was as reliable as the sunrise: every day around 11 a.m, the door to the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida would swing open and one loyal customer would walk in. Donnell Stallworth, a cook at the Shrimp Basket, said the regular visitor is like “everyone’s grandpa”. They liked him so much that, a few months ago, the staff threw him a party to celebrate his 78th birthday. Every day the old man orders a cup of gumbo before heading home again. But earlier this month, the man stopped showing up. As the days mounted, concern spread among Donnell and the the staff. Where was he? Donnell was determined to find out, because, by this point, the old guy was something more than a customer—he was a friend. “I just left work, went to his house, and I knocked on the door like two times,” he…