Patrice Farooq has been working in the food service industry for more than a decade, first as a caterer, baker and restaurant owner in Houston and now as the owner of comfort food pop-up Cupcake Kitchen Nola. She’s been booked for countless parties, festivals and events, and kept Mardi Gras revelers fed near the corner of Magazine and Jena streets during this year’s big Uptown parades.
But she’s never seen a rush quite like the one at Pal’s Lounge after the first Thursday of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
“That was the most I’ve ever had,” Farooq said. “Literally.”…