By Ruth Ann Ruiz

The Post Newspaper Features Editor

Janet Morris is honoring her late mother’s memory in the most delicious way possible. Starting Sunday, October 27, the Texas City native will open Betty Jean’s Soul Food at her Upscale Lounge on 6th Street, serving up her mother’s beloved recipes to the after-church crowd and beyond.

“My mamma always told me I could do anything I wanted to do,” said Morris.

And Morris has done plenty. This isn’t her first rodeo—she’s owned a hair and lash salon, co-owned a BBQ restaurant also on 6th Street, run several other small businesses, and worked for 12 years with CPS. But after hitting a bump in the road over the past couple of months due to illness, Morris had to step back from operating Upscale Lounge. Now she’s back with a renewed sense of

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