COLORS was born in 2006, when we first opened our doors in New York City with a menu that lovingly reflected the culinary traditions of the 22 countries from which our proud worker-owners hailed. The idea that such finely prepared, full-flavored, creative dishes as slow-roasted pork, poached hake, and curried goat could be offered in an elegant lower Manhattan restaurant where everyone from the busters to the cooks and servers had an ownership stake might seem unlikely. But we were all former restaurant workers from the restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center who had survived 9-11 and had gone on to form the Restaurant Opportunities Center – the country’s largest restaurant worker organization - and that seemed unlikely too.