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The 30 best New Orleans restaurants right now in every price range, from upscale to joints.
NOLA.com - October 11th, 2024
As the original home of bananas foster, Brennan's restaurant in New Orleans goes through 35,000 pounds of bananas per year.
Food Republic - October 10th, 2024
A Toast to the Host at Brennan’s: Christian Pendleton
French Quarter Journal - August 1st, 2024
The best brunch in New Orleans for a late morning indulgence
TimeOut.com - July 17th, 2024
20 New Orleans Restaurants Where Dessert Steals the Show
Eater New Orleans - June 28th, 2024
“The 41 Best Restaurants in New Orleans at Every Price Point ”
Southern Living - May 24th, 2024
Where Can You Find 235 Amazing Wines? At the Wine Spectator Grand Tour
Wine Spectator - April 30th, 2024
18 Fantastic Places to Drink Wine in New Orleans, According to Pros
Wine Spectator - April 16th, 2024
“The History Behind Bananas Foster and the Person It’s Named For”
Tasting Table - April 2nd, 2024
"Did you know bananas foster was born at this New Orleans restaurant?"
WGNO - March 26th, 2024
This is how to make a Bloody Bull – a better, beefier Bloody Mary recipe
The Manual - March 1st, 2024
“The Six Best American Sparkling Wines to Ring in the New Year According to Award-Winning Sommelier”
Epoch Times - December 26th, 2023
Five Industry Insiders on the Chablis Market Right Now Chablis is enjoying a golden moment
New Wine Review - October 3rd, 2023
Top 10 Bars and Restaurants across the United States for Enjoying Champagne
Champagne Bureau, USA - September 20th, 2023
“Sommelier Roundtable: What’s Your Favorite Supermarket Wine”
Wine Spectator - May 1st, 2023
"James Beard list of chef and restaurant semifinalists is out. Did your favorite make the cut?"
USA Today - January 25th, 2023
“Where to Find 25 of the Most Iconic New Orleans Dishes”
Eater NOLA - January 19th, 2023
"Why, Yes, You Absolutely Should Celebrate Your Honeymoon in a Party City"
Cosmopolitan - December 21st, 2022
"15 Global Restaurants to Add to Your Culinary Bucket List"
Open Table Blog - November 1st, 2022
“America’s best regional desserts: 15 sweet treats to try”
CNN Travel - October 6th, 2022
“These are the Oldest Buildings in New Orleans’ French Quarter - and the Best Ways to Experience Them"
Travel + Leisure - October 3rd, 2022
“21 of New Orleans’s Finest Restaurants for Group Dinners and Private Parties"
Eater NOLA - October 3rd, 2022
“Brennan’s and Chicken’s Kitchen named to New York times list of 50 best American restaurants”
NOLA.com - September 21st, 2022
“Brennan’s and Chicken’s Kitchen named to New York times list of 50 best American restaurants”
NOLA.com - September 21st, 2022
"The Restaurant List 2022 - 50 places in America we're most excited about right now"
New York Times - September 19th, 2022
Executive Chef Ryan Hacker: New Orleans Rising Star Chef 2022
StarChefs - September 1st, 2022
"12 Old-School Restaurants in New Orleans for a Classic Night Out”
Thrillist - May 17th, 2022
"9 Must-Try New Orleans Dishes And Where To Taste Them"
Tasting Table - March 31st, 2022
"6 Mardi Gras recipes to let the good times roll"
Washington Post - February 28th, 2022
James Beard Foundation Awards semifinalist lists include lots of New Orleans chefs
NOLA.com - February 23rd, 2022
14,000 bottles later, Brennan’s Restaurant regains a top honor it lost after Katrina
- June 25th, 2021
Ralph Brennan on reclaiming family businesses - Watch the Story!
CBS This Morning - April 17th, 2021
"If you haven't met Lu Brow, lead bartender at Brennan's, then it's time to head over to the infamous restaurant - stat!"
New Orleans Living Magazine - July 11th, 2019
Fancy restaurant offers fancy babysitting to attract fancy families.
Wall Street Journal - June 26th, 2019
Brennan's offers restaurant etiquette classes for children.
Biz New Orleans - June 19th, 2019
All Male No More - Wine Director Braithe Tidwell & Sommelier Sarah Arceneaux tale about their experiences in the male-dominated world of wine
Biz New Orleans - May 1st, 2019
Foodservice Equipment Reports Magazine "8 Tips for Outfitting a Patio Dining Space"
FoodService Equipment - May 1st, 2019
When it returned a few years back under a different branch of the family and with a new direction, Brennan’s felt like a revival, a restoration. Today, it feels like a statement about modern New Orleans.
The Advocate - April 11th, 2019
Garlic-Lemon Shrimp Recipe for Feast of the Seven Fishes
Garden & Gun - December 20th, 2018
Among the city’s Creole restaurant institutions, Brennan’s now takes the lead with its balance of timeless pageantry and relevant, finely honed cooking.
Eater - November 13th, 2018
New Orleans restaurant history, preserved and perfected
NOLA.com | Times-Picayune - October 31st, 2018
Bananas Foster named one of the best regional desserts in the US
INSIDER - October 26th, 2018
Bananas Foster featured in "The Dish You Have to Try in Every Popular Honeymoon Destination"
BRIDES - October 19th, 2018
Wine director Braithe Tidwell highlighted in the acclaimed wine magazine
Tasting Panel - July 1st, 2018
The grand dame of Royal Street is so cool with kids that it released its own children’s book covering the 300-year history of New Orleans as seen through the eyes of ten tiny Brennan’s turtles
Eater NOLA - June 27th, 2018
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Whether you’re going on a date or planning a wedding, you can set the mood by booking a table Brennan’s.
DatingAdvice.com - May 30th, 2018
In New Orleans, one restaurant is synonymous with breakfast: Brennan’s. “Breakfast at Brennan’s” has become shorthand for a quintessential Big Easy ritual: a big, boisterous meal of Creole-influenced egg dishes and other classic New Orleans fare, washed down with a cocktail or three and finished with a tableside flambé of bananas Foster (and, presumably, a nap).
The Daily Meal - May 7th, 2018
This New Orleans Institution Invented Bananas Foster
Southern Living - April 30th, 2018
A Topsy-Turvy History of New Orleans & Ten Tiny Turtles earns ★★★★★ - 'Loved it; a new favorite!'
New Orleans Magazine - March 1st, 2018
"Brennan’s bananas Foster helped establish New Orleans as a serious food town."
Thrillist - March 1st, 2018
"Beneath the illumination of glittering chandeliers and the gaze of ancestral portraits, amid a wealth of Creole silk and damask, mannerly Brennan’s serves the best boozy brunch in the Big Easy."
Elite Traveler - January 1st, 2018
"I love the Brennan’s milk punch, more than I want to." - M. Carrie Allan
The Washington Post - December 20th, 2017
Brennan's named "Top 10 Best New Orleans Restaurants for 2018"
Times Picayune / nola.com - November 8th, 2017
"You'll recognize it immediately by its millennial-pink exterior and fall in love with its equally colorful interior. "
Refinery29 - November 2nd, 2017
Chef Slade Rushing, Finalist - Best Chef South James Beard Foundation Awards - Monday, May 1, 2017
James Beard Foundation - March 15th, 2017
The South's Top 10 Best Restaurants 2017 - From long-time favorites to newcomers, our winners show the South’s restaurant scene has never been more exciting.
Southern Living - March 14th, 2017
Brennan's named to "Top 10 Best New Orleans Restaurants for 2017 by Times Picayune / nola.com restaurant critic Brett Anderson.
Times Picayune / nola.com - December 20th, 2016
Brennan's named "Restaurant of the Year 2016" by New Orleans Magazine.
New Orleans Magazine - December 19th, 2016
Brennan's named to "Best Restaurants in the World" 2016 list by Conde Nast Traveler.
Conde Nast Traveler - September 20th, 2016
Brennan's wine cellar honored with Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence 2016
Wine Specator Magazine - July 6th, 2016
Brennan's makes Wine Enthusiast’s 100 Best Wine Restaurants in America of 2016!
Wine Enthusiast Magaine - June 27th, 2016
One of Ralph Brennan’s favorite boyhood places to play was the wine cellar at Brennan’s Restaurant, where his aunts Ella and Adelaide Brennan would let him loose while they worked the dinner service. It is fittingly full circle, then, that half a century later, Ralph oversees the French Quarter’s most regal—not to mention spirited—adult play group: breakfast at Brennan’s, a tradition that his uncle, Owen Brennan, established in the 1950s.
The Local Palate - February 1st, 2016
Brennan's, a New Orleans classic restaurant, returns to former glory, earns four beans
Times Picayune - December 15th, 2015
After a year of New Orleans’ particular seasons, sizing up the “new” Brennan’s on Royal Street
The New Orleans Advocate - December 14th, 2015
How to Make Best Gumbo Ever - According to Slade Rushing of New Orleans's revamped Brennan's, the secret to a great gumbo is perfecting the roux. Here, a step-by-step guide on how to do it at home.
Food & Wine Magazine - November 1st, 2015
T&C Travel Guide: New Orleans, Louisiana - The best hotels, bars, restaurants, and shops in the Big Easy.
Town & Country Magazine - October 26th, 2015
The Real Bananas Foster with Ralph Brennan - The president of Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group discusses the history and technique behind one of America's defining desserts.
Saveur - October 6th, 2015
Breakfasts here are as decadent as the dinners. Indeed, Breakfast at Brennan’s is a cookbook and a catchphrase for New Orleans high society. And what breakfasts! Turtle soup, eggs Sardou, egg yolk carpaccio, a croque madame royale that should come with a health warning: a prosciutto, truffle, gruyère cheese and arugula sandwich topped with a duck egg.
The Telegraph UK - April 21st, 2015
Though it’s pretty great all around, this Royal Street landmark (it was established in 1946 and has recently undergone a top-to-bottom revamp) is most famous for three things: the house-special brandy milk punch, the elaborate breakfast spread (Creole citrus crepes, crispy veal cheek grillades, escargot omelet…), and the lavish, borderline kitschy decor.
goop - April 10th, 2015
When Brennan's reopened in November, it was front-page news. 'It's the biggest story in this town since Hurricane Katrina,' says James Carville, the political analyst and New Orleans local, adding that the building 'is the best single piece of real estate in the city.
Departures - March 1st, 2015
As other cities have lost their traditional restaurants as the result of changes in lifestyle, dining, time constraints and a fast-paced world, New Orleans has proudly clung to and supported establishments that stay true to the art of fine dining.
Restaurant Hospitality - February 1st, 2015
Brennan's has reconnected with an old flame. Bananas Foster was invented at this New Orleans institution in 1951, and, after the restaurant's 2013 closure and expansive refurbishing, the flammable, rum-soaked dessert will once again light up the French Quarter.
National Geographic Traveler - February 1st, 2015
The busiest meal of the day is still breakfast, which for many customers still begins with a cocktail and ends with dessert. At tableside trolleys inside the many dining rooms, bananas still go up in flames every few minutes.
New York Times - January 1st, 2015
Brennan's, the legendary restaurant in the New Orleans French Quarter, has been reborn.
Elle Décor - January 1st, 2015
The French Quarter's most iconic 16,000 square feet of restaurant is all gussied up with about 350 seats, a handful of taxidermy, and enough Rex trinkets to blow your memaw's mind. Add in new super chef Slade Rushing, a crazy meets classic bar program that includes champagne sabering, and you're pretty much looking at a fool proof date night or family breakfast destination.
New Orleans Eater - December 1st, 2014
Caramelized bananas Foster originated at the legendary Brennan's in New Orleans. To transform it into a brunch dish, the restaurant's new chef Slade Rushing bakes the bananas on tender crepes.
Food & Wine - December 1st, 2014
Brennan's of New Orleans reopens with pomp and flaming bananas Foster
NOLA.com / Times Picayune - November 25th, 2014
