- Brennan's
Infobox Restaurant
name = Brennan's
image_width = 300px
image_caption = Brennan's on Royal Street
established =1946
current-owner = Pip, Jimmy and Ted Owen
head-chef = Lazone Randolph
food-type =Louisiana Creole cuisine
dress-code =
rating =
street-address = 417 Royal Street
city =French Quarter of New Orleans
state =Louisiana
zip =
country =United States
coordinates = coord|29.956905|-90.066755
seating-capacity =
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website = [http://www.brennansneworleans.com Official Site]Brennan's is a creole restaurant in the
French Quarter ofNew Orleans, Louisiana . It is known for its lavish breakfast and for the creation ofBananas Foster .History
Brennan's was founded in 1946 by
Owen Brennan , an Irish-American restaurateur and New Orleans native. It was originally located onBourbon Street across from the Old Absinthe House, but moved to its present location at 417 Royal Street in 1956. The building, a two-story French Quarter mansion constructed in 1795, was at that time owned byTulane University and leased by Brennan's initially. From 1841 to 1891, the mansion had been owned by the Morphy family, withPaul Morphy , the celebrated chessplayer and unofficial world chess champion, living there until his death in 1884. The restaurant purchased the building in 1984. ["Breakfast at Brennan's" Cookbook]Because Owen Brennan died before his parents, the restaurant was eventually inherited by his siblings as well as his children. Disagreement within the Brennan family over the expansion of the restaurant line led to a split into several different corporations controlling a number of New Orleans restaurants.
Although the section of Royal Street in the French Quarter was spared the flooding suffered by most of the city in the levee failures during
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Brennan's did suffer significant damage, largely due to the contents of second-story refrigerators melting and seeping onto lower floors. The restaurant's extensivewine cellar lost temperature control, ruining the entire wine collection.Following an extensive renovation, Brennan's re-opened on
June 8 ,2006 .Houston, Texas location
Up until 2008, there was a Brennan's restaurant at 3300 Smith Street in
midtown Houston , owned by Alex Brennan-Martin [http://www.brennanshouston.com/history_1.htm] . After more than 40 years in business, Brennan's of Houston caught fire in the hours prior to the arrival ofHurricane Ike , completely destroying it. Investigators point to the possibly of an explodingtransformer as the cause of the blaze. [KPRC Channel 2: [http://www.click2houston.com/news/17464987/detail.html Fire Guts Brennan's Restaurant] ] [KHOU: [http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080913_tj_brennans_fire_downtown.6ef1fe9b.html Brennan's restaurant burns; HFD limits fire response across town] ]Cultural references
Brennan's was featured in a season two episode of "
Ghost Hunters " where the TAPS team investigated claims ofparanormal activity .References
External links
* [http://www.brennansneworleans.com/ Official Site] (New Orleans location)
* [http://www.brennanshouston.com/ Official Site] (Houston Location) (historical)
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