The Brennan Family Restaurants are a group of
restaurant
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s owned or operated by family members of the late
Owen Brennan of
,
Louisiana
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.
In the 1970s, there was a Brennan's Restaurant in
Atlanta
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, Georgia.
Locations By City
* Bacco (searching for new location)
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Brennan's
Brennan's is a Creole restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
History
Brennan's was founded in 1946 by Owen Brennan, an Irish-American restaurateur and New Orleans native. It was originally called the Vieux Carré restauran ...
- reopened in 2014
* Cafe Adelaide
* Cafe B
* Cafe NOMA
*
Commander's Palace
Commander's Palace is a Louisiana Creole restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana.
History
Commander's Palace was established in 1893 in the Garden District of Uptown New Orleans at 1403 Washington Ave.
Emile Commander established a small saloon ...
* Dickie Brennan's Bourbon House Seafood
*
Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse
Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse is a steakhouse located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. The restaurant is part of the Dickie Brennan Family of restaurants and has received various awards from publications such as '' Playboy Magazi ...
* Dickie Brennan's Tableau - see
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre
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Le Petit was founded in 1916, when a group of amateur theatre-lovers began putting on plays in the drawing room of one of the mem ...
* Heritage Grill
*
Mr. B's BistroNapoleon House* Palace Cafe
* Ralph's on the Park
* Red Fish Grill
* SoBou
Houston
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* Brennan's of Houston, Texas. Owned by founder-president, Alex Brennan-Martin. Destroyed in a fire caused by a transformer as
Hurricane Ike
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approached Houston on the night of September 12, 2008. Reopened on
Fat Tuesday
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, 2010.
Memphis
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* Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt
* Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city
Memphis may also refer to:
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* Memphis, Alabama
* Memphis, Florida
* Memphis, Indiana
* Memp ...
* Owen Brennan's is a family-owned and operated restaurant much like the original Brennan's. However, the Brennan family does not own the restaurant. Owen Brennan's is a licensee of Brennan's in New Orleans. Owen Brennan's opened its doors to customers in 1990 under a partnership of investors.
Burt Wolf
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was the general partner. In 1991, James (Jim) Austin Baker, Jr., became the general partner. Jim later bought out all of the investors with his son, James Austin Baker III under BakCO LLC.
*In 1993,
John Grisham
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's book-to-movie, "
The Firm
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History
In 1979, Anna Bens ...
" featured Owen Brennan's in a business lunch meeting between
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Gol ...
&
Gene Hackman
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in cocktail area of the restaurant. Owen Brennan's commemorated the filming by placing plaques on the two cocktail chairs where Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman sat.
Disneyland (
Anaheim, California
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)
* Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen
Destin, Florida
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Located on Florida's Emerald Coast, Destin is known for its white beaches and emerald green ...
* Clark & Blake Brennan's Royal B Restaurant. This location has since closed as of August 2008.
* Commander's Palace - This location closed as of November 30, 2010.
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Las Vegas
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* A Commander's Palace was opened in the mall at the Aladdin.
References
External links
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{{Restaurants in New Orleans
Restaurants in New Orleans