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Dinner by candlelight at a white table-cloth restaurant is often the choice for a special occasion. But in New Orleans, who needs to wait for sunset? "Breakfast at Brennan's" has been a be-all, end-all, budget-busting celebration in this city for decades.
Southern Living
True, every morning, Brennan's gets an early start on serving eye-openers like gin fizzes, daiquiris, frappes and other enticing concoctions, but it is the solid fare - poached eggs artistically gussied up with smoked meats, fresh seafood and hand-whisked sauces - that has brought locals and tourists alike to the table for 50 years.
Travel Weekly
First timers to New Orleans absolutely should sample the Bananas Foster at Brennan's
Life
Breakfast at Brennan's is still unbeatable. The renowned eatery is located in a 200-year-old building on Royal Street and lives up to its reputation.
Leisure World
To join the local "religion" start your day at historic Brennan's, where you can ingest a breakfast repast not to be equaled outside "The Big Easy." In fact, one food writer has suggested that a morning feed here is to the usual breakfast what Laurence Olivier is to most actors. Where else would the first meal of the day include 90-proof "juices," soup, main courses like poached eggs over fried trout and spinach (with Hollandaise sauce), and a dessert choice one step short of suicidal?
Destinations
New Orleans is a city that may be credited with an amazing number of dishes created within its boundaries. Brennan's concocted Bananas Foster back in the early Fifties in honor of a regular customer named Richard Foster. It is still made there as impeccably and with as much ritual as always. A mixture of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and banana liqueur is heated in a chafing dish, sliced ripe bananas are added, then some rum is flamed in the pan, and all the sugars caramelize. It is then served piping hot over vanilla ice cream.
Southwest Airlines Spirit
Not since the 19th century had a three hour, leisurely breakfast revived, and to the surprise of those who said it didn't match the modern tempo, it was a phenomenal hit.
Mobile Bay Monthly
One of the culinary traditions in the French Quarter is breakfast at Brennan's and many first-time visitors wouldn't miss it. Thirty-five dollars may seem like a lot for the first meal of the day, but it buys a sumptuous four-course repast that will fill you up for the entire day.