RIP Brennan's Restaurant

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Bob Juch · #1 Post by **Bob Juch** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:27 pm

The Houston landmark burned down last night at the worst of the storm.

mellytu74 · #2 Post by **mellytu74** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:41 pm

Was it any relation to the Brennan's in New Orleans?

TheCalvinator24 · #3 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:44 pm

There was a family connection between the two restaurants, but I don't think they were both under one umbrella.

TheCalvinator24 · #4 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:44 pm

Brennan's is where my Parents took me out to eat lunch on the day I got my results that I had passed the Texas Bar Exam.

minimetoo26 · #5 Post by **minimetoo26** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:22 pm

mellytu74 wrote:Was it any relation to the Brennan's in New Orleans?

I never thought someone could put more crabmeat than I could eat in my omelet, but Brennan's in NO did. Yowzah. Whatever their sister restaurant on Canal (I think) was, it was rockin', too...

Tocqueville3 · #6 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:29 pm

minimetoo26 wrote:
mellytu74 wrote:Was it any relation to the Brennan's in New Orleans?
I never thought someone could put more crabmeat than I could eat in my omelet, but Brennan's in NO did. Yowzah. Whatever their sister restaurant on Canal (I think) was, it was rockin', too...

You're thinking of The Palace Cafe.

minimetoo26 · #7 Post by **minimetoo26** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:33 pm

Tocqueville3 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:
mellytu74 wrote:Was it any relation to the Brennan's in New Orleans?
I never thought someone could put more crabmeat than I could eat in my omelet, but Brennan's in NO did. Yowzah. Whatever their sister restaurant on Canal (I think) was, it was rockin', too...
You're thinking of The Palace Cafe.

Yes, I am! Alcohol consumption tends to blur the details, but I do recall eating quite fabulously when I was in town...

#8 Post by **littlebeast13** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:41 pm

minimetoo26 wrote:
Tocqueville3 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: I never thought someone could put more crabmeat than I could eat in my omelet, but Brennan's in NO did. Yowzah. Whatever their sister restaurant on Canal (I think) was, it was rockin', too...
You're thinking of The Palace Cafe.
Yes, I am! Alcohol consumption tends to blur the details, but I do recall eating quite fabulously when I was in town...

Run into SloppyDrunkGuy down there......?

lb13

minimetoo26 · #9 Post by **minimetoo26** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:44 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:
Tocqueville3 wrote: You're thinking of The Palace Cafe.
Yes, I am! Alcohol consumption tends to blur the details, but I do recall eating quite fabulously when I was in town...
Run into SloppyDrunkGuy down there......?

lb13

If it wasn't him, he had a bunch of relatives! They hose the vomit out of the gutters after the bars close, but the streets still reek in the morning when you get to Brennan's. It was about the time of Shock and Awe (which was about the only time we wowed them, huh?) when I was last there, but I still remember the smell...

Tocqueville3 · #10 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:46 pm

minimetoo26 wrote:
Tocqueville3 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: I never thought someone could put more crabmeat than I could eat in my omelet, but Brennan's in NO did. Yowzah. Whatever their sister restaurant on Canal (I think) was, it was rockin', too...
You're thinking of The Palace Cafe.
Yes, I am! Alcohol consumption tends to blur the details, but I do recall eating quite fabulously when I was in town...

Well, then! You're not the only bb to consume large amounts of booze at the Palace Cafe.

It's a good restaurant. They make a good turtle soup. We had brunch there a few years ago. They make a dish called Shrimp Tchefuncte. It is delish.

#11 Post by **littlebeast13** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:48 pm

minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: Yes, I am! Alcohol consumption tends to blur the details, but I do recall eating quite fabulously when I was in town...
Run into SloppyDrunkGuy down there......?

lb13
If it wasn't him, he had a bunch of relatives! They hose the vomit out of the gutters after the bars close, but the streets still reek in the morning when you get to Brennan's. It was about the time of Shock and Awe (which was about the only time we wowed them, huh?) when I was last there, but I still remember the smell...

Heck, that wasn't all that long after Mardi Gras then. You'd have thought they'd have gotten all the binging and puking out of their system by then.....

Maybe they should just let the urinators wash out all the vomit to save the time and expense of cleanup crews....

lb13

minimetoo26 · #12 Post by **minimetoo26** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:56 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote: Run into SloppyDrunkGuy down there......?

lb13
If it wasn't him, he had a bunch of relatives! They hose the vomit out of the gutters after the bars close, but the streets still reek in the morning when you get to Brennan's. It was about the time of Shock and Awe (which was about the only time we wowed them, huh?) when I was last there, but I still remember the smell...
Heck, that wasn't all that long after Mardi Gras then. You'd have thought they'd have gotten all the binging and puking out of their system by then.....

Maybe they should just let the urinators wash out all the vomit to save the time and expense of cleanup crews....

lb13

I think it was just before Final Four time? Something big was coming up. Maybe they didn't bother with sobering up knowing more bingeing was soon to follow...

#13 Post by **littlebeast13** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:00 pm

minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote: If it wasn't him, he had a bunch of relatives! They hose the vomit out of the gutters after the bars close, but the streets still reek in the morning when you get to Brennan's. It was about the time of Shock and Awe (which was about the only time we wowed them, huh?) when I was last there, but I still remember the smell...
Heck, that wasn't all that long after Mardi Gras then. You'd have thought they'd have gotten all the binging and puking out of their system by then.....

Maybe they should just let the urinators wash out all the vomit to save the time and expense of cleanup crews....

lb13
I think it was just before Final Four time? Something big was coming up. Maybe they didn't bother with sobering up knowing more bingeing was soon to follow...

Yep, the '03 Final Four was in New Orleans that year, so that would've been about a week away.....

lb13

minimetoo26 · #14 Post by **minimetoo26** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:01 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:
minimetoo26 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote: Heck, that wasn't all that long after Mardi Gras then. You'd have thought they'd have gotten all the binging and puking out of their system by then.....

Maybe they should just let the urinators wash out all the vomit to save the time and expense of cleanup crews....

lb13
I think it was just before Final Four time? Something big was coming up. Maybe they didn't bother with sobering up knowing more bingeing was soon to follow...

Yep, the '03 Final Four was in New Orleans that year, so that would've been about a week away.....

lb13

See! I remembered something! I only had one Hurricane at Pat O'Brien's! It was kinda nasty, actually. Mai Tais and Rum Runners are better...

Bob Juch · #15 Post by **Bob Juch** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:12 pm

mellytu74 wrote:Was it any relation to the Brennan's in New Orleans?

Yes. Pappa Brennan gave his two sons his restaurants but they didn't get along and split into two sets of restaurants. The Olde Absinthe house is one of them too, as is Brennan's Jazz Kitchen at Downtown Disney in Anaheim.