"Commander’s Palace has swept multiple James Beard Award categories, including Outstanding Service in 1993; Outstanding Restaurant in 1996; Best Chef, South in 1999 and 2013; and the Lifetime Achievement Award for matriarch Ella Brennan in 2009. (Owners Ti Adelaide Martin and Lally Brennan were included in the foundation’s 2018 cohort of Who’s Who in Food and Beverage, too.) Commander’s has propelled the careers of chefs including Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse — just another reason why the Garden District restaurant continues as a hospitality icon, serving a Bayou-inflected menu of brown butter wild white shrimp, burgundy escargot crustades, and bread pudding soufflé." - Beth D'Addono
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