"Brennan’s is the fine dining standard in New Orleans. It’s the type of restaurant where you’ll find yourself checking your posture, because you’d hate to slouch, and saying “powder room” instead of bathroom. Servers put on shows when doing tableside bananas foster or crepes fitzgerald (both dishes that Brennan’s actually invented), and are somehow still able to answer any questions you have seamlessly. The menu changes seasonally, and all of it’s excellent—highlights are the turtle soup, soft-shell crab, and summer vegetable omelet. They also pour great cocktails, including a perect Sazerac." - zella palmer, carlo mantuano, megan braden perry