ONE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE RESTAURANTS Is RIGHT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS
1403 Washington Avenue • New Orlea~s,-
504/899-'8221
Operated by Ella, Dick, Dottie, John and Lally Brennan,
with-Brad Bridgeman
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201 Royal Street • New Orleans
504/523-2078
Operated by sister and brother Cindy and Ralp/t Brennan
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HOUSTON
3300 Smith Street • Houston
713/522-9711
Operated by Alex Brennan-Martin
PALACE
605 Canal Street • New Orleans
. 504/523-1661
Operated by cousins Ti Martin, Lauren
and Dick Brennan, Jr.
I BACC~ '
310 Chartres Streer • New Orleans
504/522-2426
Operated by sister and brother Cindy and Ralph Brennan
6540 San Felipe • Houston
713/783-6540
Operated by Alex Brennan-Martin
Lunch Prices at. ..
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COMPLETE LUNCHEON SPECIALS
To START
Choice of Soup Du JOUR or
CONFIT OF GAME SALAD
With baby greens, herb vinegar, white onions and pumpkin
seeds. Finished with our own pickled cayenne.
ENTREES
SOFT SHELL· CRAB SALAD
Louisiana blue crabs, flash fried and touched with a roasted
red pepper remoulade. Served on a bed of baby greens with
grilled marinated vegetables. $13.50 .
WOOD FIRED QULF FISH
Louisiana gulf coast fish fillet grilled over an open flame on
a cit'(Us beurre'bl'anc, with yellow tomatoes. Garnished with
marinated red and white onion rings. $13.50 '
TENDERLOIN OF BEEF TIPS
. Pan seared tenderloin tips'tossed in a rosemary garlic.
fond du veau, with a yellow pepper mashed potato,
sugar snap peas and baby carrots. $12.50
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DESSERTS
COMMANDER'S CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM
COMMANDER'S VANILLA ICE CREAM
CHOCOLATE FUDGE SHEBA -
CREOL~ BREAD PUDDING
CREOLE CREAM CHEESE CAKE - $2.00 extra
BANANAS FOSTER SHORTCAKE - $2.00 extra
BREAD PUDDING SOUFFLE - $3.00 extra
Proper attire required. Please no shorts,jeans,
shirts without collars. Coats required for dinner
and Sunday brunch.
AFTER LUNCH AT COMMANDER'S PALACE
a self-guided walking tour of the Garden i)istrict
New Orleans The Garden District
Central Business District
Map not to scale - French Quarter 2 miles
from Garden District.
I
E xperience the chi"m of knerica's mo,'t fascinating
city with.a self-guided tour of an area in New Orleans known as
the Garden District.
It's an old and very lovely section of town bordered by Jackson
and Louisiana Avenues, between St Charles Avenue and
Magazine Street. Grand, e'legant homes inhabit lush, flo~ering
, gardens and feature an unusual mixture of Spanish, English,
French and Greek Revival architectural styles.
, Populated by the first Ameri~ans to settle in New Orleans after
the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the Garden District reflects an
exciting and prosperous period of time. Shunned at first by the
Creoles, who continued to live in the French Quarter, the new
Americans lavishly developed their own community and established
their own,' church, a grand hotel, a theater, a cemetery, even a railroad ..
These people spared no expense in custom-designing their 20-
to-30-room homes. Hand-'painted murals decorate some of the
ceilings; hand-carved mahogany baniste~s adorwwinding staircases;
imported Italian marble covers many of the mantles; and large,
open galleries, or verandas, stretch from one side.of the homes to
t,he o~her. ' - - .
A walking tour through parts of the Garden Qistrict is an especially
pleasant walk. Quaint, narrow sidewalks are lineq with
wrought-iron fences, th,ey're shaded by magnificent live oaks,
magnolias and palm trees. As a point of departure, Commander's
Palace provides' easy access to some of the city's most beautiful
homes and gardens. '
Highlighted below are the Gawen District homes and areas
that possess especially interesting histories or portray antebellum
architectural styles: .
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY. At the cor~er ofPrytania Street 23'40 PRYTANIA STREET. Believed to be the oldest home
and Washington Avenue is the cemetery laid out in 1883 by the in the Garden District, it was builtJor Thomas Toby, a manager of a
original residents of the Garden District. Within its first 20 years, the 'large plantations from Philadelphia. Located at the end of the city
cemetery was almost filled with persons who succumbed to yellow busline, it was nicknamed "Toby's Corner." The home is owned by
fever. A well-kept cemetery, it is opened to the public. Above- , a fourth generation family, member.
ground, house-like tombs served the same family for 'generation~. 1331 FIRST STREET. A skull and some crossbones f~und ,
2627 COLISE UM STREET. The gingerbread trim under the floorboards of this home during the last renovation period
and elaborate iron work flatter this beautiful mansion, which has a created some excitement. Hdwever, the owners believe they were
magnificent ballroom inside. voodoo relics hidden long ago by some servants.
, 1331 TI:JIRD STREET. Decmated in iron lace, this \ 1315 FIRST STREET The beautiful and elabora~e iron lace
home was built in 1850 for Michael Musson, a prominent cotton adorning this home portrays a romantic period of time - a time when
'merchant who was president of the Cotton Exchange and also served affluent Garden District families often~ played host to Edgar Degas,
as the New Orleans postmaster. Mark Twa'in and others.
1415 THIRD STREET. Built in 1865 for Walter Robinson, 1239 FIRST STREET. Built in 1857 for $13,000, the home
a Virginia gentle'man, this home represents an architectural style exemplifies the typical New Orleans interpretation of the ({reek
characteristic of the period preceding the Civil War. It is also Revival architectural style oLthat time. '
believed to have had the first indoor plumbing in New.orleans. 1134 FIRST STREET.This home, built by slaves, was owned
1410 SECOND STREET This Garden District mansion by Judge Jacob U. Payne, a frrend of Jefferson Davis, the President
features Corinthian columns and ;tucco. Although ,most of these of the Confederacy. Davis died in one of the rooms in 1889. It is a
'nineteenth-century homes have brick exteriors, they w~re either , popular belief that Payne designeq this house. Gentlemen of this era
painted or stuccoed and then painted to resemble stone. thought architecture was a necessary skill to possess.
______1= -4,;;c:~;"_"1::...S..=. ECOND STREET. A tru~S0.!lthern-st Ie home t~ _24 27 CAMP STREET. Warwick Mano,! was originall ~ grand
shares similar characteristics with the house at 2507 Pry tania, one can Garden District home, which served as a private school for children
almost imagine the equally lovely Southern belles and gents enjoying of affluent parents.
a host of lively social events here. 1213 THIRD S'i'REET. Nineteenth century guests who visited
2504 PRYTANIA STREET. Owned by the Women's Opera such elegant Southern homes stayed for weeks. Life centered around
Guild and open for tours, the home was built in 1859 for an American balls, theater and opera.
merc~ant. W.hile the interior i~ decora~ed in a Victorian styl~, the 1417' THIRD STREET. This renovated carriage house is well-home
s exten<?r features a hybnd of Itahanate and Greek ReVIval styles. suited 'for New Orleans tropical-like weather. It sits on land that was
2507 PRYTANIA STREET. This home was built in the early once part of several large plantations, which was later divided up into
1850's for Joseph H., Maddox, owner of the New Orleans Daily the Garden Oistrict and other small communities.
Crescent, an im~o~tant newspa~er du~ing, t~at tim~. Inside, the fire- 1448 FOURTH STREET. Notice the interesting cornstalk
place features ongInal, hand-paInted tIles that depIct ~ bayou scene. fence at this house, which was built in 1859.for a wealthy merchant.
2423 PRYTANIA STREET. Home,S of this period were typical The Italian villa style house cost $23,750.
in that they were lavishly deE;orated inside and seemed to quietly
harmonize with their lush outside surrou~dings.
2343 PRYTANIA STREET. Designed in a free Renaissance
style by James Freret, this lavish ma,nsion was built in 1872. Its
construction is believed to have cost $100,000. Bradish Johnson, the
original owner, was a wealthy sugar planter. Currently, the mansion is
the private Louise S. McGehee SchooJ'for girls. The school cafeteria
was once a stable, and the gym is the refurbished carriage house.
As you walk past the District's many homes suggested on our map,
notice the distinct architecture - grilled ironwork, ornate exterior
moldings, the Greek columns, lead or stained-glass windows. Many of
the homes are still owned by descendants of the original owners.
