When Terrance Brennan, chef of Picholine and Artisanal, opened Terrance Brennan's Seafood and Chophouse, he started to receive cease and desist letters from Louisianna. From the Brennans of Brennan's in New Orleans. Much like something out of a Charlie Kaufman script, or a David E. Kelley legal drama, the Times reports "that expert witnesses were grilled about the differences between the Creole cuisine of Brennan's in New Orleans and the 'straightforward American food' of Brennan's in New York." Gothamist would have liked to have been in the courtroom. Perhaps William Grimes testified? Or Jeffrey Steingarten? Ruth Reichl maybe? A foodie can dream...
Tough luck, Terrance, but when you Google "Brennan's," Brennan's of New Orleans does appear first.
