Louisianans are blessed with restaurants that have been dining destinations for generations. So whenever a culinary institution announces an ownership change, we tend to get nervous. On this week's show, we explore three restaurants that have changed hands, but whose owners have worked hard to preserve their traditions.

Dining, Food, History, Oral History, RestaurantPoppy TookerJanuary 17, 2026Middendorf's, Horst Pfeifer, Dickie Brennan, Lauren Brennan, Pascal's Manale, Archie Casbarian, Arnaud's, Arnaud Cazenave, Germaine Wells, Jane CasbarianComment

The Chase And Brennan Family Legacies

It is an undisputed fact that Louisiana grows some of the best restaurant talent in the nation. On this week's show, we sit down with the best and the brightest of Louisiana's legacy restaurant families. We begin with the next generation running Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in New Orleans. Since the death of Leah Chase in 2019, the crew she always referred to as "the grands" have stepped up to nurture and grow the legacy Leah established with her husband, the late Edgar "Dooky" Chase Jr.

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