Named for a 1950s-era New Orleans politician, Bananas Foster was first served at Brennan's in 1951. As created by chef Paul Blange, the dish consists of bananas in a sauce of butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, rum and banana liqueur that is flambed tableside and served over ice cream. Bananas foster are still on the menu—but the restaurant is best-known today for its excellent seafood and for the ghost that is rumored to haunt the restaurant (and even earned Brennan's an appearance on the television show Ghost Hunters).
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