Awards & Accolades

"…The Palace Café is the kind of raucous but elegant place where locals come for birthdays and anniversaries and one table or another is always bursting into song.”
Food & Wine

“…A litany of ‘new’ dishes with an old heritage, innovations aimed at bringing tradition to life. (Dickie) Brennan uses the phrase 'flavors of New Orleans’ often in conversation. If it’s his personal mantra, it’s the food theme of Palace too.”
New Orleans Magazine

“Those who enjoy being pampered will enjoy Palace Café’s service, which is very accommodating. You can dress down or dress up, sit inside or outside and take in the sights and sounds of New Orleans.”
Gambit Weekly

“Where to Eat – The bright and bustling Palace Café…The specialties are Creole seafood dishes.”
New York Times Travel

“(Palace Café) has a bonhomie that is distinctly New Orleanean, something ineffable and catching, not just Southern but uniquely tied to this city in recovery…(and) Chef Darin Nesbit mounts a convincing Creole menu”
Virtual Gourmet, John Mariani

“That ‘Brennan family spit-and-polish’ is alive and well at Dickie Brennan’s ‘fabulous and fancy’ nouvelle Creole where ‘classic New Orleans cuisine’ with a twist (‘to-die-for’ crabmeat cheesecake, ‘exceptional’ white chocolate bread pudding) is served by an ‘above-par’ staff; French Quarter business people and tourists swarm at lunch, but locals love the ‘sleeper’ Sunday brunch, ‘a wonderful way’ to wake up with live jazz and ‘sunlight gleaming through the large windows.’”
Zagat Survey, 2007 Best of New Orleans

“Best of Show, Grand Tasting”
New Orleans Food and Wine Experience, 2007

“Silver, Grand Tasting”
New Orleans Food and Wine Experience, 2008

Palace Café Featured at…
The James Beard House, 2002 & 2007

Winner – Traditional Cuisine, Southeast
Santé Magazine Restaurant Awards, 2007

Award of Excellence
Wine Spectator