Brennan’s: Old Is the New New

Ask Ralph Brennan — scion of a legendary New Orleans restaurant family and protector of the Brennan family name — what keeps him up at night, and he will reference a familial saying.

“My Aunt Adelaide had a phrase: ‘Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations,’ ” Brennan says. “Sometimes you can blow it. You see that a lot in family businesses, so if you want to keep it a family business, you have to be thinking about the future and innovation and change.”

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