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What's your favorite restaurant?

Tough question. Favorite food?  Favorite for sentimental reasons?  Favorite place to have a meal out when I can't think of something I want?  Favorite place to eat for special occasions?

I'll say that my favorite restaurant overall is Brennan's in the French Quarter. It's where I had the first really memorable meal with my wife. (We were in New Orleans for a wedding.) It was the first place I ever spent over $100 to eat out. It was the first place I ever encountered a prix fixe menu. Oh, and the turtle soup and Bananas Foster are incredibly good, and the service is as good as you will encounter anywhere on the planet.  I still remember Toby, our waiter, because when we went back a year or so later, we asked for Toby and he was our server again. Then we went back a few years after that and when we asked whether he was still working there, they told us he did, but that he had been promoted and was no longer a waiter. He showed up and waited on us anyway. For me, Brennan's will always embody fine dining.