Ella Brennan to be subject of new documentary
 

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New Orleans restaurateur Ella Brennan is the subject of a new documentary. The so-called grande dame of the New Orleans dining scene is the highlight of filmmaker Leslie Iwerks? new movie,*which is set to be released this fall.

Brennan, who turned 90 last year, started working as a teenager in her brother Owen?s restaurant and bar in the French Quarter before going on to become the proprietor of Commander?s Palace and the matriarch of her family?s restaurant dynasty.?