New Orleans, Louisiana · Founded 1920 · Building: 1874
A French Quarter Creole restaurant founded in 1920 in the former Borrello family mansion, now part of a multi-period building complex.
Broussard’s opened in 1920 when chef Joseph Broussard and Rosalie Borrello transformed her Conti Street family residence into a French-and-Creole restaurant. The restaurant now spans linked buildings of different eras, including the principal 1874 Borrello mansion and a Magnolia Room component that began as an 1831 stable for the neighboring Hermann-Grima House.
The building component later used as Broussard’s Magnolia Room was originally a stable for the adjacent Hermann-Grima House, designed by William Brand for Samuel Hermann.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"
Country Roads identifies the principal Borrello mansion at 819 Conti Street as built in 1874.
Source: Country Roads, "Broussard's"
Joseph Broussard married Rosalie Borrello and moved into her family home on Conti Street, according to preservation reporting.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"
Joseph and Rosalie Broussard opened Broussard’s at 819 Conti Street, serving Creole cuisine with French and Italian influences. They lived upstairs while running the restaurant below.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"; OffBeat, "Dining Out: Broussard's Restaurant"
Preservation reporting identifies a 26-month remodel led by Samuel Wilson Jr. of Koch and Wilson Architects, designer Charles Gresham, and artist Charles Reinke. Ownership-transition accounts around the 1960s and 1970s conflict and require further primary research.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"
Evelyn and Gunter Preuss became part owners of Broussard’s, according to Preservation Resource Center reporting.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"
Evelyn and Gunter Preuss became sole owners, according to Preservation Resource Center reporting.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"
Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts, founded by the Ammari family, acquired Broussard’s from Evelyn and Gunter Preuss.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"; OffBeat, "Dining Out: Broussard's Restaurant"
Following the 2013 acquisition, Creole Cuisine completed a restoration reported to cost more than $1 million, including electrical and mechanical updates, restored finishes, and courtyard and bar improvements.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"; New Orleans & Company, "Broussard's Restaurant Celebrates 95 Years of Fine Dining"
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Preservation and local dining sources consistently identify Joseph and Rosalie Broussard as the founders and 1920 as the restaurant's opening year at 819 Conti Street.
Broussard’s is a linked complex of buildings with different histories. The principal Borrello mansion is reported as 1874, while the Magnolia Room occupies a component that began as an 1831 stable. No reviewed evidence supports one 1834 mansion as the restaurant's entire structure.
Sources reviewed say Broussard studied culinary arts in France and had formal Parisian culinary training, but none verifies a specific apprenticeship or job at the Ritz.
Preservation and local dining reporting identify Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts as the 2013 buyer, following the Evelyn and Gunter Preuss ownership era, and describe it as the continuing owner.
The restaurant presents this as a persistent legend, saying it was reportedly raided in 1920 but no contraband was recovered. No contemporaneous police, court, or newspaper record was reviewed to verify the event or hiding place.
Broussard’s is housed in an 1834 mansion.
The restaurant is a multi-building complex. The principal Borrello mansion at 819 Conti Street is reported as 1874; an older component used as the Magnolia Room began as an 1831 stable.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"; Country Roads, "Broussard's"
EVELYN Group acquired Broussard’s in 2013.
Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts acquired Broussard’s in 2013. Evelyn and Gunter Preuss were the prior owners, not the buyer.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"; OffBeat, "Dining Out: Broussard's Restaurant"
Joseph Broussard trained at the Ritz in Paris.
The reviewed sources support French culinary study and Parisian training but do not identify the Ritz as a verified workplace or school.
Source: OffBeat, "Dining Out: Broussard's Restaurant"; Broussard’s, "Private Events"
Broussard’s underwent major restorations in 1970 and 2013.
The reviewed record identifies a 26-month remodel associated with 1974 and a later restoration undertaken after Creole Cuisine’s 2013 purchase, with work completed in 2014. The recent project was reported as costing more than $1 million.
Source: Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, "Broussard's celebrates 100 years in the French Quarter"; New Orleans & Company, "Broussard's Restaurant Celebrates 95 Years of Fine Dining"
Broussard’s has continued through several ownership eras by retaining its French Quarter location, Creole-and-French dining identity, and courtyard/event role. Since 2013, Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts has operated the restaurant and completed a documented restoration of its historic spaces and systems.
Broussard’s opened in 1920 when chef Joseph Broussard and his wife Rosalie Borrello Broussard transformed Rosalie's Conti Street family home into a restaurant.
Broussard’s is owned and operated by Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts, the Ammari family’s restaurant group, which acquired it in 2013.
Not as a single-building description. Broussard’s occupies linked buildings of different periods: the principal Borrello mansion is reported as dating to 1874, while the Magnolia Room occupies a structure that began as an 1831 stable for the neighboring Hermann-Grima House.
The available sources support only that he studied culinary arts in France and had Parisian culinary training. They do not verify a specific Ritz apprenticeship or employment.
819 Conti St, New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 581-3866
Broussard’s is between Bourbon and Dauphine streets in the French Quarter. Its official site lists jazz brunch Friday–Sunday and dinner Thursday–Saturday. Courtyard and private-event availability can vary, so verify service, reservations, and weather plans directly before visiting.