Brunch is a terrible thing to waste.
Or so I’ve heard. That’s why Brenda’s, a bustling cafe in the Tendernob famous for its Cajun cooking, is a solid place to be on a weekend. Early in 2011, the restaurant renovated its once-cozy (read: cramped) space and started dinner service. I haven’t yet been for dinner, but luckily when I went back the brunch menu hadn’t changed much. The beignets and the watermelon iced tea were still on the menu, and that was a good start. The restaurant looks very different now than when Myra first took me there a few years ago, when we waited outside in the rain for an hour and a half and squeezed into a tight row of bar seats. The food made the wait more than worthwhile, but I was glad to see the restaurant had done well enough to essentially double in size.
