| By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
MAMMA MIA! Just days before his death in 2019, the auto dealer Ray Brandt bought Pascal’s Manale, one of the oldest restaurants in New Orleans. Now Brandt’s estate is poised to sell the Napoleon Avenue landmark to one of the city’s big-name restaurateurs. Want more dining and food articles? Sign up for our weekly Where NOLA Eats newsletter. It's free. FAIR MARKET VALUE: For decades, chief executives of New Orleans have kept a foothold in the French Quarter in the form of a special "mayor's apartment" in the publicly owned Upper Pontalba building. But after the disclosure that Mayor LaToya Cantrell was spending hours of her day inside the Jackson Square pied-à-terre — sometimes with the police officer who serves as her bodyguard — Inspector General Ed Michel called Wednesday for the city to give up the apartment so it can be leased at fair market value. HOTEL BILL: One day after news broke that the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office put up more than a dozen commanders in pricey hotels during Carnival – at public expense – our news partners at WWL-TV report that Sheriff Susan Hutson says a private company has agreed to cover the tab. Thank you for starting your Thursday with Morning Headlines. Catch up with the latest news on NOLA.com. D.B. | 