Falling on Tuesday, February 13 this year, Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday — is the final day of Carnival, a gluttonous day of overabundance before the fasting of the Lenten season begins. If you're looking to let the good times roll in Houston this year, you've come to the right city, as...
Falling on Tuesday, February 13 this year, Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday — is the final day of Carnival, a gluttonous day of overabundance before the fasting of the Lenten season begins. If you're looking to let the good times roll in Houston this year, you've come to the right city, as a whole bunch of local bars and restaurants are celebrating Fat Tuesday with Mardi Gras fetes and festive food and drink, from beads, live zydeco and brass bands to gumbo, beignets, frozen hurricanes and more.
Mardi Gras revelers are invited to celebrate Fat Tuesday Brasserie 19 style, with the revelry going from from 5 p.m. to close. The festivities include live music by The Boomtown Brass Brand 2nd Line at 7:30 p.m., dancing, Mardi Gras Cocktails from Milk Punch to Sazeracs and a la carte dinner offerings and specials.on Monday, February 12, honoring the day the King of the Zulu and the King of Carnival receive keys to the city from the mayor of New Orleans with a special menu and roaming jazz band. Then, on Fat Tuesday, theFor Fat Tuesday festivities, head over to the Heights, West U or Energy Corridor Christian's Tailgate to enjoy $5 shot specials and crawfish. The cafe is serving up the Mardi Gras Latte, a cinnamon and vanilla latte with Mardi Gras-colored sugar over the creamy top, available for $6.25 for a small or $7.25 for a large and now through February 14. Adorned with colorful beads in purple, gold and green and classic Carnevale masks, Eugene’s invites guests to enjoy shrimp Mardi Gras, classic red beans and rice, Eugene’s famous dark roux gumbo and more.Good Vibes invites folks to celebrate in New Orleans style with a Cajun boil, featuring crawfish, jumbo snow crab and peel ‘n eat shrimp Shrimp. Add potatoes, corn and fun extras like crawdust and Cajun garlic butter sauce. Just a 10-minute walk to Mardi Gras festival center, hot new Galveston oasis Hotel Lucine has a few tricks up its sleeve. The bar team created the Lucine Hurricane, and guests can grab one to-go from the lobby or rooftop bar and grab a bag of mini beignets on their way out. Pre-Fat Tuesday celebrations include a special menu and live jazz piano from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 10. Guests can enjoy a festive Zydeco Night featuring the lively tunes of Nooney & The Zydeco Floaters from 5 to 9 p.m., plus a crawfish boil starting at 4 p.m. and featuring options like boiled crawfish, crawfish etouffee, seafood gumbo and Cajun crawfish po' boys. Happy Hour runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jax Grill’s Bellaire location, 6510 South Rice, also will feature crawfish all day on Fat Tuesday, starting at 11 a.m. Celebrate Mardi Gras with $1 oysters, boudin balls and cracklins, plus specially crafted house cocktails priced at $8 and $15 beer buckets for a crowd. All Kolache Shoppe locations will feature the Mardi Gras-inspired King Cake Kolache, with sweetened cinnamon cream cheese and pecans and is finished with almond-vanilla glaze and a dusting of colored sugar. A King Cake cocktail, Sazeracs, specials from 1929 Po-Boy Kitchen and live jazz are all a part of the Fat Tuesday happy hour at Lyric Market, held from 5 to 7 p.m. Grab a table on the waterfront patio and get ready to let the good times roll at Pier 6’s Fat Tuesday celebration. The restaurant will be decked out in lavish Mardi Gras décor, chef Joe Cervantez is featuring Creole specials and King Cake bread pudding, and the evening will include live music, a Pier 6 Sazerac and plenty of Mardi Gras beads. Call 281-339-1515 for reservations. Now through Fat Tuesday, Rainbow Lodge will offer Mardi Gras Milk Punch , a fun riff on its standard milk punch combining house-aged, pecan-infused bourbon, milk and king cake spices such as cinnamon and vanilla, topped with the traditional purple, yellow and green colored sugars. Folks can also snag a Mardi Gras Milk Punch Kit to-go, which serves four and includes the mixed cocktail and a container of the three colored sugars. Razzoo's is hosting an all-day happy hour now through Fat Tuesday, featuring $5 frozen drinks and wine and $2 to $5 beers, plus $5 to $7 bite from boudin balls and Mardi Party shrimp to Cajun fondue. Rockhouse Southern Kitchen is celebrating Mardi Gras with Hurricanes and Frozen Hand Grenades. Guests can enjoy free admission to the Fat Tuesday event, with happy hour from 4 to 8 p.m., Bayou City Brass Band from 6 to 8 p.m. plus music by DJ B-Love. The Rustic’s annual Mardi Craw part channels The Big Easy for a night of live music, entertainment, beads, photo ops and fun activations, stilt walkers, face-painting and more. Guests can enjoy Cajun-style fare and Mardi Gras-themed drink specials all day. Slowpokes will be serving Matcha King Cake from February 9–18. The festive green and purple iced matcha latte comes topped with sweet Ube cold foam., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Houston, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. You can help by participating in our"I Support" program, allowing us to keep offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food and culture with no paywalls.This Week in Houston Food Events: Lunar New Year and Game Day GrubThe Houston Press may earn a portion of sales from products & services purchased through links on our site from our affiliate partners. ©2024 Houston Press, LP. All rights reserved.
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