Let the Good Times Roll! First, mix a Jazzy Sazerac, the official cocktail of NOLA, to set the Mardi Gras theme while looking through 32 New Orleans classics for Mardi gras (muffulettas and beyond), netting a drunk shrimp recipe, and learning how to flip crawfish into crawfish dip and crawfish étouffée. We share the list of best New Orleans po’boy joints, a traditional king cake recipe, gumbos, pralines and fun stuff like Mardi Gras snack mix and cookies. Hurricanes? Beignets? You betcha.
Those letting the good times roll them southward to NOLA for Mardi Gras should first roll the culinary cursor over to @eater_nola to see what’s tops on the New Orleans food scene. This Eater site shares diner-snapped pics as well as Eater NOLA’s own. Just as Bourbon Street’s an eye-opener, this album’s an eye-opener to the wide variety of Cajun and global foods available for the eatin’ in the Crescent City.
Party store beads, masks, trinkets and confetti. Bakery cases resplendent with king cakes glazed over in purple, green and yellow. Hurricanes, in glasses. The evidence is clear. Mardi Gras is getting ready to swing through Atlanta like a jazz band on Bourbon Street, and Atlanta restaurants are ready to set the good times rolling.
Fill up on Low Country boil and gracious amounts of gumbo at the Fat Tuesday celebration rocking 10th & Piedmont and G’s Midtown on February 17. James Patrick Morgan takes to the stage with live music at 7:30 p.m.
Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland paves a mighty fine Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday. Party plans promise live music, drink specials, beads, a parade and Louisiana specialties. Seafood gumbo swimming with shrimp, mussels and andouille sausage is $4 a cup, $6 a bowl. Crispy oysters and spicy remoulade sauce fill fabulous oyster po’boys ($12), and a vegetable muffaletta packs in grilled zucchini, roasted red pepper, artichoke-olive salad, provolone and arugula on ciabatta bread ($10). Steamy crawfish boil bubbles with Louisiana crawfish, andouille sausage, corn and potatoes. If you’re swearing off desserts for Lent (and even if you’re not), celebrate with a colorful slice of Mardi Gras king cake, a fun companion to any New Orleans dish or drink.
