Celebrate Mardis Gras!

Mardi Gras, French for "Fat Tuesday," is an annual celebration that takes place before Lent. Historically the celebration represents a boisterous carne vale--or "good-bye to the flesh"--that serves as the last whoop-it-up before the onset of the sober season of Lent. To many, it’s simply a reason to indulge in spicy jambalaya and festive libations, while donning bright colored beads. Check out how downtown Evanston is celebrating:

Davis Street Fish Market
501 Davis St.
847.869.3474

Special Mardi Gras menu starts February 9. Fat Tuesday will feature drink and food specials, and a festive celebration in the bar area of the restaurant

Dixie Kitchen
825 Church Street
847.733.9030

Dixie Kitchen gets festive early this year with specials kicking off Friday, February 12. Enjoy a homemade, four-course Cajun meal ($18.95) with choice of two original entrees: The King’s Catfish will consist of a fresh, blackened catfish fillet over rice topped with shrimp, crawfish, crabmeat and a lemon beurre blanc sauce. Fettuccine des Krewes is a pasta dish containing crawfish, Andouille sausage, and a variety of vegetables in a spicy marinara cream sauce. The meal will include a house salad with your choice of dressing, a cup of home-made gumbo or jambalaya, your entrée choice, and a homemade praline cookie for dessert. To top it all off, enjoy $5.50 Pat O’Brien’s Hurricanes all weekend!

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