As someone who has experienced the chaotic magic of a New Orleans Mardi Gras several times, I can tell you that the key to any good Mardi Gras celebration is three fold: great traditional Southern food, jazz or other brassy music accompanied by a lot of dancing, and wacky & wild costumes. Oh, and beads…lots and lots of beads. The good news is, you don’t have to travel all the way down to the Big Easy to celebrate the wondrous joys that this holiday has to offer. CT is ready for Mardi Gras this year and each of these local restaurants is serving it up big and in style. Whether you’re in it for the good eats, the Hurricanes, or the dance til you drop live music, this list has got you covered…covered in beads, that is. “Laissez les bons temps rouler!”
You don’t have to be in New Orleans to celebrate big on Mardi Gras! Connecticut restaurants are preparing everything from limited-time menu specials to all-out festivities to mark the occasion, so why not head out and take part?
Drown yourself in beads, good music and food while you laissez bon temps rouler!
Get out there, have some fun, throw on a colorful mask, rip the heads off some crawfish and slurp some gumbo, mes amis. This is a decadent celebration if ever there was one and we’re not even in New Orleans! So, who’s going to find the baby in the cake and be crowned King or Queen of it all?
Overlooking the Mediterranean sea, nestled among 3 hills and their valleys, is the beautiful, old town of Safita, Syria. Only a few miles from the long island sound, nestled between Westport and Fairfield proper, is the beautiful, month old middle eastern restaurant, SAFITA. It is the "Tale" of two Safitas, both with their charm, beauty, and authenticity. And it is just this authenticity that Kheder Hassoun and his family bring to this brand new Middle Eastern restaurant, situated where the old Chat 'N Chew used to be. Tiny in size but big in hospitality, Safita, at 2217 Post Road in Fairfield is pulling in the crowds, night after night. This is middle eastern at its finest, with "Ummu" ("mother" in Arabic) Amal in the kitchen, cooking up all her own recipes from scratch. This ain't your roadside Shawarma.
