CT Spots To Celebrate Mardi Gras: King Cakes, Breweries, Restaurants +

April Guilbault

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?

Aquila’s Nest Vineyards-Newtown

www.aquilasnestvineyards.com

Mardi Gras Murder Mystery Night on Sunday, February 19th from 5:00pm-8:00pm. Be sure to wear your best Mardi Gras masks and outfits!

tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mardi-gras-murder-mystery-night-tickets-491853245297?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Aspetuck Brew Lab-Bridgeport

www.aspetuckbrewlab.com

Fat Sunday Celebration at Aspetuck Brew Lab! Join in the revelry with music, food, beer and fun (and a King Cake or two)! The action starts at noon at 3389 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport.

Bayou BBQ & Grill-New London

www.bayoubbqandgrill.wordpress.com

Not one but three nights of Mardi Gras fun down at the Bayou! Music, fun and a full menu of festive Mardi Gras food from Spicy Cajun Roast Pork Loin and Shrimp Etoufee to Bananas Foster.  Make a reservation now, the seats are filling up!

Billy’s Bakery-Fairfield

https://www.facebook.com/Billysbakery/

King Cakes made fresh starting today (2/16) through Mardi Gras, Tuesday, February 21st. May your slice have the baby!

Black-Eyed Sally’s Southern Kitchen & BBQ-Hartford

www.blackeyedsallys.com

It’s their biggest day of the year and they are going to be partying all day! All-you-can-eat Southern Feast lunch, Happy Hour (Hurricane & Abita specials), and New Orleans dinner specials, along with dancing to Rivercity Slim & the Zydeco Hogs. 

BRYAC Black Rock-Black Rocks

www.bryac.biz

The Mistick Krewe of BYRAC in in the house on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 21st at 8:30pm for their Mardi Gras Fest. New Orleans-inspired menu and, of course, Hurricanes.

Coyote Blue TexMex Cafe-Middletown

www.coyoteblue.com

Special Mardi Gras menu from Feb.3-Feb 23rd, complete with Chicken & Andouille Sausage Gumbo, Bourbon Street BBQ Shrimp, Shrimp Étouffée and Jambalaya.

El Segundo-Norwalk

www.elsegundorestaurants.com

Mardi Gras Tuesday (February 21st) is also Fat Taco Tuesday! All you can eat tacos, along with Hurricane & Jell-O shot specials! Come get your beads!

Eli Cannon’s-Middletown

www.elicannons.com

Dual party here-Eli Cannon’s 29th anniversary AND Mardi Gran on Tuesday, February 21st, so get ready to party. Free crawfish boil and King cake, Hurricanes, tees and enough beads to make the Big Easy proud.

Flander’s Fish Market-East Lyme

www.flandersfish.com

Takeaway for your Mardi Gras celebrations; Frogs Legs, Spicy Fried Chicken and Oysters, Crawfish Oysters, Shrimp and Andouille Gumbo to name a few, and even Bananas Foster and Beignets to complete the feast.

Kouign Bakery-Wallingford

www.kouignbakery.com

This small-batch, boutique bakery bakes their goodies fresh every day and Mardi Gras celebration King Cakes are on deck this year. They are only open on weekends but place a call and an order anytime.

Milestone-Georgetown

www.milestonect.com/

Celebrate Fat Tuesday Feb 21st with King Cakes, beads, Jambalaya & Hurricanes!! Feb 23rd Fuzz Mardi Gras Bnd will be rockinging at 8pm.

Little Goose Cafe-Fairfield 

www.littlegoosefairfield.com/

Pop into this Gastropub that is right off the I-95 corridor for some live music, traditional food & drinks, beignets & King Cake.

Little Pub-Stratford

www.facebook.com/littlepub

It’s time to make the......BabyCakes™ with specials including: BabyCakes (Funfetti cake filled eggrolls dusted with powdered sugar), Dressed Shrimp Po’ Boys & Little Pub Jambalaya

Reverie Brewing-Newtown

www.reveriebrewing.com

Sunday, February 19th marks Mardi Gras at Reverie! Soak up some great live jazz music while the Note Restaurant Group will be serving a Cajun-inspired menu of Muffuletta sandwiches, Cajun shrimp, mini King cakes and more.

The Spread-Norwalk

www.thespreadsono.com

Tuesday, February 21st, Chef Carlos is starting the party with Chicken and Andouille Gumbo, Shrimp Po’ Boys and Gator, yes you heard that right, GATOR nuggets. To wash down these delights o’ the Bayou are Blood Orange Sazeracs, King Cake Daquiris and Hurricanes. 

The White Barn at South Farms-Morris

www.southfarms.org

Join in the fun at South FarmsMardi Gras on Saturday, February 18th. Starting at 6:30, get some drinks and bite and stomp those feet to New Orleans Funk and Zydeco music.