Mardi Gras on Long Island

Creole & Cajun Eats, Jazz, and More

Get your NOLA favorites all year long on LI - Cajun & Creole cookin' and don't forget to check these venues for Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras specials. Laissez le bon temps rouler!

Things To Know About NOLA & Mardi Gras

• NOLA is an acronym for New Orleans, Louisiana
• The similarities between Creole and Cajun cuisines are due to the French heritage of both cultures, along with the new ingredients to which French cooking techniques were applied by the Creoles and by Cajuns. Both types of cooking have culinary roots in France, with a nod to Spain, Africa, and Native America, and to a lesser degree to the West Indies, Germany, Ireland, and Italy.
• Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of the last night of eating rich, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season
• Mardi Gras season in New Orleans is a time of fun. Extravagant parades and masked balls are hosted in the weeks leading up to Fat Tuesday. Trinkets and the well known bead necklaces are thrown to the crowds from the parade floats.
• King Cakes are a popular tradition during Mardi Gras - scroll below for Sweet Treat Locations

Check Back Next Year!

Past Events

• Big Daddy's - Celebrate Mardi Gras With Music, Food & Fun All Week Long.
• Great South Bay Brewery - Mardi Gras on tap
• Bobbique - Fat Tuesday with NOLA inspired menu and live music
• Blackbirds - Mardi Gras specials
• Grasso's - Mardi Gras celebration - Masquerade Night

Cajun & Creole Cookin' On LI

Big Daddy's - Your spot for all things Southern including catfish, jambalaya, gumbo and po'boys!

• 1 Park Lane, Massapequa, NY 11758

Blackbirds Grille - specialty Cajun dishes, jambalaya, crawfish smokehouse baby back ribs and shrimp po' boy, to name a few are fan favs on Google.

• 553 Old Montauk Highway, Sayville, NY 11782

Bobbique - preparing favorite NOLA food inspired dishes for Fat Tuesday or enjoy Memphis bbq any day of the week.

• 70 W Main Street, Patchogue, NY 11772

Cajun Bucket - with The Cajun Bucket, Chef Ko and his team can finally share what is all the fuss with seafood in Cajun.

• 472 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY 11552

Carolyn's Southern Comfort Cuisine - Carolyn's Southern Comfort, bringing southern comfort cuisine to New York.

• 2564 Hempstead Tpke, East Meadow, NY 11554

Louisiana Joe's - serving up breakfast and lunch Tuesday-Saturday with fixin's like the Fat Tuesday Omelette and a whole variety of Po'Boy's. Or grab a quick prepared meal from Louisiana Joe's Market right next door.

• 488 Merrick Road, Oceanside, NY

Voodoo Crab - bringing the spirit of New Orleans to Long Island

• Locations in RVC, Massapequa & Centereach

Sweet Treats To Celebrate

• Huntington - Duck Island Bread Company - serving up King Cakes as a specialty item around Fat Tuesday
• Patchogue - Mademoiselle Patisserie - king cakes for holiday
• Can't make it to a bakery - have it delivered straight from Louisiana.

Jazz

Grassos - Grassos features live music throughout the month - check their calendar for the jazziest option. Annually they host a Fat Tuesday celebration with the best of the blues performed. Check out their Mardi Gras specials at that special time of year.

• 134 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Barrotta's Supper Club - Barrotta's is new to the Huntington restaurant scene. Offering a nod to old-school Italian dining while also serving up the soulful sounds of live jazz.

• 69 Wall Street, Huntington, NY 11743

The Jazz Loft - The Jazz Loft's mission is one of Jazz preservation, education, and performance, and has quickly become the premier destination for all things Jazz. Presenting a full performance calendar of local, national and international artists in the period 1940s second floor performance space, the Loft also has an extensive education program as well.

• 275 Christian Avenue, Stony Brook, NY 11790

Support Jazz History on LI

The Coltrane Home in Dix Hills - The Coltrane Home is a museum and learning and research center that provides an interactive archive of the Coltranes and jazz and other music within a restoration of the Coltrane Home in Dix Hills. John Coltrane was an acclaimed American saxophonist, bandleader and composer, becoming an iconic figure of 20th-century jazz with albums like 'Giant Steps,' 'My Favorite Things' and 'A Love Supreme.'

• Each year Coltrane Day is hosted as part of the Huntington Summer Arts Festival