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You probably know about Mardi Gras and have heard the name Fat Tuesday string along with it. Here's everything you need to know about what that means!
On the second Tuesday of the month, the restaurant serves chicken and sausage jambalaya, red beans and rice, shrimp etouffee, cornbread, mac and cheese, beignets, and bread pudding. The dinner ...
Lou Lou on Market was made with Mardi Gras in mind.. The New Orleans-themed restaurant at 812 E Market St. has upped its festive decor ahead of Fat Tuesday celebrations on Feb. 13.
Gregory's Restaurant & Bar of Somers Point began a Taco Tuesday promotion on February 6, 1979, and trademarked the term in 1982. [11] Individual franchises of Wyoming-based fast food restaurant Taco John's first started using the term in late 1979 and the early 1980s, with an Indiana franchise being the first. [4]
Mardi Gras (UK: / ˌ m ɑːr d i ˈ ɡ r ɑː /, US: / ˈ m ɑːr d i ɡ r ɑː /; [1] [2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [3]
While Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday is traditionally celebrated on one day — this year it falls on February 13, 2024 — the Mardi Gras season actually starts on Epiphany (January 6).
The holiday is observed on the day before Ash Wednesday (also known as Fat Tuesday). [2] [3] [4] Establishing the state holiday made it possible for people to celebrate Mardi Gras legally, including suspending laws against concealing one's identity with a mask for the day, though it continues to be illegal on every other day of the year. [5]
The Mardi Gras season always begins on Jan. 6, the 12th day after Christmas. However, the final weeks before Fat Tuesday are the most opulent.