In search of Fat Tuesday deals that will make you dance? We’ve pulled our favorite Mardi Gras celebrations together for Houstonians.
Brennan’s of Houston
3300 Smith Street, 713-522-9711
“Dance your beads off” for a lively night of drinks, dinner, beads, fortune-telling palm readings, a faux float and live jazz at Brennan’s. Fixed price menu for the evening is $65 per person for an appetizer, entree and dessert. To make reservations and get more details, click here.
The Manor House at the Houstonian
111 North Post Oak Lane, 713-685-6840
Seeking a more moderate Mardi Gras meal on Tuesday, February 28? A special mardi gras lunch menu is currently served now through March at The Manor House, with three courses ($44), which includes a king cake dessert from pastry chef Catherine Rodriguez. More details can be found here.
Snooze
3217 Montrose Blvd #100, 713-574-6655
Tuesday, February 28, also happens to be International Pancake Day, and Snooze is hitting customers with a one-two punch: The breakfast restaurant will be showcasing a “sushi-style” pancake menu offering guests a variety of eight to 10 petite pancakes, including rocky road and berry “buck wild” cheesecake pancakes, as well as king cake-flavored pancakes. Lucky guests at each location who find the baby (“the jack”) inside the king cake variety will win a $25 gift card to Snooze. All pancake sales on Fat Tuesday will go to Urban Harvest in Houston. (PS: Did you see that Snooze has added Katy to its list of forthcoming locations this year? Details here.)
King cake pancake from Snooze. Photo by Sarah Jacober
Ragin’ Cajun
4302 Richmond, 713-623-6321, and other locations
Starting at 11 am with lunch service are South Louisiana classics and Louisiana boiled crawfish. Happy hour is from 2 to 7 pm and will also feature drink and oyster specials. Dinner service revs up with music from 6 to 10 pm. (See below for the music at each Ragin’ Cajun location.) Beads will be given out at lunch and dinner.
Ragin’ Cajun “The Original”: L.T. & The Zydeco Mob
Ragin’ Cajun Woodlake Square: Zydeco Dots
Ragin’ Cajun Sugar Land: Live DJ (until 11 pm)
Jax Grill
1613 Shepherd, 713-861-5529
Jax Grill is celebrating this Fat Tuesday with Cajun specials such as blackened catfish with white wine cream sauce and red beans and rice with andouille sausage. Live zydeco music begins at 5 pm, and happy hour starts at 4 pm and lasts until the restaurant shuts down that night.