Mardi Gras-themed meals, streetcar adventures and bar crawl. Anniversary party. Debut tea café. This weekend, there’s lots of fun, food events happening around town. Add one or all six events to your calendar and be prepared to eat, drink and have a grand ole time. Cheers to weekend.
Anniversary party: One year of business equals one banging birthday celebration. Colletta will celebrate its one-year anniversary by offering a three for $35 dinner, which includes any three menu items of your choice (except the prosciutto board). An all-night happy hour featuring $5 beer and wine will also be offered. The party starts at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. Phone: 678-722-8335.
Easy as pie: From 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 at Chick-fil-A in Marietta (2105 Roswell Road N.W.) will host to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus clowns, who will entertain customers in an effort to raise funds for the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Customers will be able to wear a poncho and get pied (think: good old-fashioned messy fun) and more. For more information, visit www.Choa.org/PieForPatients.
Tea time: Bubbleology , the London-based beverage bubble tea company, will debut its tea-bar cafe at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 at Mall of Georgia. The first 100 people in line will receive free bubble teas. Here's something else to sip on: Anyone who receives a free bubble tea or buys some on Saturday will be entered to win prizes.
Pre-Mardi Gras madness: For a pre-Mardi Gras celebration menu, head over to Venkman's, where executive chef Melvin, a Louisiana native, will offer faves such as duck and lobster gumbo; crab boil shrimp; eggplant etouffée; and more on Feb. 5 – 6. Dinner reservations will start at 5:30 p.m. Stay for music too. At 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 Cadillac Jones will perform; at 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 New Orleans funk jazz band, The Mar-Tans will hit the stage. Tickets, which are $8 - $10 each may be purchased at www.ticketfly.com. Phone: 470-225-6162.
Free booze, food specials and a Mardi Gras-themed streetcar: An all-day streetcar pass, drinks and food specials including jambalaya, red beans and rice and more. Click here for details.
Build your own Mardi Gras bar crawl: Lots of options; remember to call Uber. Read the story here .
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