The event is rooted in African and Native American influences, with ties to both Catholic and Black masking Indian traditions ...

Standing since 1840, this unassuming brick structure on South Broadway has lived more lives than a jazz cat – boarding house, ...

Three well-known Oxford Street gay bars are being put forward for heritage status in recognition of their contribution to ...

Bartenders from New Orleans' Bar Redux, Twelve Mile Limit, Junebug, Crown and Anchor and Ernst Cafe share easy springtime ...

Credit for the invention of the Sazerac cocktail has been given to Antoine Peychaud, who was a Creole apothecary in New Orleans' French Quarter in the 1800s. Peychaud sold aromatic bitters made from a ...

Mardi Gras itself is linked to Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and reflection that begins on Ash Wednesday and leads up to Easter. Traditionally, people indulge in food, drink, and other ...

Joe Luscy, an employee with IV Waste, the company tasked with cleaning up the French Quarter after Mardi Gras, coordinates ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades ... cups for “hand grenade” drinks rippled out from the front ...

Before Lent begins, Louisiana’s Catholic communities celebrate Mardi Gras the old-fashioned way — with prayer, music and a ...

Carnival season that began less than a week after the tragic New Year’s Eve attack on Bourbon Street and included a triumphant Super Bowl week in New Orleans ...

Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood, which has locations in Hicksville and Valley Stream that both offer Mardi Gras party catering menu ...

Today is Mardi Gras, the yearly New Orleans tradition that's a great excuse to celebrate and throw a fun party and mix up some special celebratory drinks. The post Celebrate Mardi Gras with these ...