The Gumbo Bros/FatBelly Pretzel King Cake collaboration
This is your one-week warning before the beginning of Lent! If you have plans to embrace asceticism for forty days, you might want to indulge yourself a little bit before February 22. Fortunately, as LSU grads and the founders of Gumbo Bros, Adam Lathan and James Wishon know a few things about how to laissez les bon temps rouler!
They have already started the Mardi Gras festivities by partnering with FatBelly Pretzel to offer traditional King Cakes from the Gumbo Bros website, and they have scheduled a few events at their location in the Gulch at 505 12th Ave South to make your Festival season a little more, err … festive.
They will host Mardi Gras Theme DJ nights tomorrow and Friday, Feb 17-18, with special hours from 11:00 am until 11:00 pm for late(r)-night revelry. I’ve already shared that Latham will be one of the featured chefs at The Continental’s Le Grand Ball on Saturday night, Feb 18, and hopefully he’ll be able to roust himself at a decent hour after that soiree, because Gumbo Bros is throwing a Sunday Jazz Brunch on Feb 19 beginning at 10:00 am.
They’ve got a special menu planned for the brunch with shrimp and grits, hot honey chicken biscuits, bananas foster french toast, breakfast po’ boy (gator sausage, shrimp, fried green tomatoes) and crawfish étouffée. As a bonus for early risers, the first ten tables will receive a free order of beignets.
Finally, Gumbo Bros will again offer extended hours on Fat Tuesday, Feb 21, from 11:00 am until 11:00 am plus a sorter menu of specialty food items and a longer menu of Mardi Gras-inspired drink specials. Because, priorities, right?!
