CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - SOUTH LOOP, LOOP, LAKEVIEW, PORTAGE PARK, NAPERVILLE
SOUTH LOOP
Kroll's South Loop is offering Mardi Gras themed dishes. Come dine on jambalaya and corn bread or perhaps you would like Cajun shrimp. Then sip on a festive beverage of rum punch and $5 Abita beers. Join the fun on Tuesday at 1736 S. Michigan Avenue.
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LOOP
Stretch Run Sporting Club & Grille will be celebrating Fat Tuesday with Cajun dishes. Choose from chicken jambalaya, crawfish fettuccine, crab cakes and gumbo with shrimp and okra. There will be raffles. Drink specials include "Pat O'Brien's Bar" $5 hurricanes (careful these are potent!) and $3 bottles of Corona , Corona Light and Pacifico. Friday-Tuesday at 544 N. La Salle St.
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LAKEVIEW
Fizz Bar & Grill is having a five-day bash. This will include Cajun menu items. Listen to live New Orleans tunes (Friday and Tuesday). Enjoy a "French Quarter" favorite, hurricane cocktails for only $5. On Sunday, arrive early for a $6.95 brunch buffet (noon-3 p.m.) or stop by later for a crawfish boil (3-6 p.m.; $7). The first 50 people to hit the crawfish boil eat for free. 5 p.m. Friday; noon Saturday-Sunday; 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at 3220 N. Lincoln Avenue.
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PORTAGE PARK
An old fashioned Mardi Gras Masquerade Dinner Dance will feature appetizers and dinner. Entertainment will include Samba 1 Dance Group along with DJ, Al Cruz. A cash bar is available. Costumes and masks are strongly encouraged. Come join the fun at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday to St. Ladislaus Church Hall located at 3343 N. Long Avenue.
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NAPERVILLE
Dress in costume, wear a mask and come on out to Zaidi's for live music and dancing. Music will feature global jazz band, Toad Kings. Drink specials include $6 Cabana cachaca caipirinhas. 9 p.m. Saturday; free. 1975 Springbrook Square Drive, Naperville . Hope to see you there.
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