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Mardi Gras in Milwaukee

Published Feb. 11, 2013

Even though Milwaukee is 1,000 miles from New Orleans, celebrating Mardi Gras in Brew City is one big easy.

New Orleans: A sexy, jazzy, tasty destination for Milwaukeeans

Published Jan. 10, 2012

New Orleans is a fun, interesting, budget-accommodating vacation destination you won't regret. And depending on how much time you spend on Bourbon Street, one you might not remember, either.

Big Easy living: Mardi Gras at Maxie's

Published March 7, 2011

Dan Sidner grew up in Kearney, Neb., but gumbo runs in his veins. Buy him a plane ticket to New Orleans, put a drink in his hand when he gets there and he is one happy man. Fortunately, Sidner co-owns Maxie's Southern Comfort, the popular Milwaukee restaurant that specializes in the Cajun and Creole cooking of Louisiana as well as the food of the Carolinas "low country." Maxie's has big plans for tonight and tomorrow.

Distil celebrates first Mardi Gras with classic cocktails

Published March 7, 2011

The carnival season is upon us and while Mardi Gras fun won't be difficult to find in area bars, Distil, 722 N. Milwaukee St., will celebrate its first Fat Tuesday with some hand-crafted cocktails, says manager Mike Edler.

"Fat Tuesday's" Polish paczki and southern sazerac

Published Feb. 15, 2010

Locally, tomorrow's "Fat Tuesday" takes on several historic meanings with traditional Polish indulgence in the anticipation of the Lenten season and the ritual mixing of America's first cocktail in Cajun and Creole Mardi Gras celebration. However you opt to indulge, there's a universal understanding that the day is all about one thing: gluttony and extravagance.

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