Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday and popular cultural phenomenon that dates back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites. Since our bar use to be a church and people usually leave our bar to exercise their fertility rites when we close we thought it would be fitting to have a Mardi Gras party here!
Come in for our “Madri Gras” cocktail, a dangeroud concoction of pineapple, orange, cherries, and rum, this drink will having you feeling like you’re in New Orleans before you’re done. Only $5.00
Crazy Jake will be here with all the songs you could ever want to sing for Karaoke so dress in your best Madri Gras attire (mask and beads are welcomed) and come on down to The Dive for our first Mardi Gras Party.
What Does Mardi Gras Mean?
Mardi is the French word for Tuesday, and gras means “fat.” In France, the day before Ash Wednesday came to be known as Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday.”