Been a while since I did a nighttime post… most nights I come home and head straight to bed.\u00a0 I met my health guru AL at Safari World Tapas on South Main and was quite pleased with my dinner.\u00a0 I ordered three items from the tapas menu:\u00a0 Thai shrimp with noodles, Moroccan beef skewers, and falafel with hummus.\u00a0 No, that third one is not a typo.\u00a0 I actually like falafel and hummus.\u00a0 I prefer it supplemented with meat dishes, of course.<\/p>\n
After that I caught the remainder of the UConn<\/a> vs. Pitt<\/a> game at Calhoun’s, then headed back north to the Saucer.\u00a0 Bartender Katie asked where I’d been, and apparently I didn’t say “tapas” clearly enough.\u00a0 “You went to a topless bar?” she asked.\u00a0 No, don’t think there are any topless bars on South Main.\u00a0 Might be a good idea for one of those empty warehouses though.<\/p>\n Here’s a good link my BBQ team used to find lockers for our booth at a great price:\u00a0 govdeals.com<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s auctions of used government equipment.\u00a0 You never know what you may find on there.\u00a0 Chances are you’ll have to watch the site for a week or more before you see something you want.\u00a0 Then again, if you’re in the market for a used fire truck, you won’t have to wait; they have plenty.\u00a0 Hey, they have a parking meter for sale too!\u00a0 And HVAC equipment!<\/p>\n Finally, Orleans on Front\/Voodoo Room sent me details about the Mardi Gras party they’re throwing this Saturday, February 21, both upstairs and down.\u00a0 It’s a long e-mail so I’m just going to paste it below.\u00a0 Good night all… out of news for now, so there may or may not be a morning post.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n Hey Paul!<\/p>\n Hope all is well with you……. I wanted to invite you and give you the scoop on this Saturday 2-21. Fat Tuesday is 2-24 and I am doing a little celebrating here at Orleans on Front and in the Voodoo Room.<\/p>\n A special menu upstairs from 5 till 10pm will consist of Stuffed Bell Peppers, Shrimp Creole, Jambalaya, Red Beans & Rice, Gulf Coast Ribeye (it has lump crab & crawfish tails sauteed in creole butter), Crawfish Cakes with pepper jack cheese sauce, Mardi Gras Pasta, Parmesan Fried Green Tomatoes with Comeback Sauce & Grilled Shrimp and of course……….. King Cakes ( a mini version for individuals) The Voodoo Room Food downstairs will be simple, right now specials will include the “Poke” Chop Poboy for $6 and Parmesan Fried Green Tomatoes with Comeback Sauce for $4. I will have the Voodoo Burger Available too……this thing is huge!! Probably will have some food from the upstairs available too. We will have the $2 PBR as usual and all Abita Beer will be $3. Don’t Forget about the $3 Bartender’s Shot that everyone has grown to love!<\/p>\n Look forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Been a while since I did a nighttime post… most nights I come home and head straight to bed.\u00a0 I met my health guru AL at Safari World Tapas on South Main and was quite pleased with my dinner.\u00a0 I ordered three items from the tapas menu:\u00a0 Thai shrimp with noodles, Moroccan beef skewers, and … Continue reading “Nighttime update: Safari Tapas, government auction deal site, Mardi Gras party Sat. at Orleans on Front\/Voodoo Room”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3196,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions\/3196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlso upstairs I will be giving away a bottle of Caymus Cabernet to the best costume or mask for the evening.\u00a0 I will be wearing a fuzzy orange, purple, & green pimp hat with a purple cape!! I may win my own bottle of wine!<\/p>\n
\nAt 11pm (or there about) we will have a PBR -Tini & Crawfish Pie eating contest. Max 6 people and they need to let Hooper know they want in asap! Or they can email me at chefclint@orelansonfront.com. The prize for that contest will be a $50 bar gift.
\nAt 1am (or there about) we will have a the “Huge ASS” String of beads giveaway. This will go to the most deserving and creative person who represents themselves in a true Mardi Gras Fashion! Mardi Gras + Beads + Girls + Alcohol =…….. Well I think you get the idea!<\/p>\n