Laramie’s Devine Eats Presents Mardi Gras
Traditionally, Mardi Gras is celebrated on “Fat Tuesday,” which is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, aka this year, it's February 21.
Join Devine Eats for a fun Mardi Gras pop-up celebration this 18th and 21st of February! Double the fun and celebration!!!
There will be great food and live music from the UW Jazz Club.
Devine Eats will be having their first “pop-up” event at the storefront at 211 Grand Avenue. Seating is limited, but you will be able to purchase food to go too, so, don't fret!
The event does not have an alcohol permit, but you are free to bring in an alcoholic beverage if you want.
The Event
- Date: February 18 & 21
- Time: 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- Location: 211 Grand Ave
- For more information, click HERE
Check out their menu on the Facebook page down below!
What's Mardi Gras?
According to History, the celebration is a Christian holiday and popular cultural phenomenon that dates back thousands of years to pagan spring and fertility rites. Mardi Gras is also known as Carnival or Carnaval and is celebrated in many countries around the world—mainly those with large Roman Catholic populations—on the day before the religious season of Lent begins.
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.”
Traditionally, in anticipation of several weeks of eating only fish and different types of fasting, those who celebrate would binge on all the rich, fatty foods (meat, eggs, milk, lard, and cheese) that remained in their homes.