Don’t worry! It’s not too late if you still want to make reservations for Valentine’s Day. I would suggest calling your favorite restaurant or looking on Open Table. Lots of restaurants are serving up special prix fixe menus.
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Miss Pearl’s Jam House is having a multi-day Mardi Gras celebration. Celebrity judges will decide which local chef is the winner of a Gumbo Cook-Off. Contestants include Dean Dupuis of Pican and Eddie Blyden of Henry’s in Berkeley.
Sat, 2/13, 1 – 4pm
Happy Hour lasts all day long on Lundi Gras.
Mon, 2/15
Brazilian Samba Dancers and the Craig Caffall Zydeco Band will perform at the Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday Party. They’re giving away a trip to New Orleans, but you’ll have to stick around until the drawing because you must be present to win.
Tues, 2/16, 7pm – midnight
1 Broadway, Oakland
510-444-7171
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Pican is celebrating Fat Tuesday with “Boas, Beads, Bourbon Street Beverages and Traditional Nola Bites.” Masks are optional, but encouraged.
2295 Broadway, Oakland
510-834-1000
Tues, 2/16, 5:30pm
$60 in advance, $75 at the door
I also wanted to let you know about a couple guided East Bay forage walks in March. If you’re interested, you might want to get your ticket from forageSF now because the last walks apparently sold out in 25 minutes. There are still some tickets left for all 3 walks, but get on it if you want to go. A couple of local ‘wild edible experts’ will teach groups which plants we see every day are actually edible and point out wild medicinals.
Sat, 3/6, 3/20, 3/27, 2pm
$35
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