Mardi Gras, the pre-Lent celebration of extravagance and excess, is next Tuesday, March 4. Even if a trip to New Orleans isn’t in the cards for you, you can still celebrate in style with our list of places to get king cake, beignets, and other specials from local businesses like Doe Donuts and Screen Door, plus events like the Portland Mardi Gras Parade. Laissez les bons temps rouler (let the good times roll)!
FOOD SPECIALS
Avenue Saint Charles
Tyler Auton’s Cajun and Creole cart in the BG Food Cartel pod is making a limited amount of king cakes daily and is also dishing up a king cake bread pudding special studded with pecans and glazed with vanilla frosting.
Beaverton
EVENTS
The 2025 Portland Mardi Gras Ball
The Mysti Krewe of Nimbus offers up its annual evening of Fat Tuesday shenanigans, complete with mystical costumes, crawfish and king cake, and live tunes by Too Loose Cajun Zydeco Band, Northside Bone Gang, Kris Deelane’s Music Review, and BrassRoots Movement. This year’s ball will be truly magical with a whimsical enchanted forest theme. AUDREY VANN
Wonder Ballroom, Eliot (Sat Mar 1)
