Mardi Gras Celebration (2/20/09-2/22/09)
Laissez le bon temps rouler! Let the Good times Roll!
Thank you for Celebrating Mardi Gras downtown in 2009 February 20-22! Downtown Rehoboth restaurants hosted Mardi Gras in February featuring New Orleans-inspired cuisine and Cajun cooking, Bourbon Street beverages, Mardi Gras Parties, live music and beads, beads, beads! Restaurants and stores helped raise money to send to their favorite charity.
Everywhere beads, beads, beads! Mardi Gras parties lasted all weekend!
The Inaugural Chef Showdown took place Saturday from 11am-2pm at CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Avenue:
Rehoboth Met Mardi Gras- A SOLD OUT EVENT!
Culinary competition featured Jay Caputo (Espuma, Porcini House); Ian Crandall (Kindle); Kevin Reading (Nage). Judges Trish Vernon, editor and co-founder of The CapeGazette; Matt Amis, Assistant Editor of Delaware Today and Managing Editor of the food section Savor; and peoples’ choice judge Tom McGlone announced that Chef Caputo had won by a slim but crucial margin. There was music, oysters, beignets, etouffee, cash bar, door prizes and silent auction. The event benefited Rehoboth Main Street, CAMPRehoboth and Center for the Inland Bays.
Please call 302-227-2772 for more information
The great Gumbo Cook-Off was held 4-7p.m. Sunday! Mardi Gras goers stopped participating restaurants to buy a ballot, taste and vote! Ballots were just $5. You could walk to each location or use the Gumbo Shuttle, provided by the JollyTrolley's JollyVAN www.jollytrolley.com. Restuarants that participated in the Gumbo Cook-Off are listed below:
Cloud 9 Restaurant 234 Rehoboth Ave 302-226-1999
Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats 320 Rehoboth Ave 302-226-2739
Dos Locos 208 Rehoboth Ave 302-227-3353
Finbar's Pub & Grill 316 Rehoboth Ave 302-227-1873
Frogg Pond 3 S First St 302-227-2234
Irish Eyes Pub & Restaurant 52 Rehoboth Ave 302-227-5758
Lupo di Mare 247-C Rehoboth Ave 302-226-2240
Mariachi Restaurant 14 Wilmington Ave 302-227-0115
Pig + Fish Restaurant 236 Rehoboth Ave 302-227-7770
Purple Parrot Grill 134 Rehoboth Ave 302-226-1139
Retro Café and Grille 10 Wilmington Ave 302-227-9752
Stoney Lonen 208 Second St 302-227-2664
Victoria's Restaurant Olive Ave & Bdwk 302-227-0615
Ballot holders reported their favorite gumbo to Rehoboth Beach Main Street....
The 2009 Gumbo Cook-Off Winners: Announced March 17, 2009!
1st- Purple Parrot
2nd- Irish Eyes
3rd- Mariachi
An extra thank you to other Gumbo Cook-off participating restaurants: Cloud 9, Victoria’s, Dogfish Head, Finbar, Pig + Fish, Frogg Pond, Dos Locos, Retro Café, Stoney Lonen, & Lupo Di Mare.
Thanks to the 300 ballot holders who participated in the contest and thanks to the thirteen restaurants who joined the battle of the gumbo!

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