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.

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!
1^st- Purple Parrot
2^nd- Irish Eyes
3^rd- 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!