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Eat Free Cajun Food at Astoria Gastropub for Mardi Gras

By Jeanmarie Evelly | February 12, 2015 3:50pm | Updated on February 13, 2015 5:26pm
 Bourbon and Vine will be offering one free dish from its special Mardi Gras menu, like its Crawfish Etouffee.
Bourbon and Vine will be offering one free dish from its special Mardi Gras menu, like its Crawfish Etouffee.
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Bourbon and Vine

ASTORIA — Break out the beads.

A local gastropub is celebrating Mardi Gras with a special New Orleans-inspired menu, where diners will be able to taste one dish for free from Friday until Fat Tuesday.

Whiskey and wine bar Bourbon and Vine, at 36-05 30th Ave., is running the promotion to celebrate the holiday as well as the re-launch of its kitchen, helmed by new chef Thomas Pepe.

"For Mardi Gras we are bringing out the classics, the familiar New Orleans home-cookin' that turns eating into a party of bold flavors," Pepe said in a statement.

Dishes on the menu include chicken or crawfish and andouille gumbo, "dirty dirty" rice, zucchini hush puppies, Cajun chicken fries and walnut cherry bread pudding in a whiskey sauce.

Customers will be able to order one free item starting Friday through Tuesday.

They can wash their food down with classic Mardi Gras cocktails like Hurricanes, Sazerac — a rye-based drink that originated in New Orleans — and a Ramos Gin Fizz, made with gin, cream, organic egg white, simple syrup, orange flower water and club soda.

They range from $9-14.