Where to Get Your Mardi Gras Fix

Head out for live music, Cajun food, Big Easy drink specials and a couple of hometown parades.

RTs Restaurant (website photo)

RT’s Restaurant

A local favorite for Louisiana comfort fare for more than three decades, this old-school restaurant in Arlandria found itself in the spotlight when Bill and Hillary Clinton and Al and Tipper Gore paid a visit in 1991.  RT’s hosts a daily happy hour from 4-7 p.m. In addition to its regular menu, the kitchen also does private dinner parties.  Want to cook up some Creole-style eats at home? You’ll find the recipe for the restaurant’s signature pasta jambalaya on the its website.

3804 Mt. Vernon Ave, Alexandria

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