Where to Get Your Mardi Gras Fix

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

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Mardi Gras doughnuts at Sugar Shack

Sugar Shack Donuts and Coffee

Got a sweet tooth? ‘Tis the season for the hand-rolled Mardi Gras doughnut—a cinnamon custard-filled treat with cinnamon glaze. Also available: King Cakes made with braided, cinnamon-infused doughnut dough and adorned with sour patch “babies.”

1014 South Glebe Road, Arlington

 

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Buzz Bakeshop Mardi Gras doughnut

Buzz Bakeshop

Buzz also has its own rendition of the Fat Tuesday doughnut: brioche dough glazed with cinnamon and smothered with purple, yellow and green sanding sugars, with a baby charm baked into each one.

818 N. Quincy St., Arlington

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