Enjoy New Orleans food and drink at these fine restaurants and pubs Hot Air Affair weekend. Tempt your taste buds with jambalaya and gumbo, add some pecan dessert and top it off with a Hurricane...just some of the taste treats waiting for you at Hudson, February 1-3, 2008!
413 2nd Street, Hudson, WI 54016 • 715-386-4123 map
Cajun Chicken & Smoked Sausage Jambalaya
Several key employees of Barker’s attended the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 2002, also in search of the ultimate Jambalaya recipe. After visiting many different restaurants in the French quarter, they were invited to attend an exclusive culinary class focusing on the art of creating the perfect Jambalaya where this recipe was shared.
Buckster's Bar at the Best Western Hudson House Inn
1616 Crestview Drive, Hudson, WI • 715-386-2394 map
Alligator Cocktails
151 Carmichael Road, Hudson, WI 54016 • 715-386-3700
Southern-inspired custard with Pumpkin Pecan on Friday, Butter Pecan on Saturday and Cherry Amaretto on Sunday
Dibbo's Cafe, Bar & Night Club
517 2nd Street, Hudson WI • 715-386-2782 map
Hot Southern Jo coffee drink
111 Walnut St • Hudson, WI 54016 • 715-386-5222 map
Mardi Gras drinks
2521 Hanley Rd, Hudson, WI • 715-531-0160 map
French Roast Special: Large or medium French Roast Coffee for the price of a small. All French Roast Beans just $9.99 lb.
GB Curly's
1103 County Road A, Burkhardt, WI • 715-386-5233 map
Family Recipe Jambalaya and Mardi Gras Hurricane drinks
Jambalaya recipe came from owner Mark Hanson’s uncle Ray, who was born in New Orleans.
201 Carmichael Road, Hudson, WI • 715-386-6515
Voodoo Juice cocktails
Paddy Ryan's Irish Pub
709 Rodeo Dr, Hudson, WI • 715-381-8205 map
Murphy’s Irish Red BBQ Pork Boxty and traditional Irish Trifle
In Ireland our pre-Lenten traditional is to get ready to abstain from eating any eggs or dairy during Lent. To clear the kitchen of these items, pancakes are made. We’re celebrating the Irish tradition of making pancakes by offering our crisp boxty potato pancakes made with mashed and shredded potatoe.
500 1st St, Hudson, WI • 715-386-5504 map
Jambalaya—Authentic family recipe by Executive Chef Justin Gater
Traditionally from New Orleans, jambalaya derives from creole cooking. Grandma and Grandpa have roots there and were skilled in the cuisine. Andouille sausage is a main ingredient. It’s smoked with pecan wood and has potato, pork and chitterlings.
Plaza Lounge/Hudson Bowling Center
1801 Ward Ave, Hudson, WI • 715-386-5121 map
Mardi Gras drinks
426 2nd St, Hudson, WI • 715-386-4003 map
Smothered Southern Catfish - Andoullie Sausage and White Bean Ragout served with Dirty Rice, Sauteed Spinach and Pedro’s Mango Vinaigrette Salad.
Bourbon Street Blackened Ribeye - 10 oz. Pan-blackened Ribeye topped with Creole Shrimp Cream Sauce, served with Gorgonzola-Whipped Potatoes, Wood Roasted Vegetables and Pedro’s Mango Vinaigrette Salad.
Sports Club Inc.
601 2nd St, Hudson, WI • 715-386-2962 map
Mojito cocktails, Cajun Peel & Eat Shrimp and Chicken & Andoullie Sausage Gumbo
236 Coulee Road Hudson, WI • 715-386-2545 map
New Orleans E’touffe’e Creole Crayfish and Rice and Masquarade Cocktails
“E’touffe’e is a classic Louisiana Creole dish similar to gumbo, very popular in New Orleans and in the bayou country of the southernmost part of Louisiana. We’re making it with crayfish, tomatoes, peppers, onions and other goodies.
516 2nd St, Hudson, WI • 715-381-5092 map
Fasching (Mardi Gras German Style) menu includes onion soup, potato cakes, sausage & cabbage stew, herring and Faschingkrapfen donuts
German Karneval season is from Jan. 6 until Ash Wednesday with Fastnacht as the last celebration before the lean and somber time of Lent.
