Order a Saba sampler for a convenient way to enjoy the restaurant’s famed dips — the small (serves 2-4) goes for $45 and the large (serves 8-10) for $115. From now until February 21, you can anslo get the restaurant’s cucumber margarita in a convenient on-the-go format, $38 for four drinks and four Saba to-go cups. And on Thoth Sunday (February 19), grab-and-go borekas (savory, cheesy pastries) and large-format cocktails will be available via an outdoor bar in front of the Magazine Street restaurant.

Junior’s is selling parade-friendly foodanddrinks, making it a one-shop stop for 2023. Nuggets, biscuits, and daiquiris are now available via preorder to reserve for pickup everyday, now through Lundi Gras. Call to place an order.

The ever-exciting Mister Mao is serving up two Mardi Gras-centric specials this season: Half gallon hibiscus margaritas and parade packages, feeding 10. The package includes 20 pieces of cold Kashmiri fried chicken, 10 Kalua pork banh mi sandwiches, 10 bags of Zapp’s potato chips, and 10 portions of Hawaiian-style macaroni salad. Priced at $230, excluding tax and an automatic 20% service charge, pick-up is available on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays (Mardi Gras Krewes will receive a special discount). Pre-order at least 48 hours in advance for pick up viahello@mistermao.comor by calling (504) 345-2056.

The St. Charles and Sixth Street location of local mini-bakery chainGraciousis perfectly located to fuel up for Uptown parades. It’s serving a special sidewalk parade menu of beer wine, rum punches, other mixed drinks, mini muffulettas, grilled cheeses, pastries, and cookies.

The new cafe in the Rink shopping center is setting up a pop-up in the parking garage before and during the parades this year (entrance on Washington Avenue). Grab and go food includes king cake, meatball subs, Cuban sandwiches, and kid-friendly PB&Js — there’s also a frozen pear and lime cocktail in addition bloody marys, canned cocktails, beer, and nonalcoholic drinks.

This oh-so-exciting Italian deli sandwich pop-up taking New Orleans by storm is packing up special to-go sandwiches for Mardi Gras, as well as full-blown sandwich platters for preorder. Swing by the Rabbit’s Foot and grab ‘em on Saturday, 2/11; Thursday, 2/16; Friday, 2/17; Saturday, 2/18; Sunday, 2/19; Lundi Gras, and most excitingly, on Mardi Gras itself — full schedule foundhere. Assorted sandwich platters require five days preorder noticehere, and they’re a steal at $58.

Catch a sneak peek of an exciting new barbecue restaurant (officially opening later in February) this Mardi Gras, with a boudin king cake, root beer-glazed ham king cake, and Mardi Gras cocktails available in 10-oz, quart, and half-gallon bottles (choose from milk punch, Hurricanes, and a frozen Pimm’s Cup. Perhaps best of all, Mardi Gras catering packages include boudin balls, chicken tenders, build-your-own sliders, and pimento cheese. All are available for preorder beginning February 10onlinefor pickup February 15-20; a limited supply of drinks is also available for walk-ins.

Next door to Gris-Gris is its new retail market, Gris-Gris to Go-Go, and chef Eric Cook has created an ideal set of parade and party packages for the season: options to serve five to seven or eight to 10 include fried chicken, finger sandwiches, and much more.Preordersrequired 48 hours in advance.

St. James is slinging king cake and cheese platters, this year, featuring one Cardozzo’s king cake paired with a wheel of French triple creme Brillat Savarin. Call (504) 899-4737 to place your order 48 hours in advance.

For the kind of parade meal most New Orleanians are used to without the work, turn to the ever-reliable Cochon Butcher, which is offering Mardi Gras parade packages and the delicious frozen Hurricanes by the half or full gallon. Fried chicken, jambalaya, turkey, ham, or pimento cheese sandwiches, Zapp’s potato chips can be preorderedhere. The team is also setting up a satellite bar for Endymion on February 18, serving drinks and snacks like Italian sausage with peppers and onions, pork sandwiches, and cracklins.

If you’re looking for great parade route deals this Mardi Gras, we’ve got the package for you! On Saturday 2/18 and Sunday 2/19, we’ll be offering our Parade Pack which includes a bucket of 8 pieces of fried chicken, two 6-packs of our core beers, and a Dong Phuong king cake.

Sylvain has become a Mardi Gras day standby, and this year they’ve introduced large-format cocktails available be preorder and pickup. ⁠⁠Choose from five different cocktails served in gallon-sized portable, dispensable bags that serve a whopping 16 drinks. ⁠⁠Preorderherefor pickup on Friday, February 17.