The Hocking College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Students will host their annual Bourbon Street Bash, a Mardi Gras celebration, at Rhapsody Restaurant located on Nelsonville’s Historic Square on February 27, 28 and March 1, 2014 from 4:30 - 10 p.m.

The evening will consist of an authentic four-course meal complete with appetizer, entree, desserts and specialty alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Some of these Louisiana-inspired meals include dishes such as blackened pork loin, chicken breast and redfish, shrimp and Tasso jambalaya, crawfish etouffe, catfish and even gator tail. Special dessert choices including piña colada bread pudding with bourbon vanilla sauce and créme caramels will also be offered.

The meal includes choice of appetizer, entrée and a variety of decadent desserts, and fresh baked Cajun bread for $19.95 a person. Additional offerings, priced separately, include beverages such as hurricanes, Irish coffee, café au lait, voodoo margaritas and New Orleans own Dixie Beer, as well as a raw bar filled with fresh oysters, jumbo shrimp and whole boiled crawfish.

A selection of Cajun specialties to sample will be also offered at Stuart’s Opera House during Nelsonville’s Historic Square Final Friday on February 28, 2014. Choose from seafood and sausage gumbo, red beans and rice and jambalaya for just $3.00 a bowl.

Call 740.753.5740 to reserve a seat for this mouth-watering Mardi Gras celebration. Reservations are strongly recommended. For more information or questions contact Chef Dan Weber at weberd@hocking.edu or 740.753.7609.