Drivers expecting a clear St. Charles Avenue after the weekend Mardi Gras parades were met with a surprise slalom of orange-and-white obstacles Monday morning. Since Friday, more than 400 barriers What's next: The vehicle barricades will stay on St. Charles Avenue through Tuesday. Claiborne Avenue and Prytania, Magazine and Tchoupitoulas streets are alternative routes. The bottom line: We are entering so-called Deep Gras. It's time to get stocked up, be patient and navigate parade zones by foot or bike. Mardi Gras weekend kicks off with greasing of the poles, parades, and Endymion preps Crowds gather along St. Charles Avenue as New Orleans prepares for the biggest Carnival weekend of the year A New Orleans streetcar heads up St. Charles Avenue through a canopy of trees covered in Mardi Gras beads and toilet paper left over from last week's Mardi Gras parades. from the Friday before The Boeuf Gras float rolls down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day as the 440 riders of Rex, King of Carnival, celebrate their 150th year with a 26-float parade entitled School of Design Zulu King Andrew “Pete” Sanchez, Jr., the 100th Zulu King, takes the turn onto Canal Street from St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras, Feb. 17, 2015, in New Orleans. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP) The city of New Orleans has closed St. Charles Avenue headed Uptown. Safety barriers are being erected ahead of Mardi Gras parades Friday. A no parking on the parade route sign on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans is still covered in beads one week past Mardi Gras. Author: Nigell Moses / WWL Louisiana Published: 5:49 PM CST February (2854 St. Charles Ave., 301-9949, GraciousBakery.com) Opening just in time for Mardi Gras 2016, I can personally attest that Gracious was a fabulous addition to the Carnival scene. The walk-through line quickly provides you with sandwiches, chips, their famous King and Queen Cakes, a selection of mixed drinks, craft beer and wine. For the biggest parades rolling in the evenings on the weekend before Mardi Gras, plan to get there about four hours ahead of time to get yourself a great spot. For the Sunday night Bacchus Parade, we're at our spot (drum roll here) at 6:00 a.m. You can find us on St. Charles Avenue near Napoleon Avenue, near the beginning of the parade. If you have an extended stay in New Orleans, book a different zone for each parade day and check out the Mardi Gras celebration from all angles. Reserve your St. Charles Avenue parade seating with our Lafayette Hotel zone or Place St. Charles zone — today! Mardi Gras Food Packages and Special Menus. Though not directly on St. Charles Avenue, these spots have special Mardi Gras menus everyone should know about. Palm&Pine Dine at Palm&Pine in the French Quarter at their Supa Dupa Pine: An Iconic Lundi Gras Brunch on Monday, March 3. We would love to have you, your friends, and your family celebrating Mardi Gras 2025 with us! 2020 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: 800-672-6124. Workers build a viewing stand along St. Charles Avenue in preparations for Mardi Gras 2024 in New Orleans on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune) STAFF This particular stand is adjacent to Lafayette Square and provides an excellent view of the Mardi Gras celebrations happening in the street below. The second stand, the Place St. Charles zone, is located near Canal Street on St. Charles Avenue. Enjoy Mardi Gras with us this year! Our stands offer a prime viewing spot for parades rolling down St. Charles Avenue. Plus, you can pregame with a delicious meal and cold drinks at Luke. Make your reservation here. The City of Saint Charles is hosting a family-friendly Mardi Gras celebration in Frenchtown! Join us for the Parade on Second Street at 11:00 AM followed by the After Party featuring live music, food, vendors, kids activities and more in the Foundry Art Centre Parking Lot. Circular block of concrete are place behind vehicle barriers Uptown along St. Charles Avenue on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, ahead of Mardi Gras parades. Zulu rolls at 8 a.m., followed by Rex at 10 a.m. on the Uptown route. Watch our live parade camera brought to us by Touro above to see the parade roll down St. Charles Avenue. %PDF-1.7 %µµµµ 1 0 obj >/Metadata 216 0 R/ViewerPreferences 217 0 R>> endobj 2 0 obj > endobj 3 0 obj >/ExtGState >/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI
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