For many years, Bill Rowe’s Blue Moon Caterers has put on a big Fat Tuesday party that draws crowds of people nostalgic for Rowe’s onetime restaurant, Red Bean’s Bayou Grill.
They’d crowd into Rowe’s westside venue, Villa Luna at 8406 W. Central, and feast on a buffet of favorites that Cajun restaurant Red Bean’s sold until it closed in 2014.
Rowe’s last Red Bean’s Bayou Grill memorial buffet happened last year. But 2026’s Fat Tuesday dinner, which happens this coming Tuesday, Feb. 17, will look different. Just for this year, Rowe will have to offer the dinner in a to-go-only format.
On Tuesday, those who want to get a taste of Red Bean’s will be able to get a Fat Tuesday special either for pickup or delivery though the company’s new Blue Moon Go service…