Fat Tuesday is back: Mardi Gras comes to the Old Pueblo

Bryce Zeagler has plans for the morning of Feb. 17. He will be found at the airport welcoming a shipment of about 300 pounds of live crawfish. He already has six 25-pound gator roasts brined and ready for a smoker back at his restaurant’s kitchen.

That afternoon, the air around The Parish, Tucson’s Cajun flavored restaurant, promises to be redolent with the aromas of a traditional Mardi Gras feast.

Feb. 17 is Fat Tuesday, the day before the season of abstinence and self-restraint that is Lent, and as everyone knows, it’s party time in the Big Easy…

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