Listen to Louisiana Jazz, enjoy Mardi Gras dinner tonight, Friday & Fat Tuesday

Tonight, Thursday, Feb. 16, Friday, Feb. 17 and Fat Tuesday, Feb 21, enjoy a three-course dinner of Cajun delicacies in the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Restaurant.

The Mardi Gras dinners will be served from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; reservations are requested 24 hours in advance, but some space may be available for walk-in diners. Call 202-662-7638 or email [email protected] to reserve. The cost: $30 for members and their guests, $35 for non-members.

Dinner will include: starters of Oysters Rockefeller, Vegetarian Creole Salad Bowl or Seafood Gumbo with Okra and Tomatoes; Entrees of: Shrimp and Chicken Etouffee, Baked Battered Chicken with Cornbread, Pan fried Chartres Street Stuffed Trout, and Vegetarian Spicy-stuffed Peppers, which may make you shout, "WHO DAT!" Desserts are: Praline Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce, Beignets and Bananas Foster.

The restaurant is also open for lunch Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and for brunch on Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. serving the a la carte menu.

To this we can only add, “Cher, it don madda.”