INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — Happy Mardi Gras! If you're looking to celebrate the day right, it all starts with getting your hands on the perfect cuisine.
A number of Indianapolis businesses are planning to have king cakes for sale. Finding a toy baby in your slice of cake means a year of good luck. Here's where you can buy (or where's it's too late to get) king cakes around Indy:
- Taylor's Bakery: 6216 Allisonville Road; 317-251-9575; taylorsbakery.com; open fom 6:35 a.m. until 6 p.m.; $24
- Circle City Sweets (City Market): 222 E. Market St.; 317-632-3644; circlecitysweets.com; open from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m.; $25
- Rene's Bakery: 6524 Cornell Ave.; 317-251-2252; renesbaker.com; open from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.; $25
- Amelia's Bakery: 653 Virginia Ave.; 317-686-1583; ameliasbread.com; open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.; very limited number of king cakes available; $20
- Goose the Market: 2503 N. Delaware St.; 317-924-4944; goosethemarket.com; Open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.; king cakes are all sold out
As for the main course, there's a new place in town that may look and taste pretty familiar.
Yo Mama Roux is open for business in the same location as the formerly known Papa Roux.
Papa Roux closed last October after a decade in business. Years of financial tolls and caused the business to eventually go under.
But now, Yo Mama Roux operates in the same location, at 8950 E. 10th Street on the east side, as a carryout restaurant only. It's operated by the ex-wife of Papa Roux's owner.
The menu features a variety of poboys and sides that stay true to New Orleans cuisine. From fried catfish, house-made Vouxdoux shrimp and alligator poboys to red beans and rice, Cajun chili and bread pudding, you're sure to get a belly full of Cajun and Creole goodness.
To see the menu and order from Yo Mama Roux, check out the Facebook page.
Other spots like Yats, Jazz Kitchen and Juicy Seafood will also have classic Cajun cuisine to help you celebrate the day.