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The snow has stopped falling, the sun is out, and we’ve got our second annual Gumbo Cookoff to benefit Chefs for the Marcellus from 1-3 p.m. today! This is not only the best deal in the city, it might be the best Mardi Gras event in the USA! Seriously! A mere $20 (cash at the bar, you can line up starting at noon) gets you a bowl, a spoon and two hours of gumbo samplings from both professional and amateur chefs. Schedule to be there are:

• Mary Cleaver, Green Table;
• David Katleski, Empire Brewing;
• Tim Trobey, L & W Oyster;
• Nissa Pierson, Ger-Nis;
• Simon Glenn, Tchoup Shop;
• Jon Bratton, NYC Hot Sauce;
• Dave Miss;
• Paul Gerard, Exchange Alley;
• Michele Lamort (previous amateur winner);
• Adrian Ashby (previous amateur winner);
• Ron Carlson, Horseheads Beer;
• Deepak Ballamy, International Wings Factory;
• and Jimmy’s No 43 with a few surprise chefs possible.

Last year we had a packed house, but regular bar/restaurant service should still be available to the non-gumbo-goers among you. (And tickets still remain for tomorrow’s NOLA Prix Fixe all-seafood dinner with French/Quebecois beer pairings!)

For this week’s Thursday Tap™ we’ll have another great cask by Thornbridge (U.K.). This time we’ll have their South Pacific Pale Ale, Kipling, a “golden blonde beer with an exquisite passionfruit, gooseberry and mango aroma. An initial sweetness and full body are balanced by a lasting grapefruit-like bitter finish.” At only 5.2% ABV, this beer is sure to be very drinkable, so get yours while supplies last (we ran out of our last Thornbridge brew in a couple days!).

As always, we tap at 5 p.m., and regular bar/restaurant/oyster service will be available.

Whether you like to wear beads and watch parades or just want a great New Orleans-themed dinner, well, once again Jimmy’s No. 43 has you covered as we march into the final days of the Mardi Gras celebration. We’ll have three chances for you to enjoy some very cool N’awlins events!

First up, on Sunday, is our annual Gumbo Cookoff to benefit Chefs of the Marcellus. This is one heck of a deal: $20 (cash, if you please, starting at noon) at the door gets you two hours (1-3 p.m.) of gumbo samples by professional and amateur chefs. This year’s participants include include:

• Mary Cleaver, Green Table;
• David Katleski, Empire Brewing;
• Tim Trobey, L & W Oyster;
• Nissa Pierson, Ger-Nis;
• Simon Glenn, Tchoup Shop;
• Jon Bratton, NYC Hot Sauce;
• Dave Miss;
• Paul Gerard, Exchange Alley;
• Michele Lamort (previous amateur winner);
• Adrian Ashby (previous amateur winner);
• Ron Carlson, Horseheads Beer;
• Deepak Ballamy, International Wings Factory;
• and Jimmy’s No 43 with additional entries TBD.

If you like our prix fixe dinners (and who doesn’t), you definitely do not want to miss out on our NOLA Mardi Gras Dinner, next Monday (2/11) at 7 p.m. We will pair with the best beers of Quebec (the Cajuns are descendants of French Canadians) and France. Our all-seafood (no meat!) menu will include:

• Baked Oysters with Creole Aioli paired with Thiriez Blonde (bottle);
• N’Awlins-Style BBQ Shrimp – sauteed head-on shrimp, finished with spice, creating a “bbq sauce” in the pan-served with crusty bread for dipping – paired with Theillier La Bavaisienne;
• Crayfish Gumbo paired with Dieu du Ciel Corne du Diabel;
• House Shrimp and Grits (no bacon!) paired with Bretagne Sant Erwann (bottles);
• Caramel bread pudding paired with Dieu du Ciel Solstice d’Hiver on draft for dessert!

Tickets are available here (this dinner will sell out, so get yours today!).

Finally, on Mardi Gras itself, we’ll have the New Tuesday Tasting ($20) with a seating at 7:30 p.m. (we start on the dot, so please be early) where we’ll feature some of the beers from Monday night’s dinner (with food available for purchase a la carte).

Regular service is available for these BYOBeads (we’ll have the beer!) Mardi Gras events.

One of our favorite brewers and friends will be at Jimmy’s No. 43 this evening to celebrate… his birthday! We’ll have another good friend hanging about, Jim Barnes, who will be featuring French Beers from Shelton Brothers. Available beers will include beers from Brittany (Brasserie de Bretagne):

• Sant Erwan 7-Grain
• Gwiniz Du Buckwheat
• Dremmwel Rousse British-style amber
• Celtika Tripel

We’ll still have regular bar/restaurant service. Oh, and thanks to our upstairs neighbors at Standings, we’ll even have a television screen (apparently there’s this football game everyone wants to see). We just want to make sure you don’t have to choose between going to Jimmy’s No. 43 and watching this year’s slate of Go Daddy commercials.

Late last night we tapped our first keg of  Port Jeff! Port Jeff Brewing Company is another nano-brewer on Long Island, and their Low Tide Black IPA is a 7.2% ABV “matrimony of black patent and Citra… (with) flavors of  chocolate, grapefruit, and roast.” They also add a pinch of sea salt in deference to their ocean brewery.

We hope you’ll come in to Jimmy’s No. 43 today and try out this newest addition to the NYC craft beer scene!