Without the Mardi Gras parades, Mobile rolls on with road construction
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
Posted Feb 13, 2021
Crews are busy at work along Royal Street in February 2021. Typically, road work is halted during Mardi Gras in Mobile so the roads are cleared for the parades. But without any parades in 2021, the road work has continued without much delay. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).
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Gina Jo Previto is not about to spread a conspiracy theory involving the carved up Royal Street in front of her downtown business and the lack of Mardi Gras parades.
But she’s wondered why the downtown Mobile road project in front of the nightclub she manages has lasted well into Mardi Gras season. The road is part of the regular parade route during Carnival, and any road construction would have disrupted the annual two-plus-weeks of revelry.
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MOBILE, Ala. – For the past three years, Chris Andrews would rent out a historic home in downtown Mobile, where participants on his food tours stopped to watch a Mardi Gras parade while dining on King Cake and champagne.
This year, the Bienville Bites food tour features a socially aloof murder mystery and scavenger hunt, as well as a Carnival brunch. A “Party like a Mobilian” food box filled with MoonPies and other treats is offered for those who stay away from Mobile during Carnival season.
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‘Big hole in our heart’: How downtown Mobile businesses are adjusting to a parade-less Mardi Gras
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
For the past three years, Chris Andrews would rent out a historic home in downtown Mobile where participants in his food tours would stop to watch a Mardi Gras parade while dining on King Cake and champagne.
This year, Bienville Bites food tour is offering a socially distanced murder mystery and scavenger hunt as well as a Carnival brunch tour. A “Party like a Mobilian” food box filled with MoonPies and other goodies, is offered for those staying away from Mobile during the Carnival season.