Feeling good, feeling grate: Your guide to Mac N'Cheese Fest

Feeling good, feeling grate: Your guide to Mac N’Cheese Fest

by Mary Staes | October 17, 2018

Sorry, we couldn’t help a good cheesy pun. But really, Mac N’Cheese Fest is this weekend!

Crawfish mac, pulled pork mac, Cowboy Mac, Buffalo Blue Cheese Mac. Yes, we said that in our Bubba Gump voice.

Here’s a preview of some of the creamy goodness lined up for Saturday in Armstrong Park.

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It’s what’s on the inside that counts! So fill your insides with cheesy goodness at @NolaMacNCheeseFest on Saturday, October 20th! 🧀 Try all three of our delicious recipes, including our Crawfish Mac & Cheese Balls, while jamming to live music. Learn more about this FREE EVENT at nolamacncheesefest.com

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House of Blues – Crawfish Mac & Cheese Balls. Just press play and watch your mouth water.

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!!!THIS MONTH ONLY!!! Our favorite sandwich + Our (multiple) award winning Crawfish Mac N Cheese = 🤤 Introducing…The Crawfish Mac N Cheezy 🧀 🧀 🧀 #crawfish #mac #nolafood #southernfood #cheese #nola #neworleans #foodporn

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The Big Cheesy – If this picture of the crawfish mac & cheese doesn’t do it for you, maybe the bacon mac & cheese will.

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Few items we served this weekend at @jazzandheritagefoundation #crescentcitybluesandbbqfestival! Smoked Porkbelly burnt ends were a hit once again. Sold out Saturday and Sunday! Def a successful weekend especially with some good festival weather in Nola finally. On to the next fest! #nola #nolabbq #nolafests #wherenolaeats #eatingnola #bbq #porkbellyburntends #brisketpoboy #pulledporkmacncheese #gonzosmokehouse

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Gonzo’s Smokehouse – Pulled pork mac & cheese? Say no more.

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I’m thinking 🤔 long and hard about slanging these Vegan 🌱 Plates #NewOrleansStyle

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Original Thought Market – VEGAN MAC & CHEESE. Yes.

Here’s a look at the entire menu. Go out and brie great.

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Mary Staes

Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.