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Department of Parks
Mardis Gras Meals Set For March 5 at Two Kentucky State Parks
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Two Kentucky State Park restaurants will be offering special meals for Mardi Gras on March 5, 2011.
Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park at Buckhorn will feature a buffet from 5-8 p.m. with a Mardi Gras theme. Entrees such as alligator bites, cajun and fried chicken, shrimp jambalaya and New Orleans fried chicken will be served. Soups and sides with a Mardi Gras flair will also be offered. The dessert table will feature peach cobbler, as well as other sweets. The buffet is $14 plus tax for adults, $6.99 for children ages 6-12 and free for children 5 and under.
Entertainment and dance music will be provided by Brent Boothe with HBS Productions. A variety of themed games will be played as well. Call 1-800-325-0058 or 1-606-398-7510 for more details.
Natural Bridge State Resort Park at Slade is also having a Mardi Gras buffet on March 5 from 4-8 p.m. The menu includes chicken jambalaya, braised bayou pork chops, Bourbon Street pasta primavera, cornmeal dusted kick’n catfish, cheese tortellini salad, shrimp beignets, soup, salad and dessert bar.
Jazz sounds by local musician Dan Jackson will be performed in the Sandstone Arches Restaurant.
The buffet is $15.95 plus tax for adults and $7.95 plus tax for children 12 and under. Call Natural Bridge at 606-663-2214 for more information.
Both parks have a lodge, cottages, restaurant and gift shop.
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The Kentucky State Park System is composed of 51 state parks plus an interstate park shared with Virginia. The Department of Parks, an agency of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, operates 17 resort parks with lodges -- more than any other state. For more information on Kentucky parks, visit our website at http://www.parks.ky.gov
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