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Downtown Container Park will have a weekendlong celebration from Friday through Tuesday. The restaurant also will serve hurricane cocktails and have a Mardi Gras mask contest.

Marche Bacchus, 2620 Regatta Drive, will serve New Orleans-themed specials from 4 to 9 p.m.: Oysters Rockefeller, chicken and andouille sausage gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish etouffee, shrimp boil and King Cake. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. It’s $30 (half price for women) and will include New Orleans-themed cocktails such as the hurricane and Sazerac, and bites such as crab cake sliders and chicken gumbo.

Cornerstone Classic American Steakhouse at the Gold Coast will host a Mardi Gras social from 5 to 7 p.m. Honey Salt will celebrate with a menu that includes fried green tomatoes, crab hush puppies, shrimp and chicken gumbo, Cajun blackened redfish, jambalaya, beignets and more. And its Bailiwick All American Pub + Eatery will serve a red beans and rice special for $5, select beers for $3 and King Cake. Dishes will include jambalaya, chicken gumbo, seafood etouffee, crawfish, red beans and rice, shrimp Creole, muffalettas, beignets and King Cake. The resort’s Medley Buffet will serve traditional Mardi Gras cuisine during lunch from 11 a.m. At The Orleans, where a Dixieland band will play throughout the casino and Mardi Gras beads will be handed out from 2 to 8 p.m., hurricane drinks will be available for $9 with a souvenir cup, or $5 without. Las Vegas always loves an opportunity to party, and resorts and restaurants are planning celebrations for the day.

Tuesday is Mardi Gras, which translates from French to “fat Tuesday.” The name stems from the tradition of having a last hurrah of rich foods before the beginning of Lent the following day.