Last night, we attended the Mardi Gras event at Bell Works. Both my husband and I worked in the monstrous building years back. The place was spiffed up with grass-like areas in the atrium ends where kids could play. I saw a Montessori school and Holmdel library and meeting room in the end where we parked. In the food hall, Corbo & Sons pizza and Bubz deli were open. Local 130 was there selling Wellfleet oysters ($3 each). Outside of the food hall were Booskerdoo (closed), Mezza Luna, and Estrella Azul. For the event, the restaurants offered only a handful of dishes. Alcohol kiosks were spread around the floor as were vendors selling wares like clothes, jewelry, BBQ sauces, and hemp products. The band, Moroccan Sheepherders, played in the center of the kiosk. A man and a woman on stilts and dressed for Mardi Gras danced with the crowd.
Finding nothing healthy but oysters, we got on a short line at Corbo & Sons for pizza. We ended up walking away mid-wine transaction because the woman behind the counter was nasty. At Mezza Luna, we ordered mac and cheese with chorizo (oh so good), hush puppies, and a muffaletta sandwich. We were handed four little beignets as we left. Yum! On to the dance floor! Looking forward to attending more events at this building. As we left, I was remarking on how cool to have such events available to us–it’s like we live in Portland, OR, or something!
