NEW ORLEANS (press release) – On this first day of Carnival, the day we begin eating king cake, The Southern Food & Beverage Museum (SoFAB) is showing off its fully restored McKenzie’s sign. The sign was restored by Big Sexy Neon. SoFAB is also celebrating the lighting of the Piggly Wiggly sign. These two signs are part of the growing collection of the Culinary Heritage Sign Gallery in the museum’s rafters and the event will kick-off a year of commemorations of the culinary organization’s 20th anniversary. Attendees will have many photo opps with the newly unveiled McKenzie’s sign.
There will be king cake sponsored by Rouses, king cake-flavored coffee sponsored by Parish Coffee and the NOLA Coffee Festival. In addition, there will be children’s activities as well as a book signing by Matt Haines, author of the “Big Book of King Cake.”
The unveiling and lighting events are free with SoFab Museum admission, and they will conclude in time for any other Twelfth Night first day of Carnival events that are planned.
Where: The Southern Food & Beverage Museum at 1504 O.C. Haley Blvd., New Orleans, LA
When: Saturday, Jan, 6 – the first day of the Carnival season – from 2 to 4 p.m.
Who: Elizabeth Williams, Founder, Southern Food & Beverage Museum
Matt Haines, Author, “Big Book of King Cake”
