Tuesday, May 4: Shula's Steak House
B.R. Cohn Wine Dinner. Senior VP Dan Cohn hosts tonight's four-course paired meal, which includes: Lobster Twice, with lobster tail tempura with sweet chili garlic sauce and a poached lobster medallion with mango and parsley crème fraiche paired with B.R. Cohn Chardonnay, Sonoma County; maple smoked duck breast salad with beefsteak tomato and micro greens dressed with champagne vinaigrette paired with B.R. Cohn Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley; an 8 oz. filet mélange of mushrooms, twice-baked red bliss potatoes, and B.R. Cohn demi-glace paired with B.R. Cohn Olive Hill Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley; and finish with a chocolate duo pf milk chocolate crunch covered with dark chocolate ganache and a dark chocolate espresso cup with a mixed berry maceration paired with B.R. Cohn Zinfandel, Sonoma Valley. $72. 6:30 p.m., 4860 W. Kennedy Ave., Tampa (813-639-4125)
Wednesday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo
It's Cinco de Mayo, when we celebrate Mexico's defeat of the French army by drinking tequila, wearing sombreros and cheering on masked lucha libre wrestlers. Here are my picks for the best of the fiestas:
Red Mesa Cantina and Push Ultra Lounge are teaming up for a block party, complete with a margarita bar, plenty of cervezas, and live music and luchadores (3-11 p.m., 128 Third St. S., St. Petersburg, free, facebook.com/redmesacantina).
The Hut hosts jalapeno eating contests, prizes for best-decorated sombrero, the limbo, live music, and of course, drink specials (4-11 p.m., 514 Channelside Drive, Tampa. $5 cover, thehutbarandgrill.com).
MacDinton's (always looking for an excuse to drink, those Irish) offers an all-you-can-drink tequila and Corona bar, Mexican music, and free sombreros for the first 100 people in the door — which means get there early. (5-8 p.m., 405 S. Howard Ave., Tampa. $15, macdintons.com).
Many more events after the break:
This article appears in Apr 28 – May 4, 2010.