Cocktails and Curds at Rosy's, Super Bowl LII

UPTOWN?The second year of the Cocktails and Curds Competition has seen the informal class co-hosted by St. James Cheese Co. and Cure's Neal Bodenheimer transform into a full-blown event, with judges, a cash prize, and a spirited (hooray for puns) sense of competition. According to Gambit, the finals for Cocktails and Curds will take place this Monday, Oct. 14, at Rosy's Jazz Hall in front of a judging panel that includes Sue Zemanick, Justin Devillier and Aaron Burgau, Bodenheimer himself, and Hogs for the Cause founders Rene Louapre and Becker Hall. First prize is $1,000, and tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. [Gambit]

UPTOWN?Monday out-on-the-towners may also be tempted by the eighth appearance of the Italian pop up Gemelis at Lilette on Magazine Street. Lilette sous chef Edward Charles embraces his Italian roots with a four-course dinner that forces guests at this intimate dinner party to "meet strangers" by sharing platters of bruschetta, bucatini alla matriciana, and bistecca alla griglia. [NOLA.com]

CBD?Good news for vendors in the CBD?not even a dramatic, game-altering power outage can keep people from wanting to visit New Orleans. The city has put in an application to host Super Bowl LII, joining a list of five other cities: Miami, Dallas, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Tampa Bay. [NFL.com]

SEVENTH WARD?The 7th Ward welcomes a new resident this week, Mother Land Cafe, a Senegalese and Gambian restaurant that lists its dishes, according to Megan Braden-Perry, "on a picture menu on the wall." Chef Ted Ftty does her best to draw local analogies to her exotic dishes, explaining that theibou yapp, a traditional Senegalese meat and rice stew, is really just like jambalaya. [Gambit]

EVERYWHERE?Gambit has released its Fall Restaurant Guide, which offers a neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown of the best eats, drinks, and more eats all across our fair city. Be warned: you might get dizzy perusing the whole thing. [Gambit]

Outside Rosy's Jazz Hall. [Photo: Rosy's Jazz Hall]