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    where to eat and drink on halloween

    13 lucky Houston bars and restaurants serving Halloween specials

    Craig D. Lindsey
    Oct 23, 2024 | 3:19 pm
    Cursed Cauldron Halloween cocktail

    Sample the Lilith's Lullabye at the Cursed Cauldron.

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    Halloween is here, which means you’ll either be spending the evening trick-or-treating with the kids or going to some haunted house/hotel/breakfast nook and getting the bejesus scared of you by an costumed actor with a chainsaw.

    For those who are less into spooky shenanigans than they are into dressing up and having a good time, here is a rundown of spots where you can do that and not get scared out of your wits. All events are taking place on October 31 unless otherwise noted.

    At 8th Wonder, guests dressed in their Halloween costumes will enjoy 25 percent off all to-go purchases. All taproom offerings — including beer, THC seltzers, gummies, tinctures, t-shirts, and hats — are all available and will be discounted at checkout. Noon.

    Auden is getting into the Halloween spirit with special spooky drinks and an all-day happy hour. Patrons can toast to All Hallows’ Eve with the Purple People Eater with blue Curacao and white rum, or the Witches Brew, an elixir of pear liqueur and smoked jalapeno tequila. 5 pm.

    Aye Candy is offering a wickedly fun time with a costume contest. Taking place at 10 pm, judges will vote based on creativity and overall look, awarding $1,000 to the 1st place winner, $500 to 2nd place, and $250 to 3rd place. 5 pm.

    Best Regards, located in the Heights, is hosting the Nightmare On 11th Street from Halloween to Sunday, November 3. Highlights for Halloween night include themed cocktails and The Cesar Casanova as the headline DJ, setting the vibe for an unforgettable Halloween celebration. 4 pm.

    Betelgeuse Betelgeuse invites customers at both locations to enjoy new, spooky specialty cocktails. The limited time menu includes the Frozen Gravedigger for $14, This is Halloween for $15, the Purple People Eater for $16, and more. 4 pm.


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    Black Lagoon, the highly acclaimed Halloween pop-up that’s happening at Nickel City in EaDo, will have hauntingly delicious cocktails, each crafted to embody the eerie spirit of Halloween. With its unique blend of spooky ambiance and expertly crafted drinks, it’s an event that’s not to be missed. Noon.

    Caracol will celebrate Halloween with a Noche de Brujas party. The “monster mash” includes passed bites as well as food and drink stations throughout the restaurant and patio, live DJ music, and prizes for best costumes. 7 pm.

    Over at The Cursed Cauldron, guests can compete in a spellbinding costume contest with first place receiving a $250 cash prize for the most impressive/elaborate costume. This traveling pop-up is at Aero Cocktail Co. for its second year, bringing enchanted vibes to Houston. 4 pm.

    Dandelion Cafe’s three locations will serve whimsical ube lattes to celebrate the holiday. Guests can choose between the Witches Brew, a purple ube latte with oat milk served hot or cold, or the Spooky Ube, an ube-flavored frozen drink with crushed Oreo cookies and topped with crushed Oreos and whipped cream. 7 am.

    Over at Holey Moley, the Caddy Shack bar and mini golf course will be serving Halloween-inspired cocktails. There will also be live entertainment including magicians and DJs, and guests who dress up will receive a ‘treat’ from the team of spooky staff. Noon.

    La Calle Tacos is celebrating Halloween and Dia de los Muertos with a traditional Mexican beverage and daily specials. From Halloween to Sunday, November 3, customers at all La Calle locations can purchase a pumpkin horchata for $4.99. On Halloween, Niñas Thursday (ladies only) features frozen margaritas and micheladas for $5.99 until 7pm. 7 am.

    Customers at both Pizaro’s Pizza locations can enjoy the Trick or Treat Detroit Pizza, Franken-Mummy Cannolis, and a special surprise reveal. The pizzeria will also offer a free mini Franken-Mummy Cannoli with purchase when customers arrive in costume on Halloween. 11 am.

    All the Willie’s Grill & Icehouse locations are treating tricksters this Halloween. Kids in costume eat free (with purchase of adult entrée). Willie’s Rewards members will enjoy free kids’ meals with the purchase of an entrée, if they order online and use the code sent to them via Willie’s Rewards. 11:00 am.

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    What's Eric Eating Episodes 523 and 524

    Acclaimed Austin duo dish on their wine-obsessed neighborhood restaurant

    CultureMap Staff
    Jan 16, 2026 | 1:08 pm
    Birdie's Arjav Ezekiel Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel
    Photo by Mackenzie Smith Kelly
    Birdie's owners Arjav Ezekiel and chef Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel are this week's guests.

    On this week’s episode of “What’s Eric Eating,” chef Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel and beverage director Arjav Ezekiel join CultureMap Houston editor Eric Sandler to discuss their Austin restaurant Birdie’s.



    Widely considered one of Austin’s top restaurants, Birdie’s has earned local, regional, and national acclaim, including a place of the 2025 Time100 Next list, Food & Wine magazine’s 2023 Restaurant of the Year, and a 2025 James Beard Award for Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service to Ezekiel. In a 2024 column, James Beard Award winner Chris Shepherd recommended that Houstonians visit Birdie’s the next time they’re in Austin.

    Sandler’s conversation with the duo begins with a little bit about how they met while working together in New York and their decision to move to Austin. From there, it turns to Birdie’s counter service model that’s unusual for a restaurant of its quality. Sandler asks whether not offering traditional table service has lowered the restaurant’s profits.

    “It’s the opposite. Because we have a leaner labor force in the dining room, our margins are probably double what they would be if we were a traditional restaurant,” Ezekiel explains. “What we’re able to do is take a portion of that margin and invest it back into our team. We talk about ‘Conscious Capitalism’ a lot. That extra margin pays for paid family leave that we offer to everybody on our team, the month of paid and planned vacation every year, the subsidized health insurance, the subsidized mental therapy we offer. We needed to find more change under the cushions, so we could invest it back into our team.”

    Initially, Birdie’s opened with an a la carte menu. In 2025, it switched to a prix fixe format that offers diners six courses for $80. The switch means the restaurant serves fewer diners per night, which has shortened the wait to order from up to an hour to 20 minutes or less. Chef Malechek-Ezekiel explains that this change has also expanded the range of dishes she’s able to serve and broadened the techniques she uses to create them.

    “We can cook fish confit. We can use the Japanese robata grill to cook on charcoal. We can hot smoke fish to order. Now, I feel like, wow, look what we can do now. Before, we had the skills, but we couldn’t physically do it with how tiny our space is.”

    Listen to the full episode to hear more about how Birdie’s guides diners through its wine list, which of the monthly prix fixe menus has been the most successful, and the couple’s thoughts on potentially opening a new restaurant.



    In this week’s other episode, Craft Pita chef-owner Raffi Nasr joins Sandler to discuss some recent news in the world of Houston restaurants. Their topics include Tex-Mex restaurant Superica transforming into a casual steakhouse; the imminent opening of delivery-focused Shredders Pizza; and a change in operations at Weights + Measures.

    In the restaurant of the week segment, Nasr and Sandler describe their recent meal at Oru, a new sushi restaurant in the Heights from the team behind Michelin-recognized omakase counter Neo and Upper Kirby hand roll concept Kira. Listen to hear their favorite dishes as well as Sandler’s quibbles with a couple of aspects of the experience.

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    Subscribe to "What's Eric Eating" on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hear it Sunday at 9 am on ESPN 97.5.

    Birdie's Arjav Ezekiel Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel

    Photo by Mackenzie Smith Kelly

    Birdie's owners Arjav Ezekiel and chef Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel are this week's guests.

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