WE HAVE YOUR CINCO DE MAYO PLAN.
Houston will be abuzz Saturday with events marking Cinco de Mayo at some of the city’s most popular Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants. Even bars not primarily known for their margaritas are getting in on the fun. Here’s what’s happening:
• Ana Beaven goes all out for Cinco de Mayo festivities at Cuchara, 214 Fairview, in Montrose. All Saturday, the restaurant will offer happy-hour specials, including select $5 appetizers and cocktails. The day’s menu offerings will be inspired by the flavors of Puebla. Like last year, Cuchara will offer a Mexican wrestling show, set up in the adjacent parking lot. For $20 per person (older than 21 only), there is a three-hour show with six matches throughout the evening, beginning at 7 p.m. Lucha libre personalities from Mexico (men, women and “micro wrestlers”) will perform. Food, drinks, music and mini-me wrestlers. Is there a better way to spend Cinco de Mayo?
• What does a $100 margarita taste like? Find out for yourself at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine bar, which is marking Cinco de Mayo with the $100 Prime Margarita made from Tequila Herradura Selección Suprema and Grand Marnier Centenaire and served in a take-home custom Baccarat glass. Available Friday through Sunday at Fleming’s, 2405 W. Alabama and 788 W. Sam Houston Parkway North in Houston and 1201 Lake Woodlands Drive in The Woodlands.
• Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen restaurants (6401 Woodway and 1140 Eldridge Parkway) are offering a special Cinco de Mayo enchilada topped with mole sauce inspired by the city of Puebla. On Saturday, margarita specials will be featured all day, including Sylvia’s House Margarita for $6.50.
• Arnaldo Richards’ Picos restaurant, 3601 Kirby, will mark Cinco de Mayo with four days of events — which started on Thursday — with a Herradura tequila dinner. Friday will be a full day of featured margarita specials. Saturday, the party begins at 9 a.m. and goes until 2 a.m. with music, drink specials and a street food stand. Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. is Recovery Brunch, featuring $7 cocktails. For more information see picos.net.
• Cinco in the City is a daylong family cultural experience, with Mexican-food vendors, craft vendors, decorations, musical acts and lucha libre stars. The event is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. The party continues from 7 p.m. to midnight with Margaritas and Mezcal Experience offering margaritas, palomas, mezcal, a complimentary taco bar and music. $45 general admission and $100 VIP admission. For more information see inthecityproductions.com.
• Molina’s Cantina’s two Houston locations will mark Cinco de Mayo with food and drink specials all day, giveaways and live music from 6 to 10 p.m. Drink specials include $6 Molina’s Margaritas (frozen or on the rocks); $7 La Luna Azur cocktail (organic tequila, blue curacao, agave nectar and soda); special prices on beer; and free chips and queso at the bar.
• Downtown’s big party will be at El Big Bad, the margarita bar and Mexican restaurant at 419 Travis that likes to blow it out on Cinco de Mayo. Although it’s making a weekend of the celebration, Saturday will be the day to take in the music and $5 margarita specials. Shot girls will be on hand offering tequila samples.
• All Chuy’s restaurants will participate in a three-day bash for Cinco de Mayo. On Friday, the restaurants will offer happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m. with drink specials and nacho bar; from 4 p.m. to close, $1 off Corona and Corona Light beers and $1 floaters on margaritas. On Saturday, all-day drink specials on domestic beer, Texas martinis and margaritas. Sunday offers $5 Tito’s Bloody Marys all day.
• On Saturday, all margaritas at Raven Tower, 310 North St., will be $6, including frozen margarita, the Sandia Margarita (watermelon and Cointreau and ginger syrup), Jamaican Flower (orange liqueur and hibiscus syrup) and Honeysuckle Margarita (made with reposado tequila and honeysuckle liqueur).
• Downtown’s new The Cottonmouth Club, 108 Main, will offer a $6 cocktail called Maybe Memphis, Maybe Mexico (a spicy paloma made with tequila, fresh
RESTAURANTS AND BARS ARE GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT WITH PLENTY OF FOOD AND DRINK SPECIALS.
lime and grapefruit soda) as well as a Tequila Julep, in honor of the Kentucky Derby, from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.
• Hugo’s, 1600 Westheimer, will offer drinks specials all day on Saturday as well as Cinco de Mayo Street Foods of Mexico Brunch Buffet from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ($28 for adults, $12 for children), followed by Suerte Tequila Happy Hour from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. featuring Suerte Tequila drink specials. Dinner service is from 3 to 11 p.m. and live mariachi music from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
• Xochi in the Marriott Marquis Houston, 1777 Walker, is offering a Cinco de Mayo Brunch on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with cocktail specials priced at $7.50. From 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. there will be a happy hour with special drinks presented by Espolon Tequila and Grand Marnier. Live music from 5 to 9 p.m.
• Cinco de Mayo will be celebrated all day Saturday at Caracol,
2200 Post Oak Blvd., with brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with special dishes. From 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. the restaurant is marking Krug de Mayo champagne deals (half bottle of Krug Grand Cuvee and half dozen oysters for $95; full bottle of Krug Grand Cuvee and a dozen oysters for $190). From 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. there will be happy-hour drink specials at the bar from Espolon tequila, Campari and Grand Marnier. Dinner with drinks specials and giveaways from 3 to 11 p.m. and mariachi music from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
• Tango & Malbec, 2800 Sage, in the Galleria area, is an Argentinean restaurant that is getting in on the Cinco de Mayo fun by offering their Malberita, a cocktail made with tequila, Malbec wine, Cointreau and lime juice. Normally $12, it will be $5 on Saturday.