Halloween 2012: Spooky cocktails, events and free doughnuts

Looking for a way to celebrate Halloween this year? If you feel like having a night out, there are plenty of restaurants and bars offering specials. Here are some of the Halloween festivities happening around town. If you know of an event or special we missed, please share it in the comments below:

Free

Krispy Kreme is offering a free Halloween or pumpkin spice doughnut to guests who visit a participating store on Oct. 31 in a costume. One doughnut per person, no purchase necessary and valid while supplies last. Visit KrispyKreme.com for more details.

California Pizza Kitchen is celebrating by giving kids age 10 and under who visit the restaurant in a costume a free CPKids meal on Oct. 31. A $10 purchase is required for each free CPKids meal offer. Limited to two offers per table, when accompanied by an adult. The promotion is valid at the Pasadena and Culver City locations. 99 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, (626) 585-9020; 10704 Venice Blvd., Culver City, (310) 287-2727, Cpk.com.

Tart @ Farmer’s Daughter Hotel is offering free dessert to guests who visit the restaurant in costume and half off your meal if you jump into the Farmer’s Daughter hotel pool with your costume on. For a free meal, jump in the pool in your costume with your cellphone and put your name up on a board to remember your antics. Tart is also offering a witches brew punch bowl for $10. 115 S. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 937-3930, Tartrestaurant.com.

Events and specials

Tortilla Republic is having a Halloween Fiesta on Oct. 31 with decorations, DJs, a photo booth and food and drink specials. After 7 p.m., well drinks will be $7 and dinner will be served until 9. The restaurant will offer its late-night menu with small plates until 2 a.m. 616 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, (310) 657-9888, TortillaRepublic.com.

Fig & Olive has partnered with Veuve Clicquot for a “Yellow” pre-Halloween party Oct. 27 at 10 p.m. There will be a candy bar, party favors, decoration and Veuve Clicquot bottle service starting at $76 per bottle. DJ Julien Nolan will be spinning beat, and guests dressed in the best costume can win a dinner for two at the restaurant, valued at $200. Executive chef Pascal Lorange has also created a special three-course menu for Oct. 31 from 6 to 11 p.m. for $42 per person. The menu includes pumpkin heirloom carrot soup, pumpkin sage ravioli, pumpkin cheesecake and more. 8490 Melrose Place, West Hollywood, (310) 360-9100, www.figandolive.com.

Wood & Vine is offering an “Offal-y Spooky” dinner on Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 10 p.m. The menu’s a la carte items include blood sausage, caramel apple, pomme puree ($16); shaved pig head with lemon ($13); deviled kidney and steak pie ($20) and more. The restaurant is also serving a special cocktail called “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” ($12) made with Famous Grouse, Averna, toasted marshmallow syrup, Forbidden Bitters and Laphroaig Spritz. 6280 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 334-3360, Woodandvine.com.

XEN restaurant, bar and lounge in Studio City will have a masquerade ball on Oct. 31 with dinner, dancing and music from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. 10628 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, (818) 505-3513, Xenlounge.com.

Industriel Urban Farm Cuisine is serving up a special Halloween menu. The “meal to die for” includes a grilled bat salad made with quail ($14); raw flesh tartare with eye of newt ($14); The Headless Horseman, made with calf’s brain ravioli and tongue and cheek ragù ($19) and the Blood & Guts red berry trifle ($8). 609 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, (213) 488-8020, Industrielfarm.com.

Chipotle Mexican Grill is holding it’s nationwide Boorito fundraiser Oct. 31. Diners dressed in costumes can get a burrito, bowl, salad or order of tacos for $2 from 4 p.m. to closing. Proceeds from the fundraiser, up to $1 million, will go to benefit the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, which supports family farmers, educators, ranchers, farmers and programs that promote sustainable practices. For more information and locations, visit chipotle.com/boorito.

Bouchon Bakery Bevery Hills has introduced some spooky treats to its menu for the season. It will serve pumpkin shortbread cookies ($6 for 2); pumpkin cupcakes ($8 each); devil’s food cupcakes filled with salted caramel and chocolate butter crème ($8 each); TKO bat cookie sandwiches with sweet crème filling ($3 each). The seasonal treats will be available through Oct. 31. 235 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, (310) 271-9910, Bouchonbakery.com.

Pink Taco Sunset Strip is throwing a Sunday Funday Costume Party on Oct. 28 from 1 to 8 p.m. Halloween games, prizes and a chance to win a spa day at Burke Williams will be added to the regular weekly “Funhouse Fiesta” that happens every Sunday in the location’s second floor. The restaurant will serve bottomless mimosas until 3 p.m. and have beer pong, hula hoop contests, board games and more. On Oct. 30, Pink Taco will have a costume contest and prizes along with its two-for-one pitchers of margaritas for Dia de los Muertos Taco Tuesday. 8225 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (323) 380-7474, PinkTaco.com.

Asia De Cuba at Mondrian Los Angeles has introduced a special cocktail for Halloween, the Bloody Berry Bramble ($14). The cocktail will be served at the hotel during the annual Vampire’s Circus Halloween Party at Skybar on Oct. 27 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Costumes are required for attendance. 8440 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (323) 650-8999. MondrianHotel.com.

Magnolia Bakery is offering an assortment of Halloween-themed cupcakes ($3.50) decorated with pumpkins, black cats, ghosts and more. The Halloween chocolate wafer whoopie cookies are filled with orange and white butter cream ($8 for a bag of three); the Halloween shortbread cookies are dusted with orange and black sanding sugar or dipped in creamy chocolate ($4 for bag of six); and the classic decorated Halloween cake comes in chocolate or vanilla ($32 for three-layer 6-inch cake or $42 for a two-layer 9-inch cake.) 8389 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles (323) 951-0636, Magnoliala.com.

El Cid restaurant has debuted new seasonal harvest cocktails and will offer them through Cyber Monday (also known as the Monday after Thanksgiving). The new libations are priced at $10 each and include the Maple Pumpkintini made with Stoli vanilla, Laura Ann’s Jams maple pumpkin butter and pumpkin spice; the Hot ‘n’ Creamy Sailor made with made with Sailor Jerry spiced rum, Laura Ann’s Jams maple pumpkin butter and hot buttered rum mix; the Fabulous Figtini made with Stoli Honey, Laura Ann’s Jams fig jam and a dash of bitters. 4212 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 668-0318, elcidla.com.

LA Market Restaurant at the J. W Marriott hotel in downtown Los Angeles is offering a spooky version of its popular Junk Food Platter called Simon’s Spooky Sweets Junk Food Platter, made by chef Kerry Simon. The platter features a variety of snacks, including orange and purple coconut snowballs, bat and mummy cake pops, pumpkin-shaped Rice Krispies treats, frosted brownies with worms, candy corn and caramel corn parfait, Fruit Loop treats and chocolate chip cookies ($15). The Mixing Room at the hotel is also offering a trick-or-treat cocktail menu with a Candy Corn martini made with house-made candy corn-infused vodka; the Great Pumpkin, with house-infused cinnamon and cardamom Buffalo Trace bourbon; the Devil’s old fashioned; the Bloody margarita; and the Black Widow with Chambord, vodka, triple sec and black licorice strings. Each cocktail is $14. The cocktails and platter will be available through Oct. 31. 900 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, (213) 765-8600, Marriott.com.

Rock & Reilly’s will transform itself into a scene from Michael Jackson’s classic “Thriller” music video on Oct. 30. From 8 p.m. to midnight, a dance expert will show guests the routine from “Thriller.” Take a special Zombie shot and be entered to win a one-of-a-kind “Thriller” leather jacket. On Oct. 31, the pub will host a best worst costume contest. Come dressed in your worst costume for a chance to win a $250 bar tab. Rock & Reilly’s will also offer a special “Exorcist’s Elixir” cocktail ($6) during the week of Halloween, made with Svedka cherry, cherry brandy and grapefruit juice. 8911 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (310) 360-1400, rnrpub.com.

Vintage Enotecta is having its third-annual Halloween candy and wine tasting event Friday, Saturday and on Halloween from 7 p.m. to closing. Classic Halloween candy will be paired with boutique wines. Some of the pairings include Sour Patch Kids and Almond Joy with Renardat-Fâche “Cerdon du Bugey” Rosé, and Heath Bar & Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with Pedro Ximenez sherry. The tasting is $25 per person, excluding tax and gratuity and includes 2½-ounce pours of each wine and an individual bowl of candy. 7554 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, (323) 512-5278, Vintageenoteca.com.

Cecconi’s is offering bar director Chris Ojeda’s fall cocktails, paired with five seasonal truffles from Compartes’ Chocolatier Jonathan Grahm. The event will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 31. Cocktails will include the Hot Pumpkin Buttered Rum made with Appleton VX rum and maple pumpkin butter and honey; the Fari and Warmer Cocktail No. 2 with JM Rhum VSOP and house-made curaçao and Montenegro Amaro; 50/50 cocktail with Bombay London dry gin and Martini Bianco. Cecconi’s will serve Grahm’s pumpkin, pecan pie, Mexican hot chocolate, olive oil rosemary and fleur de sel caramel truffles. Guests can reserve their space for $25 prior, or purchase the tasting for $30 the day of. Call for reservations. 8764 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, (310) 432-2000, Cecconiswesthollywood.com.

Drago Centro is serving up two cocktails to celebrate the holiday. Jaymee Mandeville has created the Through the Looking Glass, made with Oxley gin, Cardamaro, Earl Grey tea, sugar beet syrup, citric acid, cream and nutmeg, and the Campfire Dawn with Pierde Almas’ La Puritita Verda mezcal, Clear Creek Douglas Fir eau de vie, sugar, Scrappy’s lime bitters, Fee Bros. and mint bitters ($12 each). 525 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, (213) 228-8998, Dragocentro.com.

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