From the Houston Heights to Rice Village, check out these 10 places in Houston’s Inner Loop offering Cinco de Mayo specials. This list is not comprehensive, and details are subject to change.
Escalantes
Raise a glass to Cinco de Mayo with a $6 cinco shot, $6 sangria, mint watermelon margarita and other themed beverages at the Mexican restaurant.
- May 5, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
- $6 cinco shot, $6 sangria
- 4053 Westheimer Road, Houston; 590 Beechnut St., Houston
- www.escalantes.net
Arnaldo Richards’ Picos Restaurant
The Mexican restaurant is hosting two days of family-friendly celebrations that include a Mexican street food buffet, tequila and mezcal samplings and live mariachi music.
- May 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; May 5, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
- Prices vary
- 3601 Kirby Drive, Houston
- www.picos.net

Candente
The restaurant is offering $10 house margaritas and $10 quesos to celebrate and will have tequila brands on-site for tastings. The Montrose location will also have performances from a DJ and a mariachi band.
- May 5, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
- $10 house margaritas
- 4306 Yoakum Blvd., Houston; 5101 Bellaire Blvd., Ste. 165, Bellaire
- www.candentehtx.com
Long Weekend
The newly opened restaurant is celebrating with a special Cinco de Mayo menu, live music and the breaking of a 4-foot piñata packed with candy at 7 p.m.
- May 5, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
- Price vary
- 2044 E. TC Jester Blvd., Houston
- wwww.longweekendtx.com
Doc’s Houston
The jazz club is hosting a Cinco de Mayo celebration with an all-female mariachi band, chef-driven bites and handcrafted cocktails.
- May 5, 7:30 p.m.
- $38.49 (per ticket)
- 1201 Westheimer Road, Ste. A, Houston
- www.docsjazzclub.com
Traveler’s Table
The restaurant is hosting a Cinco de Mayo-themed dinner special with dishes such as oysters Oaxacafeller, snapper zarandeado and strawberry choco flan.
- May 5, 5-9:30 p.m.
- Prices vary
- 520 Westheimer Road, Houston
- www.travelerstable.com

Monkey’s Tail
The restaurant is hosting a family-friendly celebration of Cinco de Mayo with brunch, mimosas and piñata painting.
- May 3, doors open at noon
- $45 (per family of four)
- 5802 Fulton St., Houston
- www.monkeystailhou.com
Jethro’s Cocktail Lounge
The cocktail lounge is celebrating with margarita specials, frozen cocktails, tequila carajillos, Mexican candy mini cocktails, as well as birria tacos and birria quesadillas.
- May 5, 4 p.m.-midnight
- Prices vary
- 95 Tuam St., Ste. 102, Houston
- www.jethroshouston.com
Hungry’s
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, the restaurant will serve $5 mango margaritas all day as well as food items such as spicy beef tenderloin tacos and Cajun shrimp tacos.
- May 5, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
- $5 frozen mango margaritas
- 2356 Rice Blvd., Houston
- www.hungryscafe.com/locations/rice-village
Heights & Co.
The restaurant is rolling out a specialty margarita menu with beverages such as the watermelon cooler margarita, ancho mezcal, agua fresca and Sicilian margarita.
- May 5, 2-10 p.m.
- $7 margaritas
- 1343 Yale St., Houston
- www.heightsandco.com













