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
At both its Montrose and Bellaire locations, Candente will serve $10 house margaritas for Cinco de Mayo. (Courtesy Alex Montoya)

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.

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.

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.

Monkey's Tail will also serve breakfast tacos on Cinco de Mayo. (Courtesy Kirsten Gilliam)

Monkey’s Tail

The restaurant is hosting a family-friendly celebration of Cinco de Mayo with brunch, mimosas and piñata painting.

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.

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.

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.