{"id":1363,"date":"2013-10-29T02:11:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T06:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2013-10-29T02:11:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T06:11:17","slug":"restaurants-bars-for-halloween-2013-in-santa-cruz-and-nearby-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1363","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants & bars for Halloween 2013 in Santa Cruz and nearby, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Restaurant 1833 is serving a 4-course prix fixe dinner on Halloween<\/p><\/div>\n

Halloween is almost here, and there are some spooktacular celebrations occurring\u2014including something for everyone, such as a kid-friendly atmosphere, a fancy prix fixe dinner, or options with dancing and a bar. Here are a few celebrations to consider for Halloween 2013 in Santa Cruz and nearby areas. I\u2019ll be publishing more options in the next day or two.<\/p>\n

Santa Cruz & Capitola<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hotel Paradox<\/a> is hosting a Halloween party from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and include dancing, a DJ, a drink ticket, and access to the snack bar. Buy tickets online. <\/a>
\n611 Ocean St., (831) 425-7100<\/p>\n

Margaritaville<\/strong><\/a> has announced a \u201ccostume contest with awesome prizes\u201d for Halloween night, plus drink specials all weekend.
\n231 Esplanade, Capitola (831) 476-2263<\/p>\n

Santa Cruz Wharf Restaurants<\/strong>
\nSelected Santa Cruz Wharf restaurants are inviting kids dressed in costumes, with their parents, to come trick-or-treating on Halloween. The scheduled time is 4-6 p.m. Read more at the Santa Cruz Wharf site<\/a>.
\nSanta Cruz Wharf, (831) 420-5273<\/p>\n

Hula\u2019s Santa Cruz<\/a><\/strong> invites you to celebrate Halloween with a Spooky Pumpkin Tini, and at Charlie Hong Kong<\/a>\u00a0 Halloween means it\u2019s Thai Butternut Squash Soup season. CHK started serving the delicious soup on Oct 26 with local Windmill Farms organic heirloom butternuts; the annual season lasts until January or February depending on the squash harvest.<\/p>\n

A few Santa Cruz restaurants are closed on Halloween, including Bittersweet Caf\u00e9 and Bistro.<\/p>\n

Monterey<\/strong>
\nRestaurant 1833<\/a><\/strong>, located in the Stokes Adobe House which some say is haunted, is hosting a fabulous party on October 31, 2013. Chef Levi Mezick will be offering a special Halloween four-course prix fixe menu in the dining room featuring Pumpkin Soup with pumpernickel bread crumbs; Beet Salad with hazelnuts, duck prosciutto and bulls blood; Braised Pork Cheek with cranberry puree, mustard greens and banyuls; Pan Roasted Rainbow Trout with haricot vert, fingerling potato and herb butter. Dinner will end early\u2026from there, Restaurant 1833 has partnered with 831 Magazine<\/em> for an unforgettable night of live music, cocktails on tap, and of course, ghosts and costumes.<\/p>\n

Price<\/strong>: The four-course prix fixe menu is $40 per person excluding tax and gratuity. The Halloween party is free before 9:00pm with an escalating cover charge starting at $10.
\n500 Hartnell St., Monterey, (831) 643-1833.
\nIf you\u2019re on Twitter, follow me @santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Halloween is almost here, and there are some spooktacular celebrations occurring\u2014including something for everyone, such as a kid-friendly atmosphere, a fancy prix fixe dinner, or options with dancing and a bar. Here are a few celebrations to consider for Halloween … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[64,123,253,613,407,25,620,172,481,43,7,621],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurants","tag-bittersweet-bistro","tag-capitola","tag-charlie-hong-kong","tag-halloween","tag-hotel-paradox","tag-hulas","tag-margaritaville","tag-monterey","tag-restaurant-1833","tag-restaurants-2","tag-santa-cruz","tag-santa-cruz-wharf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1365,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}