Area Restaurants Host Halloween Events
Area restaurants are hosting Halloween celebrations this final week before the holiday. Here are a few events happening in the DMV.
Watch Nightmare on Elm Street on Halloween night on the rooftop of Union Market at Hi-Lawn. (Photo: Hi-Lawn)
Hi-Lawn sets 3 Halloween celebrations
Hi-Lawn, the rooftop bar at Union Market at 1309 Fifth St. NE, is celebrating Halloween with three events.
This Saturday, Hi-Lawn starts with its fourth annual, all-ages afternoon Lawntoberfest from noon-5 p.m., with pumpkin painting, beer tasting, a pop-up bakeshop from downstairs neighbor Ravenhook Bakehouse, seasonal eats and drinks, and lawn games. From 7:30-10:30 p.m., its 21+ Night of Horrors dance party features a live DJ, spooky cocktails, a 360-degree photobooth and a costume contest with prize for the best costumes. To register for free, click on either event. Food, drink and pumpkins are sold a la carte.
On Halloween night, Hi-Lawn screens Nightmare on Elm Street starting at 8 p.m. Trivia starts at 6 p.m. Part of its weekly Lawn Flicks series, visitors can sprawl out on the turf or reserve lawn chairs to watch movies under the stars. Enjoying showtime snacks including popcorn, boxes of candy and bites like cheese and charcuterie and dips, and drink specials including $6 cans of Happy Thursday, a bubble-free spiked refresher and $69 bottles of Veuve Clicquot. Lawn seating is free (bring your own blankets) and lawn chairs are $5 on Resy.
District E in Gallery Place will throw a Halloween party on Saturday with food and drink specials, and a live band.
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District E Throws Halloween Party on Saturday
District E, 701 Seventh St. NW in Galley Place, will host a Halloween party from 9 p.m.-midnight on Saturday, Oct. 26.
There will be live music from the Too Much Talent Band and a guest appearance from the Sanderson Sisters from the movie Hocus Pocus.
Specials include select $10 appetizers; 5 draft beer, including a seasonal Oktoberfest beer; $5 candy corn shooters; and $5 syringe shots.
Admission is free. To RSVP, click here.
Lulu’s Winegarden is celebrating Halloween with $45 bottles of pumpkin-hued and blood-red wines. (Photo: Lulu’s Winegarden)
Lulu’s Winegarden celebrates Hallo-Wine
Lulu’s Winegarden, 1940 11th St. NW, is celebrating its second annual Hallo-Wine with festivities throughout October.
Through Oct. 31, visitors can enjoy $45 bottles of pumpkin-hued and blood-red wines, boo’sy pumpkin spice and blood orange cocktails, and Tuesday trivia nights from 7-9 p.m. ranging from true crime, scary movies and Bravoween, all in the festively decorated bar.
The bar’s free weekly Tuesday trivia nights from 7-9 p.m. will feature scary movies this week. Players get 10 percent off sparkling wine, beer and Aperol spritzes. On Oct. 29, there will be Halloween-meets-Bravo themed trivia. Participants are encouraged to dress up as their favorite personalities from shows ranging from The Real Housewives, Vanderpump Rules, Southern Charm, Below Deck, Summer House, Married to Medicine, Million Dollar Listing and others. There will be themed cocktails, discounted fizzy drinks and prizes for not only winners of trivia but also best dressed!
Specials this month include a pumpkin spice espresso martini with vodka, Mr. Black Coffee liqueur, pumpkin spice liqueur, Amaro Montenegro and simple syrup; There Will Be Blood (Orange), a seasonal whiskey sour with bourbon, St. Germain, blood orange and lemon; and the Chimayo, made with tequila, apple cider, crème de cassis, cinnamon and fresh citrus.
Atlas Brew Works is throwing costume parties at all three locations with $6.66 specials on fall brews. (Photo: Atlas Brew Works/Facebook)
Atlas Brew Works throws costume contest
Atlas Brew Works celebrates Halloween all day Oct. 31 at all three of its taprooms in Ivy City, Navy Yard and Alexandria.
The brewery is offering $6.66 pints of Silent Neighbor, Festbier and other select fall beers all day long. Pair the drink specials with Andy’s Pizza for at the Navy Yard and Alexandria Brewery & Tap Room locations. All three locations will also host a costume contest at 8 p.m. with the first-place winners taking home a $50 Atlas Brew Works gift card.
Atlas Brew Works is located at 2052 West Virginia Ave. NE in Ivy City, 1201 Half St. SE #120 in Navy Yard and 2429 Mandeville Lane, Alexandria.
Bobby’s Bagel Cafe in Reston, Herndon and Oakton is selling the viral pumpkin-shaped bagels. (Photo: Bobby’s Bagel Cafe)
Bobby’s Bagel Café Serves Pumpkin-Shaped Bagels
Bobby’s Bagel Café in Reston, Herndon and Oakton is serving the viral Tik Tok pumpkin-shaped bagels.
Bobby’s has been making the breakfast treats since 2020, but it wasn’t until recently that the pumpkin bagel went viral, amassing millions of views in a matter of days.
The pumpkin-shaped bagels are $5.49 each. They come in orange and multi-color options. They can also be ordered by the dozen for $59.99 for the orange variation and $64.99 for the multi-color variation. Despite the color, all the pumpkin-shaped bagels are plain. A gluten-free option is available to order.
The pumpkin-shaped treats are available until Thanksgiving. Closer to turkey day, the shop will start making its turkey-shaped bagels instead.
Due to demand, customers are advised to preorder their bagels two to three days in advance.
Other spooky treats include Boo Bagels, Halloween charcuterie, iced sugar cookies and Halloween boxes full of bagels and sweet treats.
Hawkers Asian Street Food, with locations in Bethesda Row and Ballston Exchange, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (Photo: Hawkers Asian Street Food/Facebook)
Hawkers Asian Street Food Files for Bankruptcy
Fast-casual restaurant chain Hawkers Asian Street Food filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept. 16 to maintain operational control of the company and protect it from an overreaching lender, the debtor said in a statement to Nation’s Restaurant News.
Hawkers serves Asian street food including baos, dumplings, egg rolls, wings, bibimbap, curry, ramen, noodles and craft cocktails.
The Orlando, Fla.-based Asian restaurant chain’s parent Hawkers Holdings and four affiliates filed petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida listing $10 million to $50 million in assets and liabilities.
In early 2023, the 15-unit chain signed “a debt capital agreement with the intention of growing the brand into a household name across the United States.” The company’s lender reportedly revealed an intention to gain control of the company, though Hawkers claims it has never missed a loan payment.
Hawkers has two locations in the DMV at 7117 Bethesda Lane in Bethesda Row, which opened in November 2020, and at 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 0170, Arlington, in Ballston Exchange, which opened in August 2022.
Gaithersburg’s Dogfish Head Alehouse was sold. The new owners will keep the menu and staff.
(Photo: Dogfish Head Aleworks/Facebook)
Dogfish Head Alehouse in Gaithersburg Sold
Dogfish Head Alehouse, 800 W. Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg, has been sold. A Virginia-based restaurant group purchased the alehouse from JMGM Group LLC, which had owned the restaurant since it opened in 2005.
The restaurant will continue as Dogfish Head under the new owners, which plans to retain the current staff and menu. In addition to its craft beer selection, Dogfish Head Alehouse offers dishes including burgers, crab cakes, jambalaya, pizzas and smoked barbecue.
This Dogfish Head Alehouse is a franchise of the Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, Del., which is owned by Boston Beer Co., brewers of Samuel Adams.
The Dogfish Head Alehouse at 6220 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, closed in 2022 and the Dogfish Head Alehouse, 13041 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, closed in 2023.
Before becoming Dogfish Head Alehouse, the building was home to Pat & Mike’s, Il Costello and West Diamond Grille.
Koi Asian Cuisine in Silver Spring is now Sushi Freedom. (Photo: Showcase)
Koi Asian Cuisine Rebrands to Sushi Freedom
Koi Asian Cuisine, 2046 Cherry Hill Road, Silver Spring, has rebranded to Sushi Freedom under new ownership and with a new menu.
Although the name on the building hasn’t changed, a listing on CapStar Commercial Realty’s website said the business was sold in July. It did not name the new owner.
Sushi Freedom is active on delivery apps including Grubhub and Uber Eats and offers lunch specials, a variety of sushi, Chinese and Japanese noodle dishes, Thai favorites and more. However, the Koi website is still live and online ordering from the website is still active.
A hearing on the application by Sushi Freedom, LLC, for the transfer of a Class B, Beer, Wine & Liquor License, On-Sale Only was held on Oct. 17.
Sushi Freedom is open from 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Koi Sushi is set to open in Rio, although it isn’t known if it is the team from Koi Asian Cuisine or someone else behind the new restaurant. Work has begun, but no opening date has been announced.
