(Just a followup aside, to continue into your holiday and post-holiday plans for tunes and drink specials. All these venues in this raft of Halloween coverage have ongoing specials that kick butt as far as their costume parties, but also continue it forward into the week and beyond with their ongoing day-to-day holiday specials and great bands. Check out the last two entries on the home page, and also last three into the Picks of the Week category, for these cool opportunities such as local music, that will recur frequently and continue into November and well beyond — into the Twilight Zone?)
Had too much of the kids being “energetic” from boatloads of sugar gained by trick-or-treating? Here are some ways you can get away from all that and reward yourself later on with more adult-type fun:
— The big front room at BX Mexican cuisine looks a bit like many other tasty food places that are authentically Mexican themed, and all of that’s very much a compliment, as many people say the margaritas that are regularly on deep discounts are to die for. But in addition the main River Falls moves can be shown on the dance floor that operates in the back area, in what is kept in a separate space and has been a best kept secret to the average person before they drop in off the street. Although you may want to get there earlier, the establishments that have been housed here over the years, have looked to the sizeable back room as a popular way to wrap up your night out, almost like the handful of storied sprawling bar venues across the country that make you weave your way to the back, not knowing what to expect, but being deeply rewarding once you get there. As for Halloween night, it will be populated by somewhat younger ghosts and witches, as BX Mexican opens its doors to the back to an 18-and-over crowd as part of a regular Thursday night offering.
— The acoustic duo of some longtime area residents, Dan and Brad, is only part of the Halloween night draw at Pedro Del Este. As their servers say, there will be fantastically over-the-top libations of all types — and did we mention that the kinda wild revelry goes for their topped-off food too? If you want the real deep dirt, so to speak, of what’s going on here, check out the dozen or so cool chalk slogans, a benefit for their comedic value alone, that form a line on the sidewalk leading from the main drag up to Pedro Del Este and let you know even more of what the draw is.
— At their relatively new haunt, the Cajun Club has decked out dancers and digs and design, and they are showing it off with dancers dressed for Halloween night — in what little clothing they will have. And there are great specials in what constitutes a new twist, in both bar areas — one has been added in the dance hall itself to supplement the longtime separate sports bar facility in the south wing — for drinks and the kind of entertainment you will only find in the St. Croix Valley at The Cajun.