Halloween 2025 in Portland: Food and Drink

Halloween 2025 in Portland is just three and a half weeks away and our fair city is already in the swing of things as far as spooky season food and drink. Here’s our roundup for the year—we will update it throughout the month of October with new things that pop up. 

Alchemy Cider

This relatively new cidery has a Halloween release cider planned called “Pom Reader.” From the cidery: “This special cider is crafted with pomegranate molasses, cinnamon, clove, and star anise, resulting in a lightly sweet, gorgeously red drink perfect for the season.”

818 SE Ankeny Street, Portland. Alchemy Cider Instagram page

Ames Meat Research

In Milwaukie they have Cookies & “Screams” Moon Pies: homemade marshmallow studded with Oreo Cookie Pieces, sandwiched between chocolate cookies, dipped in Belgian milk chocolate, topped with a skull in “dirt.”

3306 SE Lake Road, Milwaukie. Ames Meat Research website

Baker & Spice

This year there’s cookie shaped like bats: “Chocolate sandwich cookies are filled with blackberry buttercream, dunked in dark chocolate, and showered with spooky sprinkles.”

6330 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland. Baker & Spice website

Ben & Esthers

Their Portland location will be open until 6pm on Halloween and will be giving out hot apple cider and vegan candy. Additional treats that day include Mummy Dogs: Better Balance hot dogs wrapped in puff pastry bandages and served with ketchup and deli mustard. And then there’s the Pumpkin Pups: Better Balance hot dog bites wrapped in pumpkin spice pancakes and topped with powdered sugar. Served with maple syrup for dipping.

1800 NE Alberta Street, Portland. Ben & Esther’s website

Blank Slate Bar

Tropical Goth returns for the season with specialty shaken and stirred cocktails (Black Scorpion, Arracknophobia) and mocktails (Pineapple Dream Machine) for the season (here’s the menu). Plus, horror-themed movie nights all month. 

7201 NE Glisan Street Suite C, Portland. Blank Slate website

Cheese & Crack

The Eye Scream Sundae returns for spooky season. Ube pudding, Oreo cookie crumbles, and their vanilla soft served are layered up. Raspberry “blood,” and an eyeball finish it off.

22 SE 28th Avenue, Portland. Cheese and Crack website

Critter Cookies / Anuja

I first ran into Anuja at the Score: A Baker Fair event. And now, preorders are open for her Halloween cookie boxes. They are $55, and Venmo and cash are accepted. Each box has:

• 1 kitty witch
• 1 cat-o’-lantern
• 2 “Pillsbury” style Halloween cookies
• 2 dark chocolate crows
• 2 pumpkin spice monsters
• 1 bag of mini sparkly stars & moons

Pickups will be in St John’s on Sunday, October 19. DM Anuja on Instagram to order.

DB Dessert Company

They are hosting a Halloween cake decorating class this year. “Think vintage vibes, spooky details, and a whole lot of sweet fun. You’ll walk out with a cake that looks good and tastes even better.” It takes place on Saturday, October 18 at noon. Tickets are $95 per person and spots are limited. Register on the DB Dessert Company website.

2624 NE Alberta Street, Portland. DB Dessert Company website

Domingo’s

Domingo’s has three spooky spirits for the season: El Cerebro, Corazon Roto, and El Vampiro. Here are the details of what’s in them.

2935 NE Glisan Street, Portland. Domingo’s website

East Glisan Pizza Lounge

From Saturday, October 25 to Friday, October 31, there’s a whole slew of Halloween specials. First, two cocktails: Nightcap on Glisan Street and Foolish Mortals. There are a couple of pizzas with activated charcoal, giving them a black (but not burned) crust; and Black Cat Breadsticks, also with activated charcoal, served with Marinara sauce.

They’ve also put together some desserts. They’ve got Ghost Cat Bites, which are warm sourdough bites tossed in powdered sugar. And S’More Scares Pizza, which is EGPL’s first dessert pizza—an activated charcoal crust topped with marshmallows, chocolate sauce, and topped with crumbled graham crackers. Read more about these specials on their Instagram page.

8001 NE Glisan Street, Portland. East Glisan Pizza Lounge website

El Sombrero Tapatio

You’ll find spooky margaritas this month, including the El Zombie Margarita: “A chilling blend of sweet strawberry margarita topped with a haunting float of melon liqueur and spooky shimmer.”  Or maybe you’d prefer La Bruja: “A sparkling purple margarita brewed with marionberry and kiwi for a magical balance of sweet and tangy.” The Ghostie Margarita is “a hauntingly sweet and spicy mix of habanero, tamarind, and mango. Topped with a marshmallow ghost and a syringe full of sparkling red margarita.”

For those like me on the NA path, you can get their special pumpkin horchata throughout the month of October

Additionally, they’ll be offering $8 Boo-ritos all day on Halloween when you show up in costume. Plus, they’ll have free candy for you, and you can snap pics with their balloon backdrop by Bonitas.

10820 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland. El Sombrero Tapatio website

Gin Thai Brasserie

They have released some new spooky and sweet Halloween ice cream flavors: Spookies Thai Tea and Bag o’ Treat Caffe Mocha. Available now.

3176 NW 185th Avenue, Portland. Gin Thai Brasserie website

Hale Pele

This highly regarded Tiki bar on NE Broadway has a couple of special drinks for Halloween this year. They are Nocturnal Engagement: Fresh citrus, raspberry, Campari, and Empress Gin; and Avada Kolada: Strong rums, pineapple, macadamia, salted coconut, and “spooky spices.”

2733 NE Broadway, Portland. Hale Pele website

Lauretta Jean’s

For spooky season they’ve brought back their Pumpkin Chocolate Cake: “Alternating layers of fluffy pumpkin & classic chocolate cakes, chocolate buttercream, and a healthy layer of rich chocolate ganache.”

3402 SE Division Street, Portland. Lauretta Jean’s website

McMenamins

Throughout the month of October, select McMenamins locations will host a Samhain pop-up bar. Enjoy Halloween-inspired cocktails: the El Diablo, Jack-o-Lantern Mule (NA), and spooky bites like Ichabod’s Slider Trio and Herman Muenster Grilled Cheese Toasties. You can see the full list of McMenamins participating here, but in Portland it’s happening at The Annex at Crystal Hotel and the Boiler Room at Kennedy School.

Also: “Feeling brave? Snap a selfie with the large creature in our pop-up, post it, and tag @mcmenamins. You could win a gift card!”

1223 SW Harvey Milk Street and 5736 NE 33rd Avenue, Portland. McMenamins website

Mikiko Mochi Donuts

This mochi donut shop has some returning and some new flavors this year for October/Halloween.They are: 

• Horrorchata: horchata glaze with horchata pudding and cinnamon matcha rice cryptsies
• Witches Brew: black coconut glazed with pandan pudding and lychee poppin boba
• Dirt & Worms: chocolate glazed with chocolate pudding, gluten-free Oreo dirt, and mutilated gummi worms
• Boo-zu Fearfetti: Funfetti with yuzu vanilla glaze and spooky sprinkles
• The Slasher: vanilla glazed and splattered with raspberry blooooood
• Purple People Eater: Ube glazed with one candy eye
• Monster Matcha: a monstrous monstrosity with veins of green matcha-jasmine monster blood
• Early Grave Stabvender & Lemon Curse: Earl Grey donut, with ghastly glaze and a foreboding headstone sprinkle
• Blood Orange Screamsicle: blood orange puree
• Crimes of Passionfruit: passionfruit curd in the center
• Black Deathsame & Murderinberry Jam: sesame-flavored donut topped with the worlds most gelatinous spider web
• House of S’Morrors: a chocolate glazed donut topped with cookie rubble and marshmallow

300 NE 28th Avenue and 15320 NW Central Drive, Portland; 3905 SW Orbit Street #130, Beaverton. Mikiko Mochi website

Pie Spot

This year you’ll find their Chocolate Scream and Curse of the Yummy pies.

6935 NE Glisan Street, Portland. Pie Spot website

Pip’s Original

For the season they have created a Blood Orange donut. “A fun Halloween inspired, fruity treat: Bright, fresh apricot-orange jam, topped with a drizzle of fresh raspberry and black currant sauce.”

4759 NE Fremont Street, Portland. Pip’s Original website

Pix Patisserie

Their popular Ichabod Creme is back! It is “A buttery tart shell [that[ holds pumpkin creme brulee, fleur de sel caramel, curry spiced pecans, and almond cream. Find it in the Pix-O-Matic vending machines and larger versions can also be ordered.

2225 E Burnside Street, Portland. PIx Patisserie website

Sad Valley

This bar on North Killingsworth has a few Halloween-themed drinks this time of year. Good Gourd, Low HP, and Tenafly Viper. Read more about what’s in them on their Instagram post.

832 N Killingsworth Street, Portland. Sad Valley website

Saint Cupcake

They’ll have spooky iced sugar cookies—pumpkins and bats, as well as cupcakes and a kind of candy mix. 

1138 SW Morrison Street, Portland. Saint Cupcake website

Salt & Straw

Well, The Halloween Series is back, save for the vegan flavor, which has changed since last year (last year’s flavor was Blackberry Tamales). Flavors include:

• The Great Candycopia: Salted butterscotch ice cream mixed with “vampire-bite-sized crispy milk chocolate feuilletine pieces, peanut butter embalmed in chocolate, and almonds smothered in BOOrbon vanilla toffee.”
• Jack o’ Lantern Pumpkin Bread: Pumpkin Spice (ginger, cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg, and allspice) ice cream bmixed with pumpkin bread that is covered in a thick layer of cream cheese frosting in one of three colors: yellow, orange or white.
• Creepy Crawly Critters: Matcha ice cream mixed with Don Bugito’s edible insects (coconut toffee candied mealworms and chocolate-covered crickets) and a splash of fresh orange juice.
• Essence of Ghost: A combination of sherbet and ice cream. Bright white sherbet infused with scotch and Mexican vanilla; black licorice chocolate ice cream is then swirled throughout the sherbet, “creating a complex and confounding textural experience.”
• Double Bubble Toil and Trouble (v): This is a bubblegum ice cream. Pineapple, banana, and pear blend into creamy coconut milk, and they spice it with cinnamon and vanilla to mimic the classic bubblegum flavor. The blue coloring is natural from spirulina (a kind of algae).

These flavors are available in scoop shops or online (local delivery, nationwide shipping).

Multiple locations. Salt & Straw website

Sandy Jug Tavern

Head to the Jug for the Purple People Eater: Empress Indigo Gin, Luxardo Bitters Bianco, Dolin Dry Vermouth, and Bordeaux Cherry and Orange zest.

7417 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland. Sandy Jug Instagram

Somtum Thai Kitchen

They’ve got a drink for our Halloween season, their Blood Mezcalita: “Mix mezcal, grapefruit juice, and hibiscus syrup for a rich, blood-red hue. Shake with ice, strain into a salted-rim glass, and garnish.”

1924 SW Broadway, Portland. Somtum Thai Kitchen website

Soro Soro Cafe

For Halloween, they are offering a very cute black sesame cheesecake with what looks like an adorable bear face on it. They also have some cute Halloween cat figurines for sale. Did I say their stuff is cute? 

2250 E Burnside Street, Portland. Soro Soro Cafe website

The Uncanny

This North Portland bar has a bunch of appropriately-names cocktails for Halloween: Spawn of Satan, Painsicle, and Prowl by Night. And some NA drinks: La Llorona Soda and Paradise Forgotten, just to name a couple. Their food is 100% vegan, too—including a bunch of Chick’n sandwiches. Here’s the full menu. 

3560 N Mississippi Avenue, Portland. The Uncanny website 

Wyrd Leather and Mead

Wyrd’s Haunted Hall is back this year, “and with it we have a bunch of new things floating in!” You’ll find Pumpkin King Muffins, which is a chocolate-pumpkin muffin, and these special drinks:

• Forbidden Desire Pomegranate mead
• Blueberry Braggot forged in collaboration with Ridgewalker Brewing Company
• Mashing Pumpkin Cider

They also have new goblets and steins for all mead, cider, and beer pours.

4515 SE 41st Avenue, Portland. Wyrd Leather and Mead website

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Year-Round Spooky Food and Drink

There are some places in Portland where the spooky and/or creepy theme exists no matter if it’s Halloween or not. 

Creepy’s

This is a clown-themed bar with lots of creepy dolls and art. They have some drinks that match spooky times: Coffin Cutter Marg, Ghost Machine, and Clown Coffee. Yes, clowns are scary. Here’s the full menu. 

627 SE Morrison Street, Portland. Creepy’s website

Memento Mori

This vegan coffee shop offers things like Mourning Toast (scream cheeze and black sesame tahini swirled like a web, on sourdough; the Grim Reaper (Just Egg, cheeze, sausage, bacun, onion aioli on a sourdough round); and Stiff as a Board (refried black beans, chopped lettuce, chopped tomatoes, crema, on a corn shell). 

Their drinks are named Wolfman, Vampira, Flowers in the Attic (IYKYK), and the like. Check out their full menu here. 

1533 NW 24th Ave #100, Portland. Memento Mori Cafe website

Raven’s Manor

They are in haunted mansion mode year-round and you can imagine how popular it is during October. On their website they state, “We are primarily walk-in based all October. October Reservations are very limited and for large parties of 6-10 only. Parties larger than 10 can not be accommodated during the month.”

Their menu reflects the spooky vibe with drinks with names like Apparition’s Exile, Children of the Corn, the Electric Chair, and more. They also have some NA options—Chemical X, for one. They also have some tasty food, like a Cobb-Web Salad, The Wendigo Burger, and Grilled Cheese of Darkness, just to name a few. Here’s the full menu. 

235 SW 1st Avenue, Portland. Raven’s Manor website

Updated October 25, 2025.